# vmware-tanzu/community-edition

VMware Tanzu Community Edition is no longer an actively maintained project. Code is available for historical purposes only.

Repository: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/community-edition
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vmware-tanzu-community-edition
Homepage: https://tanzucommunityedition.io/
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2023-06-16T18:58:20+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2150, "days_push": 1174, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1320, forks 296 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:21.730078+00:00)

## What it is
VMware Tanzu Community Edition was a free, open-source Kubernetes platform distribution with packaging and management tooling built in Go. The project has been retired by VMware in favor of the free Tanzu Kubernetes Grid download and is no longer maintained.

## Use cases
- deploy a self-managed kubernetes cluster
- run a free kubernetes distribution on-premises
- bootstrap kubernetes clusters with tanzu cli
- package and manage workloads on kubernetes
- evaluate tanzu tooling historically

## When to choose
- you need to study or fork the historical Tanzu Community Edition code
- you must reproduce a legacy Tanzu CE environment

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained kubernetes platform for production
- you want security updates or community support
- you are starting a new kubernetes deployment today

## Facets
- artifact type: infra-config
- maturity: abandoned
- function: container-orchestration, deployment, cloud
- domain: cloud-computing, infrastructure-as-code
- platform: windows, cloud, go
- tags: kubernetes-distribution, tanzu, discontinued, vmware, containers, devops, linux, macos, kubernetes, docker

## Member repositories
- vmware-tanzu/community-edition (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:21.730078+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 2026-08-30T04:47:51.928777+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/community-edition (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:21.730078+00:00, sha a2d747718bb5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.