# kubernetes-retired/kube-aws

[EOL] A command-line tool to declaratively manage Kubernetes clusters on AWS

Repository: https://github.com/kubernetes-retired/kube-aws
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kube-aws
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: high-availability, kubernetes-cluster, aws, cloudformation, infrastructure-as-code
Archived: true
Last push: 2020-09-30T16:26:15+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": 3611, "days_push": 2163, "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 1111, forks 289 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:37.643244+00:00)

## What it is
kube-aws is a command-line tool for declaratively creating, updating, and destroying Kubernetes clusters on AWS using CloudFormation. The project is end-of-life and has been archived; development continues in a community fork.

## Use cases
- provision a kubernetes cluster on aws from the command line
- manage kubernetes cluster lifecycle with cloudformation
- deploy a highly available kubernetes cluster on ec2
- declaratively define and update kubernetes infrastructure on aws
- destroy and recreate kubernetes clusters on aws

## When to choose
- you are maintaining a legacy deployment already built with kube-aws
- you need a CloudFormation-based Kubernetes provisioner and accept an unmaintained tool
- you want to study how Kubernetes clusters were bootstrapped on AWS

## When to avoid
- you are starting a new Kubernetes project on AWS - use kops, eksctl, or Terraform instead
- you need security patches or support for current Kubernetes versions
- you require an actively maintained tool with community support

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: cli, infrastructure-as-code, deployment, cloud
- domain: cloud-computing, infrastructure-as-code
- platform: cli, cloud, go
- tags: kubernetes, aws, cloudformation, cluster-provisioning, eol, retired, devops, containers, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- kubernetes-retired/kube-aws (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:37.643244+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 2026-08-30T06:43:24.087651+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/kubernetes-retired/kube-aws (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:37.643244+00:00, sha c522dfff8f05)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.