# lyft/clutch

Extensible platform for infrastructure management

Repository: https://github.com/lyft/clutch
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/lyft-clutch
Homepage: https://clutch.sh
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: lyft, infrastructure-management, developer-portal
Archived: true
Last push: 2026-02-13T15:21:49+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 67, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2318, "days_push": 201, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1771, forks 124 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:34.127117+00:00)

## What it is
Clutch is an extensible open-source web UI and API platform from Lyft for simplifying, accelerating, and de-risking common infrastructure management tasks like Kubernetes operations, AWS resource changes, and Envoy triage. It combines a React frontend with a Go gRPC gateway backend, offering RBAC, auditing, and workflow abstractions that can be extended without forking.

## Use cases
- build an internal developer portal for cloud-native infrastructure
- give engineers a safe web UI for kubernetes pod and node operations
- manage AWS EC2 instances and autoscaling groups without raw console access
- add role-based access control and audit logging to infrastructure actions
- create custom guided workflows for operational tasks
- triage envoy proxies from a single dashboard
- reduce MTTR during incidents requiring manual intervention

## When to choose
- you want a self-hosted, extensible developer portal with RBAC and auditing built in
- your team needs a single pane of glass over kubernetes, AWS, and envoy
- you want to complement infrastructure-as-code with safe runtime change workflows

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained software - the project is slated for archival and read-only status with no new features or PRs
- you only need infrastructure-as-code tooling rather than a UI for live operational changes
- you want pre-built binaries or turnkey deployment without building from source

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: developer-tools, web-framework, api-framework, auth, authorization, middleware, configuration-management, self-hosted
- domain: developer-tools, infrastructure-as-code, cloud-computing, self-hosted
- platform: go, self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: developer-portal, infrastructure-management, single-pane-of-glass, rbac, auditing, grpc, protobuf, react-frontend, extensible-platform, deprecated, archived, devops, automation, nodejs, docker, web-server

## Member repositories
- lyft/clutch (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:34.127117+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 2026-08-30T03:26:00.717186+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/lyft/clutch (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:34.127117+00:00, sha be3e5bfb478d)
  - homepage: https://clutch.sh (fetched 2026-08-29T11:04:32.887483+00:00, sha 069422c4056d)
  - site_page: https://clutch.sh/docs/about/what-is-clutch (fetched 2026-08-29T11:04:32.896339+00:00, sha 41ad265900b2)
  - site_page: https://clutch.sh/docs/community (fetched 2026-08-29T11:04:32.898350+00:00, sha 3040072a37f4)
  - site_page: https://clutch.sh/docs/getting-started/build-guides (fetched 2026-08-29T11:04:32.900220+00:00, sha c443016e298e)
  - site_page: https://clutch.sh/docs/components (fetched 2026-08-29T11:04:32.902183+00:00, sha b80bcb356e02)
  - site_page: https://clutch.sh/docs/about/roadmap (fetched 2026-08-29T11:04:32.904034+00:00, sha bae7ceffaaca)
  - site_page: https://clutch.sh/docs/about/architecture (fetched 2026-08-29T11:04:32.905733+00:00, sha 57db14b4e857)
  - site_page: https://clutch.sh/docs/development/guide (fetched 2026-08-29T11:04:32.907558+00:00, sha a290f8f835a0)
  - site_page: https://clutch.sh/docs/configuration (fetched 2026-08-29T11:04:32.909096+00:00, sha be2f40420c12)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.