# KubeOperator/KubeOperator

KubeOperator 是一个开源的轻量级 Kubernetes 发行版，专注于帮助企业规划、部署和运营生产级别的 K8s 集群。

Repository: https://github.com/KubeOperator/KubeOperator
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kubeoperator
Homepage: https://kubeoperator.io
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: vmware-vsphere, ansible, openstack, terraform, kubernetes-installer, kubeapps, k8s, lightweight, kubernetes, docker, containers, paas
Archived: true
Last push: 2024-07-02T10:27:56+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2844, "days_push": 792, "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 4978, forks 888 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:04.131891+00:00)

## What it is
KubeOperator is an open-source lightweight Kubernetes distribution that helps enterprises plan (Day 0), deploy (Day 1), and operate (Day 2) production-grade K8s clusters through a visual Web UI. It uses Terraform to provision hosts on IaaS platforms like VMware, OpenStack, and FusionCompute, and Ansible for automated deployment, supporting online and fully offline (air-gapped) environments on x86_64 and ARM64.

## Use cases
- deploy a production kubernetes cluster with a web ui
- install k8s in an offline air-gapped environment
- provision kubernetes clusters on vmware vsphere or openstack
- upgrade and scale kubernetes clusters from a dashboard
- monitor kubernetes pods nodes and clusters with built-in prometheus grafana and efk
- back up and restore kubernetes clusters
- manage multi-az high-availability kubernetes master nodes

## When to choose
- you need a GUI-driven, full-lifecycle kubernetes installer and manager for on-prem or vSphere/OpenStack environments
- you must deploy kubernetes clusters in fully offline/air-gapped datacenters
- you want bundled day-2 operations: monitoring, alerting, logging, backup, upgrades, and scaling out of the box

## When to avoid
- the project was archived in July 2024 and is read-only, so it receives no updates or security fixes
- you want a lightweight CLI-only installer without a web UI
- you run clusters primarily on public cloud managed services like EKS, GKE, or AKS
- you need support for the latest kubernetes versions or an actively maintained tool

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: container-orchestration, deployment, infrastructure-as-code, monitoring, backup, self-hosted
- domain: cloud-computing, infrastructure-as-code, self-hosted
- platform: self-hosted, go
- tags: kubernetes-distribution, k8s-installer, ansible, terraform, vsphere, openstack, day0-day1-day2, air-gapped, cncf-certified, archived, containers, devops, linux, web-server, docker

## Member repositories
- KubeOperator/KubeOperator (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:04.131891+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 2026-08-29T18:17:43.050958+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/KubeOperator/KubeOperator (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:04.131891+00:00, sha a823b701f0d2)
  - homepage: https://kubeoperator.io (fetched 2026-08-29T08:58:54.117041+00:00, sha 4bbd7ad76e19)
  - site_page: https://kubeoperator.io/docs/index.html (fetched 2026-08-29T08:58:54.125795+00:00, sha 697130795a29)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.