# poseidon/typhoon

Minimal and free Kubernetes distribution with Terraform

Repository: https://github.com/poseidon/typhoon
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/poseidon-typhoon
Homepage: https://typhoon.psdn.io/
Language: HCL
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: kubernetes, google-cloud, bare-metal, digitalocean, terraform, aws, coreos, azure, fedora-coreos, flatcar-linux
Last push: 2026-08-23T07:41:51+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 91/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 75, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3313, "days_push": 10, "days_rel": 86, "gap_med": 43.5, "n_releases_24m": 11}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2051, forks 324 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:09.586599+00:00)

## What it is
Typhoon is a minimal, free Kubernetes distribution delivered as Terraform modules for AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, DigitalOcean, and bare metal. It packages upstream Kubernetes with Cilium or flannel networking, on-cluster etcd with TLS, and RBAC into declarative, production-ready cluster definitions.

## Use cases
- provision a kubernetes cluster on aws with terraform
- set up a bare-metal kubernetes cluster
- deploy kubernetes on google cloud with fedora coreos
- create a minimal production kubernetes cluster
- spin up a kubernetes lab cluster on digitalocean
- declaratively manage kubernetes cluster infrastructure

## When to choose
- you want a minimal, opinionated upstream Kubernetes cluster provisioned via Terraform
- you need clusters on Fedora CoreOS or Flatcar Linux across cloud and bare-metal platforms
- you value free, privacy-respecting tooling with a small blessed-path feature set

## When to avoid
- you need a batteries-included platform with many built-in services beyond the base cluster
- you prefer non-Terraform provisioning tools or managed Kubernetes services
- you require Azure or ARM64 support at stable maturity

## Facets
- artifact type: infra-config
- maturity: active
- function: container-orchestration, infrastructure-as-code, deployment, cloud
- domain: infrastructure-as-code, cloud-computing, self-hosted
- platform: cloud
- tags: kubernetes-distribution, terraform-modules, fedora-coreos, flatcar-linux, cilium, etcd, containers, devops, google-cloud, bare-metal, digitalocean, linux

## Member repositories
- poseidon/typhoon (main) score 91

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:09.586599+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 2026-08-30T02:57:34.033641+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/poseidon/typhoon (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:09.586599+00:00, sha ecb3e1c4d8f2)
  - homepage: https://typhoon.psdn.io/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:37:46.353808+00:00, sha ae325b057199)
  - site_page: https://typhoon.psdn.io/topics/faq (fetched 2026-08-29T10:37:46.362950+00:00, sha 783a82b358b4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.