jetstack/kube-lego
DEPRECATED: Automatically request certificates for Kubernetes Ingress resources from Let's Encrypt observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: archived
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: n/a
- age_days: 3832
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1833
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2149 stars · 256 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
kube-lego is a Kubernetes daemon that automatically requests and renews TLS certificates from Let's Encrypt for Ingress resources annotated with kubernetes.io/tls-acme. It handles ACME HTTP-01 challenges and stores certificates in Kubernetes secrets.
Use cases
- automatically obtain let's encrypt certificates for kubernetes ingress
- auto-renew tls certificates in a kubernetes cluster
- manage acme http-01 challenges for ingress resources
- store letsencrypt certificates as kubernetes secrets
- provision https for services behind nginx or gce ingress controllers
When to choose
- you are on a legacy kubernetes 1.2+ cluster already using kube-lego and cannot migrate yet
When to avoid
- starting any new project - the project is deprecated and unmaintained
- you want actively maintained certificate automation - use cert-manager instead
- you need DNS-01 challenges or non-Let's Encrypt ACME providers
- you run modern kubernetes versions
Facets
service · maturity abandoned
security deployment configuration-management security cloud-computing self-hosted go self-hosted letsencrypt tls-certificates acme ingress deprecated cert-manager-predecessor devops kubernetes docker
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/jetstack/kube-lego · fetched 2026-08-28 · eb72cef51719
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| jetstack/kube-lego | main | 10 |
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