# kubicorn/kubicorn

Simple, cloud native infrastructure for Kubernetes.

Repository: https://github.com/kubicorn/kubicorn
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kubicorn
Homepage: http://kubicorn.io
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: infrastructure, kubernetes, cluster, snapshot, cloud
Last push: 2022-10-05T22:47:29+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3371, "days_push": 1428, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1682, forks 190 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:21.716809+00:00)

## What it is
Kubicorn is a free and open source Go project for creating, managing, snapshotting, and scaling Kubernetes cluster infrastructure in the public cloud. It offers both a CLI and a rich Go library for declaratively defining and reconciling cluster infrastructure.

## Use cases
- provision a kubernetes cluster on aws or other public clouds
- declaratively manage kubernetes infrastructure as software
- scale an existing kubernetes cluster's node count
- snapshot kubernetes cluster state for reuse
- embed kubernetes cluster provisioning into a go application

## When to choose
- you want a simple, library-first way to bootstrap kubernetes clusters in the cloud
- you prefer declarative infrastructure without heavyweight tooling
- you want to programmatically manage cluster lifecycle from Go

## When to avoid
- you need a production-ready, actively maintained provisioner (the project is a work-in-progress and largely dormant)
- you want full cluster lifecycle management via the upstream Cluster API ecosystem
- you need managed kubernetes services rather than self-provisioned clusters

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: infrastructure-as-code, deployment, cloud, cli
- domain: cloud-computing, infrastructure-as-code, self-hosted
- platform: windows, go, cli
- tags: kubernetes, cluster-provisioning, cloud-infrastructure, golang-library, declarative-infra, containers, devops, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- kubicorn/kubicorn (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:21.716809+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 2026-08-30T03:41:22.593438+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/kubicorn/kubicorn (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:21.716809+00:00, sha 5be4ae7989f2)
  - homepage: http://kubicorn.io (fetched 2026-08-29T11:14:22.562058+00:00, sha a8cfc96f2cac)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.