# KusionStack/kusion

Declarative Intent Driven Platform Orchestrator for Internal Developer Platform (IDP).

Repository: https://github.com/KusionStack/kusion
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kusion
Homepage: https://kusionstack.io
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: cloud-native, devops, kubernetes, platform-engineering, infra-as-code, go, platform-orchestrator, hacktoberfest, application-delivery, artificial-intelligence, deployment, llmops, machine-learning-ops, multi-cloud
Last push: 2026-08-24T21:43:49+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 79/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 40, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1581, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 429, "gap_med": 26, "n_releases_24m": 6}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1317, forks 108 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:21.043551+00:00)

## What it is
Kusion is an intent-driven platform orchestrator for building Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs), written in Go and a CNCF Sandbox project. Developers declare a single AppConfiguration, and Kusion generates and deploys the workload plus all resource dependencies across Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure.

## Use cases
- build an internal developer platform on kubernetes
- enable developer self-service application deployment
- manage app configurations across environments without env-specific values
- orchestrate application delivery to kubernetes and multiple clouds
- codify platform modules for platform engineering golden paths
- shift-left validation of deployment configurations
- deploy apps with all their infrastructure dependencies from one spec

## When to choose
- you are a platform engineer building an IDP with Kubernetes and cloud infra
- you want app-centric, intent-driven deployment instead of hand-writing manifests or Terraform per team
- you need reusable modules separating platform engineer and app developer concerns
- you want a lightweight, CNCF-backed alternative to heavier platform orchestrators

## When to avoid
- you only need simple Kubernetes manifests without platform abstraction
- your team is not adopting platform engineering or self-service models
- you need a mature GA product with large enterprise support guarantees
- you are not deploying to Kubernetes or cloud infrastructure

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: deployment, infrastructure-as-code, configuration-management, developer-tools, cli
- domain: cloud-computing, infrastructure-as-code, developer-tools, self-hosted
- platform: windows, go, cli
- tags: platform-engineering, internal-developer-platform, platform-orchestrator, intent-driven, app-delivery, cncf-sandbox, multi-cloud, idp, devops, linux, macos, kubernetes

## Member repositories
- KusionStack/kusion (main) score 79

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:21.043551+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 2026-08-30T04:48:11.649724+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/KusionStack/kusion (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:21.043551+00:00, sha bcde112a4d46)
  - homepage: https://kusionstack.io (fetched 2026-08-29T12:06:39.365257+00:00, sha 11bcaf44cacc)
  - site_page: https://www.kusionstack.io/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T12:06:39.376214+00:00, sha e4961f861363)
  - site_page: https://www.kusionstack.io/docs/getting-started/getting-started-with-kusion-cli/install-kusion (fetched 2026-08-29T12:06:39.378604+00:00, sha 44a65c4c3f2f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.