kubernetes/dns
Kubernetes DNS service observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
74/100
- Activity 98
- Release rhythm 28
- 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: 76.0
- age_days: 3548
- days_rel: 477
- days_push: 16
- n_releases_24m: 3
Adoption not part of the score
1057 stars · 520 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
The Kubernetes DNS (kube-dns) project provides cluster-internal DNS resolution for Kubernetes services and pods. It ships containerized components including kube-dns, dnsmasq, and a sidecar that together serve DNS queries inside a Kubernetes cluster.
Use cases
- resolve kubernetes service names inside the cluster
- set up cluster dns for a self-managed kubernetes cluster
- replace or configure kube-dns in an existing cluster
- provide dns-based service discovery for pods
- run dns sidecar monitoring for kubernetes dns health
When to choose
- you operate a Kubernetes cluster and need in-cluster DNS service discovery
- you maintain a legacy cluster still using kube-dns rather than CoreDNS
- you need the bundled dnsmasq and sidecar components for DNS caching and health metrics
When to avoid
- you are starting a new cluster - CoreDNS is the default Kubernetes DNS provider
- you need general-purpose authoritative or recursive DNS for non-Kubernetes workloads
- you want node-local DNS caching - that moved to kubernetes-sigs/node-local-dns
Facets
service · maturity active
networking service-discovery self-hosted networking cloud-computing infrastructure-as-code microservices go cloud self-hosted kube-dns cluster-dns service-discovery dnsmasq kubernetes-addon containers linux docker kubernetes
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/kubernetes/dns · fetched 2026-08-28 · ca7ddb757ecf
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| kubernetes/dns | main | 74 |
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