longhorn/longhorn
Cloud-Native distributed storage built on and for Kubernetes observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
98/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 97
- 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: 28
- age_days: 3428
- days_rel: 20
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 20
Adoption not part of the score
7938 stars · 733 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Longhorn is a cloud-native distributed block storage system for Kubernetes that adds persistent volume support to any cluster with a single kubectl apply or Helm install. It replicates volumes across nodes, provides incremental snapshots, backups to NFS or S3, cross-cluster disaster recovery, and a built-in management UI.
Use cases
- add persistent storage to a bare-metal or self-managed Kubernetes cluster
- replicated block storage without an external SAN or storage array
- scheduled snapshots and backups of Kubernetes PVCs to S3 or NFS
- cross-cluster disaster recovery with defined RPO/RTO
- manage Kubernetes storage volumes through a web UI
- survive node failures with highly available replicated volumes
When to choose
- you run Kubernetes on your own hardware or VMs and need persistent volumes
- you want software-defined replicated storage without proprietary storage arrays
- you need snapshots, backups, and DR volumes for stateful workloads
- you want storage managed entirely through Kubernetes primitives and CSI
When to avoid
- you are on managed cloud with native storage classes like EBS or Persistent Disk
- you need extreme low-latency or very high-throughput storage for demanding databases
- you run a single-node cluster where replication adds little value
- you need shared filesystem storage as the primary use case rather than block volumes
Facets
service · maturity stable
backup file-system self-hosted deployment microservices cloud-computing infrastructure-as-code self-hosted cloud distributed-block-storage csi-driver persistent-volumes cncf-incubating storage-orchestration disaster-recovery snapshots high-availability containers devops kubernetes docker linux
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/longhorn/longhorn · fetched 2026-08-28 · 6a2b0b24d015
- homepage: https://longhorn.io · fetched 2026-08-29 · 170b738e3ee1
- site_page: https://longhorn.io/docs/1.12.1 · fetched 2026-08-29 · 45ec24adee5d
- site_page: https://longhorn.io/docs/1.12.0 · fetched 2026-08-29 · 5e47d21fd4d9
- site_page: https://longhorn.io/docs/1.11.3 · fetched 2026-08-29 · 07cce8b3fbd6
- site_page: https://longhorn.io/docs/1.11.2 · fetched 2026-08-29 · 02e97b20eccc
- site_page: https://longhorn.io/docs/1.11.1 · fetched 2026-08-29 · 41a99b76b144
- site_page: https://longhorn.io/docs/1.11.0 · fetched 2026-08-29 · 4f0498f64504
- site_page: https://longhorn.io/docs/1.13.0 · fetched 2026-08-29 · d1b56e7bed42
- site_page: https://longhorn.io/docs/1.12.2 · fetched 2026-08-29 · cc13d260214d
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| longhorn/longhorn | main | 98 |
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