kubernetes/kubectl
Issue tracker and mirror of kubectl code observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
77/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
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: 3443
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
3334 stars · 1017 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
The kubectl command-line tool for Kubernetes, whose code lives in a read-only staging repository mirrored from the main kubernetes/kubernetes repo. It also exposes Go packages intended for use by client programs building on the Kubernetes API.
Use cases
- manage kubernetes clusters from the command line
- deploy and inspect workloads on k8s
- build go tools that talk to the kubernetes api
- debug pods and services in a cluster
- apply yaml manifests to a cluster
When to choose
- you need the standard kubernetes cli
- you want to vendor kubectl packages into a go client program
- you are contributing to kubernetes tooling via the main repo
When to avoid
- you want to submit pull requests directly to this repo (contributions go to kubernetes/kubernetes)
- you need a container orchestration system itself rather than its client
Facets
cli-tool · maturity stable
cli developer-tools configuration-management deployment developer-tools cloud-computing go windows cross-platform cli kubernetes kubectl k8s-sig-cli container-orchestration staging-repo containers devops command-line linux macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubectl · fetched 2026-08-28 · a2924dceebf3
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| kubernetes/kubectl | main | 77 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="kubernetes/kubectl")
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