kube-green/kube-green

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

kube-green is a Kubernetes operator that automatically shuts down or scales down cluster resources (like dev and preview pods) during off-hours such as nights and weekends. It uses a SleepInfo CRD with timezone-aware schedules to reduce energy consumption, costs, and CO2 emissions.

Use cases

• shut down dev pods on weekends and nights
• reduce kubernetes cluster energy costs
• lower CO2 footprint of k8s clusters
• schedule automatic pod downscaling outside working hours
• suspend preview environments when nobody is using them

When to choose

• you run dev, staging, or preview environments in Kubernetes that sit idle outside working hours
• you want to cut cloud costs and emissions with declarative CRD-based schedules
• you need timezone-aware automatic shutdown of namespaces or deployments

When to avoid

• your workloads must run 24/7 with no downtime
• you are not running Kubernetes
• you need fine-grained per-request autoscaling rather than time-based shutdown

Facets

service · maturity active

deployment scheduling container-orchestration monitoring cloud-computing self-hosted go cloud self-hosted green-software kubernetes-operator sustainability cost-optimization downscaling cncf-landscape sleepinfo-crd devops containers kubernetes docker

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