score-spec/spec

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Score is an open-source, platform-agnostic workload specification (a YAML schema, score.yaml) for describing container-based workloads and their resource dependencies in a vendor-neutral way. It is a CNCF Sandbox project that lets developers define a workload once and translate it to platforms like Docker Compose, Kubernetes, Helm, Fly.io, or Google Cloud Run via Score implementations.

Use cases

• define workload configuration once and deploy to both docker compose and kubernetes
• eliminate config drift between local and production environments
• avoid writing kubernetes yaml for simple app deployments
• declare resource dependencies like postgres databases in a vendor-neutral way
• reduce yaml bloat from environment-specific config files
• transition workloads from local development to cloud run or fly.io

When to choose

• you deploy the same workload to multiple platforms and want a single source of truth
• you want to separate developer-owned workload config from platform-owned infrastructure config
• your team struggles with inconsistent configuration across local and remote environments

When to avoid

• you need fine-grained, platform-specific Kubernetes features beyond workload-level properties
• you deploy to only one platform and already have stable config there
• you need a fully featured replacement for all platform YAML constructs

Facets

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configuration-management developer-tools deployment microservices developer-tools cloud-computing cloud cross-platform workload-specification platform-agnostic cncf-sandbox yaml-spec cloud-native portable-configuration devops containers automation docker kubernetes

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