moby/swarmkit
A toolkit for orchestrating distributed systems at any scale. It includes primitives for node discovery, raft-based consensus, task scheduling and more. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
81/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 48
- 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: n/a
- age_days: 3856
- days_rel: 132
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 1
Adoption not part of the score
3647 stars · 672 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
SwarmKit is a Go toolkit for orchestrating distributed systems, providing Raft-based consensus, node discovery, task scheduling, and service orchestration primitives. It powers Docker Swarm mode and can be embedded to build custom cluster orchestrators.
Use cases
- build a custom container orchestrator
- coordinate distributed nodes with raft consensus
- run replicated services across a cluster
- automate TLS certificate rotation between nodes
- reschedule tasks when a node fails
- embed swarm mode into docker
When to choose
- you need orchestration primitives to embed in a Go application
- you want secure-by-default cluster membership with mutual TLS
- you want orchestration without an external database dependency
When to avoid
- you just want to run containers - use Docker Swarm or Kubernetes directly
- you need the full Kubernetes ecosystem of extensions
- you need a standalone orchestrator CLI out of the box
Facets
library · maturity active
container-orchestration scheduling auth cryptography rpc microservices microservices infrastructure-as-code cloud-computing go cross-platform raft-consensus swarm-mode cluster-management node-discovery task-scheduling mutual-tls docker-swarm containers devops linux docker
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/moby/swarmkit · fetched 2026-08-28 · e5e3391a9aa8
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| moby/swarmkit | main | 81 |
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