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kubernetes/kube-state-metrics

Add-on agent to generate and expose cluster-level metrics. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/kubernetes/kube-state-metrics · homepage · Go · Apache-2.0 (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

95/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 86
  • 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: 87
  • age_days: 3771
  • days_rel: 15
  • days_push: 10
  • n_releases_24m: 8

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

6184 stars · 2194 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

kube-state-metrics is a Kubernetes add-on agent that listens to the Kubernetes API server and generates Prometheus-compatible metrics about the state of cluster objects such as deployments, nodes, and pods. It exposes raw, unmodified API object data on an HTTP /metrics endpoint for consumption by Prometheus or compatible scrapers.

Use cases

  • monitor kubernetes cluster object state with prometheus
  • export pod and deployment metrics from kubernetes api
  • set up alerting on kubernetes object states
  • query how many pods are not ready per namespace
  • scrape kubernetes cluster metrics endpoint
  • track kubernetes resource states like node and container status
  • generate metrics from kubernetes custom resources

When to choose

  • you need Prometheus metrics about Kubernetes API objects like pods, deployments, and nodes
  • you want raw, unmodified cluster state data for querying and alerting
  • you run Prometheus or a compatible scraper in a Kubernetes cluster
  • you need metrics for custom resources via custom resource state metrics

When to avoid

  • you need health metrics of Kubernetes components themselves (use kubelet/cAdvisor or node exporters)
  • you need application-level or runtime metrics rather than object state
  • you are not running Kubernetes
  • you need a full metrics pipeline rather than an exporter

Facets

service · maturity stable

monitoring http-server monitoring cloud-computing go self-hosted prometheus-exporter kubernetes observability cluster-metrics prometheus metrics-export containers devops docker

10 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
kubernetes/kube-state-metricsmain95

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