# Edgenesis/shifu

Kubernetes-native IoT gateway

Repository: https://github.com/Edgenesis/shifu
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/shifu
Homepage: https://shifu.dev
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: iot, internet-of-things, iot-platform, kubernetes, edge, digital-twin, w3c, web-of-things, wot, cloud, cloud-native, industrial-iot, iot-middleware, iiot, industrial-edge, mqtt, opc-ua, cncf, lwm2m, physical-ai
Last push: 2026-08-26T05:24:20+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 98, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1850, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 16, "gap_med": 13.0, "n_releases_24m": 53}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1432, forks 137 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:43.198834+00:00)

## What it is
Shifu is a Kubernetes-native, protocol- and vendor-agnostic IoT gateway that represents physical devices as CRDs and device microservices (DeviceShifu) within a cluster. It abstracts device capabilities as APIs so applications can connect, monitor, and control heterogeneous IoT devices without hardware-specific code.

## Use cases
- connect and control IoT devices from Kubernetes
- manage industrial devices over MQTT and OPC UA
- build a digital twin of physical devices
- integrate heterogeneous IoT protocols into a cloud-native platform
- run an IoT gateway on edge clusters or Raspberry Pi
- abstract device APIs so apps are decoupled from hardware

## When to choose
- you already run Kubernetes and want devices managed as cluster resources
- you need to support many protocols and vendors without lock-in
- you want device capabilities exposed as simple HTTP APIs
- you deploy IoT workloads across edge and cloud

## When to avoid
- you need a lightweight gateway without a Kubernetes cluster
- your devices use protocols Shifu does not yet support and you cannot write a driver
- you want a turnkey commercial IoT platform with dashboards out of the box

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: iot, microservices, api-framework, middleware, container-orchestration
- domain: iot, cloud-computing, developer-tools
- platform: go, cloud, self-hosted
- tags: iot-gateway, digital-twin, edge-computing, mqtt, opc-ua, web-of-things, industrial-iot, device-management, cncf, automation, kubernetes, docker, linux

## Member repositories
- Edgenesis/shifu (main) score 99

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:43.198834+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 2026-08-30T04:36:59.643986+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Edgenesis/shifu (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:43.198834+00:00, sha 1d0ee1cd2b36)
  - homepage: https://shifu.dev (fetched 2026-08-29T11:48:10.786380+00:00, sha c357fcbc185d)
  - site_page: https://shifu.dev/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T11:48:10.795648+00:00, sha 6a308b141552)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.