# kubernetes-retired/kubefed

Kubernetes Cluster Federation

Repository: https://github.com/kubernetes-retired/kubefed
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kubefed
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: k8s-sig-multicluster, hacktoberfest, federated-clusters
Archived: true
Last push: 2023-03-24T21:50:24+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": 3158, "days_push": 1258, "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 2478, forks 532 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:55.165282+00:00)

## What it is
Kubernetes Cluster Federation (KubeFed) enables coordinating configuration and workloads across multiple Kubernetes clusters from a single control plane. The repository has been archived and is no longer under active development.

## Use cases
- manage multiple kubernetes clusters from one control plane
- federate deployments across clusters
- replicate kubernetes resources to many clusters
- multi-cluster dns and failover
- cross-cluster scheduling of workloads

## When to choose
- you need to study the historical federation approach to multi-cluster kubernetes
- you already run kubefed and need to maintain an existing deployment

## When to avoid
- starting a new multi-cluster project - the repo is archived
- you want actively maintained multi-cluster tooling - see current SIG Multicluster subprojects

## Facets
- artifact type: infra-config
- maturity: abandoned
- function: container-orchestration, deployment, configuration-management
- domain: cloud-computing, microservices
- platform: go, cloud
- tags: kubernetes, multi-cluster, federation, archived, containers, devops, linux

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

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:55.165282+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 2026-08-30T02:28:17.965221+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/kubernetes-retired/kubefed (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:55.165282+00:00, sha c46b8996e618)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.