kube-rs/kube

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

kube is a Rust client for Kubernetes, modeled after client-go, with an async controller runtime inspired by controller-runtime and derive macros for CRDs inspired by kubebuilder. It is a CNCF Sandbox project providing generic abstractions for reflectors, controllers, and custom resource interfaces.

Use cases

• write a Kubernetes controller in Rust
• interact with Kubernetes resources from Rust code
• build a Kubernetes operator for a custom resource
• watch and reflect cluster state like deployments or pods
• manage CRDs with typed Rust structs
• patch or delete pods programmatically

When to choose

• you are building Kubernetes operators or controllers in Rust
• you need a typed, async client for the Kubernetes API
• you want kubebuilder-style CRD derive macros in Rust

When to avoid

• you need a Go-based controller with the full controller-runtime ecosystem
• you only need to run kubectl commands from a shell
• your project does not use Rust

Facets

library · maturity stable

database-driver middleware configuration-management developer-tools cloud-computing infrastructure-as-code developer-tools rust windows cross-platform kubernetes controller-runtime crd client-go cncf async operators devops containers linux macos

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