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kubernetes-sigs/metrics-server

Scalable and efficient source of container resource metrics for Kubernetes built-in autoscaling pipelines. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/kubernetes-sigs/metrics-server · homepage · Go · Apache-2.0 (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

95/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 86
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 84.0
  • age_days: 3389
  • days_rel: 14
  • days_push: 9
  • n_releases_24m: 7

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

6710 stars · 2040 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Metrics Server is a scalable, efficient source of container CPU and memory resource metrics for Kubernetes built-in autoscaling pipelines. It collects metrics from Kubelets and exposes them via the Metrics API for use by the Horizontal and Vertical Pod Autoscalers and kubectl top.

Use cases

  • enable cpu/memory-based horizontal pod autoscaling in kubernetes
  • view pod and node resource usage with kubectl top
  • feed resource metrics to the vertical pod autoscaler
  • debug autoscaling pipelines in a kubernetes cluster
  • collect resource metrics from kubelets at scale up to 5000 nodes

When to choose

  • you need CPU/memory autoscaling (HPA/VPA) on a Kubernetes cluster
  • you want a lightweight single-deployment metrics source with low resource overhead
  • you want kubectl top to work in your cluster

When to avoid

  • you need accurate metrics for monitoring solutions like Prometheus
  • you need autoscaling based on custom or non-CPU/memory resources
  • you are not running Kubernetes

Facets

service · maturity stable

monitoring api-framework monitoring cloud-computing go self-hosted cloud kubernetes metrics-server hpa vpa autoscaling resource-metrics kubectl-top cncf containers devops docker

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