Prometheus Operator resource
Prometheus Operator creates/configures/manages Prometheus clusters atop 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: 17
- age_days: 3632
- days_rel: 23
- days_push: 8
- n_releases_24m: 36
Adoption not part of the score
9975 stars · 3867 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
A Kubernetes operator that provides Kubernetes-native deployment and management of Prometheus, Alertmanager, and related monitoring components via custom resource definitions. It automates configuration of Prometheus monitoring stacks, generating scrape targets from Kubernetes label selectors instead of hand-written Prometheus configuration.
Use cases
- deploy prometheus on kubernetes
- manage alertmanager with kubernetes custom resources
- auto-discover monitoring targets from kubernetes labels
- set up a complete cluster monitoring stack
- configure prometheus rules and alerts declaratively
- run thanos ruler on kubernetes
When to choose
- you run workloads on Kubernetes and want a Prometheus-based monitoring stack managed declaratively
- you want automatic service discovery and scrape configuration via ServiceMonitor/PodMonitor resources
- you want a production-ready, community-standard way to operate Prometheus and Alertmanager
When to avoid
- you are not running Kubernetes - use plain Prometheus instead
- you need a lightweight monitoring setup without operator overhead
- you rely on v1alpha1 CRDs for mission-critical environments, as that API is unstable
Facets
infra-config · maturity stable
monitoring alerting deployment container-orchestration monitoring cloud-computing go self-hosted prometheus kubernetes-operator alertmanager crds observability kube-prometheus servicemonitor devops containers kubernetes docker
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator · fetched 2026-08-28 · 4977ea6aa076
- homepage: https://prometheus-operator.dev · fetched 2026-08-29 · e043217f241d
- site_page: https://prometheus-operator.dev/docs/getting-started/introduction · fetched 2026-08-29 · 5314589ea68c
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator | main | 98 |
| prometheus-operator/kube-prometheus | infra | 87 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator")
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