# superedge/superedge

An edge-native container management system for edge computing

Repository: https://github.com/superedge/superedge
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/superedge
Homepage: https://superedge.io
Language: Go
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: edge-computing, kubernetes, container
Last push: 2024-02-20T10:02:19+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2083, "days_push": 925, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1069, forks 202 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:27.698812+00:00)

## What it is
SuperEdge is an open-source, Kubernetes-native container management system for edge computing that extends Kubernetes orchestration to multi-region edge nodes non-intrusively. It provides edge autonomy, distributed node health monitoring, region-based service orchestration (ServiceGroup), cloud-edge network tunneling, and an edgeadm installer, and is a CNCF sandbox project.

## Use cases
- manage kubernetes workloads across multiple edge sites
- keep edge nodes running autonomously when cloud connection drops
- deploy the same microservices to many edge locations with region-closed traffic
- manage edge nodes without public IPs via cloud-edge tunneling
- bootstrap an edge kubernetes cluster with one command
- run lightweight offline k3s clusters on edge nodes
- monitor edge node health in a distributed way
- convert an existing kubernetes cluster into an edge cluster

## When to choose
- you need Kubernetes-native edge management fully compatible with standard K8s APIs
- you operate many geographically distributed edge sites with unstable cloud connectivity
- you want region-scoped deployment and traffic closure for edge microservices
- you need to onboard edge nodes lacking public IP addresses
- you want a one-click edgeadm installer instead of assembling separate tools

## When to avoid
- your workloads run entirely in a central cloud with no edge nodes
- you need a fully managed cloud Kubernetes service rather than self-managed edge infrastructure
- you require a very actively developed project - releases are infrequent and it is in maintenance mode
- you need non-Kubernetes container orchestration or lightweight single-node edge setups outside K8s

## Facets
- artifact type: infra-config
- maturity: maintenance
- function: container-orchestration, monitoring, networking, deployment, scheduling
- domain: cloud-computing, iot, microservices
- platform: go, self-hosted, cloud
- tags: edge-computing, edge-kubernetes, edge-autonomy, servicegroup, distributed-node-health, network-tunneling, edgeadm, kins, k3s, cncf-sandbox, containers, devops, linux, kubernetes

## Member repositories
- superedge/superedge (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:27.698812+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 2026-08-30T08:23:07.389646+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/superedge/superedge (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:27.698812+00:00, sha 2d54fa11f0fa)
  - homepage: https://superedge.io (fetched 2026-08-29T12:56:41.524853+00:00, sha 114be9ed9751)
  - site_page: https://superedge.io/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T12:56:41.533869+00:00, sha 3b2b6ede8b46)
  - site_page: https://superedge.io/docs/reference/edge-health (fetched 2026-08-29T12:56:41.535660+00:00, sha e3870e8485b8)
  - site_page: https://superedge.io/docs/components/servicegroup (fetched 2026-08-29T12:56:41.537402+00:00, sha fd3ff6f3676a)
  - site_page: https://superedge.io/docs/components/tunnel (fetched 2026-08-29T12:56:41.539585+00:00, sha 7a1d765c3877)
  - site_page: https://superedge.io/docs/installation/how-to-bootstrap-an-edge-kubernetes-cluster (fetched 2026-08-29T12:56:41.541588+00:00, sha 298b5d0cc392)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.