rancher/fleet
Deploy workloads from Git to large fleets of Kubernetes clusters 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 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 0
- age_days: 2369
- days_rel: 12
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 98
Adoption not part of the score
1724 stars · 274 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Fleet is a GitOps and HelmOps deployment engine for Kubernetes, built as CRDs and controllers that deploy workloads from Git repositories (raw YAML, Helm charts, or Kustomize) to one or many clusters. It is designed to scale to large fleets of clusters, deployments, and teams, using Helm as the underlying deployment engine for consistency and auditability.
Use cases
- deploy workloads from git to many kubernetes clusters
- gitops continuous delivery for kubernetes at scale
- manage helm chart deployments across a fleet of clusters
- sync kustomize manifests to multiple downstream clusters
- control deployment windows with scheduled updates
- multi-tenant gitops with access control policies
- preview and validate fleet bundles from the cli
When to choose
- you need to deploy and keep workloads in sync across many Kubernetes clusters from Git
- you want GitOps with support for raw YAML, Helm charts, and Kustomize in one tool
- you run Rancher and want integrated multi-cluster GitOps
- you need per-cluster customization, targeting, and deployment scheduling windows
When to avoid
- you only need a single-cluster GitOps tool and prefer a simpler option like Flux or Argo CD
- you are not using Kubernetes at all
- you need a general-purpose CI/CD pipeline runner rather than a GitOps deployment controller
Facets
application · maturity active
deployment container-orchestration workflow-automation cli cloud-computing infrastructure-as-code self-hosted windows go gitops helmops kubernetes multi-cluster fleet-management helm kustomize continuous-delivery rancher devops containers automation docker linux macos
9 sources
- readme: https://github.com/rancher/fleet · fetched 2026-08-28 · e9df638cd025
- homepage: https://fleet.rancher.io/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · cb268fb6bdac
- site_page: https://fleet.rancher.io/tutorials/quickstart · fetched 2026-08-29 · 66ae960f2ba0
- site_page: https://fleet.rancher.io/tutorials/uninstall · fetched 2026-08-29 · df2923226e77
- site_page: https://fleet.rancher.io/how-tos-for-operators/installation · fetched 2026-08-29 · b42cac814cc7
- site_page: https://fleet.rancher.io/how-tos-for-users/install-use-fleet-cli · fetched 2026-08-29 · cf3e5fea143f
- site_page: https://fleet.rancher.io/experimental-features/enableexperimental · fetched 2026-08-29 · 1a92e4b43f12
- site_page: https://fleet.rancher.io/experimental-features/scheduling · fetched 2026-08-29 · fb4c80467ebb
- site_page: https://fleet.rancher.io/changelogs/v0.16.0 · fetched 2026-08-29 · ed4e0084b962
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| rancher/fleet | main | 95 |
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