# TritonDataCenter/triton

Triton DataCenter: a cloud management platform with first class support for containers.

Repository: https://github.com/TritonDataCenter/triton
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tritondatacenter-triton
Homepage: https://www.tritondatacenter.com/
Language: Shell
License: MPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: cloud, virtualization
Last push: 2025-06-18T13:20:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 44/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 27, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4383, "days_push": 441, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1370, forks 189 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:31.862491+00:00)

## What it is
Triton DataCenter is an open-source cloud management platform (formerly SmartDataCenter) that delivers container-based infrastructure across one or more data centers, built on SmartOS with KVM support for full Linux and Windows guests. It provides a public provisioning API, operator portal, private APIs, and node agents, implemented primarily in Node.js.

## Use cases
- run a private cloud with container-native virtualization
- self-host an IaaS platform across multiple data centers
- provision VMs and containers via a REST API and CLI
- operate an on-premises cloud with an operator web portal
- run Linux and Windows guests with KVM on SmartOS zones
- manage compute nodes and instances at scale

## When to choose
- you want an open-source, self-hosted cloud platform with first-class container support
- you need proven, at-scale private cloud infrastructure with REST APIs and operator tooling
- you prefer SmartOS zones for high-performance container virtualization with KVM fallback

## When to avoid
- you need a mainstream hypervisor stack like KVM-only or VMware-based clouds
- your team cannot operate SmartOS-based infrastructure
- you only need container orchestration for Kubernetes workloads rather than full cloud management

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: maintenance
- function: cloud, container-orchestration, api-framework, self-hosted, monitoring
- domain: cloud-computing, infrastructure-as-code, self-hosted
- platform: self-hosted
- tags: cloud-management, smartos, iaas, private-cloud, container-virtualization, kvm, head-node, compute-nodes, virtualization, containers, devops, linux, web-server, nodejs

## Member repositories
- TritonDataCenter/triton (main) score 44

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:31.862491+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 2026-08-30T04:40:53.733723+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/TritonDataCenter/triton (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:31.862491+00:00, sha 7f9dd2eb31bd)
  - homepage: https://www.tritondatacenter.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:57:41.912481+00:00, sha 13b612dbbc95)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.