# kubernetes-retired/service-catalog

Consume services in Kubernetes using the Open Service Broker API

Repository: https://github.com/kubernetes-retired/service-catalog
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/service-catalog
Homepage: https://svc-cat.io
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: k8s-sig-service-catalog
Archived: true
Last push: 2022-02-01T16:24:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3642, "days_push": 1674, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1038, forks 372 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:19.642573+00:00)

## What it is
A Kubernetes extension (SIG project) that integrates service brokers via the Open Service Broker API, letting users provision external cloud services directly from Kubernetes tooling using CRDs. The project has been retired and archived by Kubernetes.

## Use cases
- provision cloud services from kubectl
- integrate service brokers with kubernetes
- consume managed databases via kubernetes
- install service catalog on a k8s cluster
- bind external services to kubernetes workloads
- manage cloud services with CRDs

## When to choose
- you maintain a legacy cluster already using Service Catalog
- you need Open Service Broker API integration on an older Kubernetes version

## When to avoid
- starting a new project - it is archived and unmaintained
- you want modern alternatives like Crossplane or OSBA successors
- you need active community support or security patches

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: abandoned
- function: api-framework, middleware, cloud, deployment
- domain: cloud-computing, apis, self-hosted
- platform: go, cloud
- tags: kubernetes, open-service-broker-api, service-broker, crds, retired, cloud-services-provisioning, containers, devops, docker

## Member repositories
- kubernetes-retired/service-catalog (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:19.642573+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 2026-08-30T07:04:17.206202+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/kubernetes-retired/service-catalog (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:19.642573+00:00, sha 02be9f2db034)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.