# Kubernetes

Official Java client library for kubernetes

Repository: https://github.com/kubernetes-client/java
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kubernetes
Homepage: http://kubernetes.io/
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-25T14:41:45+00:00
Link (homepage): http://kubernetes.io/
Link (site_page): https://kubernetes.io/docs/home
Link (site_page): https://kubernetes.io/releases
Link (site_page): https://kubernetes.io/docs/tutorials/kubernetes-basics
Link (site_page): https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 96/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 91, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3404, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 63, "gap_med": 19, "n_releases_24m": 14}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4001, forks 2110 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:32.088004+00:00)

## What it is
The official Python client library for the Kubernetes API, generated from the OpenAPI spec and maintained by SIG API Machinery. It supports listing, creating, updating, and watching Kubernetes resources, with both sync and asyncio clients.

## Use cases
- manage kubernetes resources from python
- list pods in a kubernetes cluster programmatically
- watch kubernetes events in python
- build a kubernetes operator or controller in python
- automate kubernetes deployments with a script
- query kubernetes api from a python app

## When to choose
- you need to interact with the Kubernetes API from Python code
- you are building custom controllers, operators, or automation tooling in Python
- you want an official, actively maintained client with sync and asyncio support

## When to avoid
- you only need to run kubectl commands from a shell
- you are working in Go, Java, or another language with its own official client
- you need a higher-level abstraction like Helm or a GitOps tool

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: database-driver, api-framework, http-client, developer-tools
- domain: cloud-computing, developer-tools, apis
- platform: python, cross-platform, cloud
- tags: kubernetes-client, k8s-api, container-orchestration, asyncio, watch-api, sig-api-machinery, containers, devops, kubernetes

## Member repositories
- kubernetes-client/java (sdk) score 96
- kubernetes-client/python (sdk) score 89

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:32.088004+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 2026-08-29T17:36:45.812316+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/kubernetes-client/java (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:32.088004+00:00, sha fe93405f2cbb)
  - homepage: http://kubernetes.io/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:32:08.534826+00:00, sha f49e6599232d)
  - site_page: https://kubernetes.io/docs/home (fetched 2026-08-29T08:32:08.537817+00:00, sha a361c9f2ae4a)
  - site_page: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tutorials/kubernetes-basics (fetched 2026-08-29T08:32:08.541573+00:00, sha 42aa6e63087b)
  - site_page: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview (fetched 2026-08-29T08:32:08.543319+00:00, sha 69c26eace4aa)
  - site_page: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/controllers/deployment (fetched 2026-08-29T08:32:08.547245+00:00, sha c2461b62f125)
  - site_page: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/service (fetched 2026-08-29T08:32:08.548917+00:00, sha c7ca1c892679)
  - site_page: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/persistent-volumes (fetched 2026-08-29T08:32:08.550692+00:00, sha 80eb6273c0fa)
  - site_page: https://kubernetes.io/releases (fetched 2026-08-29T08:32:08.539676+00:00, sha b09acd589ea9)
  - site_page: https://kubernetes.io/releases/download (fetched 2026-08-29T08:32:08.545296+00:00, sha 7ecfbc5cd4fe)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.