# loft-sh/kiosk

kiosk 🏢 Multi-Tenancy Extension For Kubernetes - Secure Cluster Sharing & Self-Service Namespace Provisioning

Repository: https://github.com/loft-sh/kiosk
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kiosk
Homepage: https://kubernetes.slack.com/?redir=%2Fmessages%2Fkiosk#/
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: kubernetes, multi-tenancy, devops, kiosk
Archived: true
Last push: 2024-04-25T18:59:51+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2402, "days_push": 860, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1070, forks 72 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:28.023551+00:00)

## What it is
Kiosk is a multi-tenancy extension for Kubernetes that lets cluster admins securely share a single cluster among multiple tenants. It provides Account custom resources, self-service namespace provisioning, account limits, and namespace templates for tenant isolation.

## Use cases
- share a kubernetes cluster among multiple teams securely
- let users self-provision namespaces on a shared cluster
- enforce resource limits per tenant in kubernetes
- initialize namespaces with templates for tenant isolation
- manage account users and access in a multi-tenant cluster

## When to choose
- you need lightweight, pluggable multi-tenancy on a standard kubernetes cluster
- you want self-service namespace creation with guardrails
- you prefer an open-source Apache-2.0 extension over a full managed platform

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained software - the repo is archived and no longer maintained
- you need multi-cluster tenant management, which was never completed
- you want a supported commercial solution with ongoing updates

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: abandoned
- function: container-orchestration, security, authorization, deployment
- domain: cloud-computing, security
- platform: go, self-hosted, cloud
- tags: multi-tenancy, kubernetes-operator, namespace-provisioning, cluster-sharing, tenant-isolation, archived, kubernetes, devops, containers, docker

## Member repositories
- loft-sh/kiosk (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:28.023551+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:54:03.013657+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/loft-sh/kiosk (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:28.023551+00:00, sha 1c48417fa646)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.