kubernetes/kops
Kubernetes Operations (kOps) - Production Grade k8s Installation, Upgrades and Management observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
98/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 96
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 20
- age_days: 3719
- days_rel: 25
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 22
Adoption not part of the score
16669 stars · 4717 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
kOps (Kubernetes Operations) is a CLI tool for creating, upgrading, and maintaining production-grade, highly available Kubernetes clusters, including provisioning the underlying cloud infrastructure. It acts like 'kubectl for clusters', officially supporting AWS and GCP with beta support for DigitalOcean, Hetzner, and OpenStack, and alpha support for Azure.
Use cases
- create a production-grade kubernetes cluster on aws
- upgrade a kubernetes cluster to a new minor version
- provision highly available k8s clusters with terraform output
- manage kubernetes cluster lifecycle from the command line
- set up a kubernetes cluster on hetzner or openstack
- generate terraform for kubernetes infrastructure
- configure kubernetes networking with cilium or calico
When to choose
- you need production-grade, highly available self-managed Kubernetes clusters on AWS or GCP
- you want cluster lifecycle management including upgrades and infrastructure provisioning in one tool
- you want to generate Terraform from cluster manifests
- you need multi-cloud support including DigitalOcean, Hetzner, OpenStack, or Azure
When to avoid
- you only need a managed Kubernetes service like EKS, GKE, or AKS
- you want a lightweight local development cluster (use kind or minikube instead)
- you need a general-purpose infrastructure provisioning tool beyond Kubernetes (use Terraform directly)
- you require a cloud provider not on the supported list
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
deployment infrastructure-as-code container-orchestration cli cloud-computing infrastructure-as-code self-hosted cli windows go cloud kubernetes cluster-management terraform-generation aws gcp cncf provisioning containers devops linux macos
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/kubernetes/kops · fetched 2026-08-28 · 39b26900474c
- homepage: https://kops.sigs.k8s.io/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6e0ae82c17e6
- site_page: https://kops.sigs.k8s.io/getting_started/install · fetched 2026-08-29 · 1ab124db6c14
- site_page: https://kops.sigs.k8s.io/contributing/documentation · fetched 2026-08-29 · 9431583c3e4f
- site_page: https://kops.sigs.k8s.io/releases/1.37-NOTES · fetched 2026-08-29 · c5bf7b80aa11
- site_page: https://kops.sigs.k8s.io/welcome/releases · fetched 2026-08-29 · 4ea6011ad071
- site_page: https://kops.sigs.k8s.io/releases/1.36-NOTES · fetched 2026-08-29 · edd8a582ff5d
- site_page: https://kops.sigs.k8s.io/releases/1.35-NOTES · fetched 2026-08-29 · 4a1764b21537
- site_page: https://kops.sigs.k8s.io/releases/1.34-NOTES · fetched 2026-08-29 · 0d94a467a5b6
- site_page: https://kops.sigs.k8s.io/releases/1.33-NOTES · fetched 2026-08-29 · 305272efa257
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| kubernetes/kops | main | 98 |
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