canonical/microk8s
MicroK8s is a small, fast, single-package Kubernetes for datacenters and the edge. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
86/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 61
- 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: 131.0
- age_days: 3038
- days_rel: 100
- days_push: 11
- n_releases_24m: 5
Adoption not part of the score
9357 stars · 833 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
MicroK8s is a lightweight, single-package, fully conformant Kubernetes distribution from Canonical that installs via snap on Linux. It scales from a single developer workstation to high-availability production clusters and includes an addon system for services like DNS, dashboard, Istio, Prometheus, and GPU support.
Use cases
- run kubernetes on my laptop for local development
- set up a lightweight kubernetes cluster on raspberry pi
- spin up kubernetes in ci/cd pipelines
- deploy kubernetes at the edge or on iot devices
- create a small high-availability kubernetes cluster
- test the latest upstream kubernetes release quickly
- run kubernetes with minimal memory and disk footprint
When to choose
- you want a fast, zero-ops single-command Kubernetes install on Linux
- you need Kubernetes on resource-constrained hardware like Raspberry Pi or edge devices
- you want a dev-to-prod consistent Kubernetes with HA clustering via simple join commands
- you prefer snap-based automatic updates and addon toggling
When to avoid
- you need a full multi-cloud managed Kubernetes with managed control planes (use EKS/GKE/AKS)
- you need deep customization of Kubernetes components or a non-snap Linux environment
- you are running Windows or macOS natively without a Linux VM
- you need a heavyweight distribution with extensive enterprise support tooling built in
Facets
application · maturity stable
container-orchestration deployment ci-cd self-hosted cloud-computing iot developer-tools cli self-hosted kubernetes snap lightweight-kubernetes edge-computing single-node high-availability raspberry-pi addons containers devops linux docker
9 sources
- readme: https://github.com/canonical/microk8s · fetched 2026-08-28 · ccd8e0bd1047
- homepage: https://microk8s.io · fetched 2026-08-29 · c651aa17a027
- site_page: https://canonical.com/maas/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · bc7664ac6338
- site_page: https://canonical.com/microstack/docs/single-node · fetched 2026-08-29 · e132e9b2be0a
- site_page: https://canonical.com/microk8s/docs/getting-started · fetched 2026-08-29 · 4cb1ea6f65e4
- site_page: https://canonical.com/juju/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · 657a866a1942
- site_page: https://canonical.com/microk8s/features · fetched 2026-08-29 · 07a762fc2431
- site_page: https://canonical.com/microk8s/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · 28bce58c2e2f
- site_page: https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-releases-ubuntu-26-04-lts-resolute-raccoon · fetched 2026-08-29 · 61fee91e61d0
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| canonical/microk8s | main | 86 |
For agents
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