Kubernetes

Deployment, infrastructure, containers, observability, and production operations tooling.

19 Repositories Operations Updated Jul 16

Subcategories

Containers 77 Kubernetes 19 Infrastructure as Code 11 CI/CD 43 Observability 35 General Operations 30

Topic guide

How to use this Kubernetes index

Kubernetes repositories in Skill Atlas are selected from popular GitHub projects and organized to help developers compare tools, patterns, and implementation examples. Use this page as a starting point before opening individual repositories for docs, issues, examples, and license details.

When to use this category

Find established open source projects related to kubernetes.
Compare repository popularity, language, tags, and practical use cases.
Build a shortlist before deeper technical evaluation.
Discover adjacent categories through related tags and subcategories.

How to choose

Start with repositories that match your language, runtime, and deployment model.
Check recent commits, issue activity, documentation quality, and license before adopting a project.
Use stars as a popularity signal, not as proof of fit or production readiness.
Common languages in this topic include Go, Python, C.
Frequent tags include Operations, Go, kubernetes, cluster, cncf.

Kubernetes repositories

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kubernetes-the-hard-way

Kubernetes

Bootstrap Kubernetes the hard way. No scripts.

Operations

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Explore a popular operations repository
Study implementation patterns for software projects
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49k stars

GitHub

k9s

Kubernetes

🐶 Kubernetes CLI To Manage Your Clusters In Style!

OperationsGogogolangk8sk8s-cluster

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Explore a popular operations repository
Study implementation patterns for Go projects
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34k stars Go

GitHub

k3s

Kubernetes

Lightweight Kubernetes

OperationsGok8skubernetes

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33k stars Go

GitHub

jumpserver

Kubernetes

JumpServer is an open-source Privileged Access Management (PAM) platform that provides DevOps and IT teams with on-demand and secure access to SSH, RDP, Kubernetes, Database and RemoteApp endpoints through a web browser.

OperationsPythonbastion-hostcyberarkdjangojumpserver

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Explore a popular operations repository
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31k stars Python

GitHub

helm

Kubernetes

The Kubernetes Package Manager

OperationsGochartchartscncfhelm

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30k stars Go

GitHub

consul

Kubernetes

Consul is a distributed, highly available, and data center aware solution to connect and configure applications across dynamic, distributed infrastructure.

OperationsGoapi-gatewayconsulecskubernetes

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Explore a popular operations repository
Study implementation patterns for Go projects
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30k stars Go

GitHub

TDengine

Kubernetes

High-performance, scalable time-series database designed for Industrial IoT (IIoT) scenarios

OperationsCbigdatacloud-nativeclusterconnected-vehicles

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Explore a popular operations repository
Study implementation patterns for C projects
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25k stars C

GitHub

argo-cd

Kubernetes

Declarative Continuous Deployment for Kubernetes

OperationsGoargoargo-cdcdci-cd

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Explore a popular operations repository
Study implementation patterns for Go projects
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24k stars Go

GitHub

authentik

Kubernetes

The authentication glue you need.

OperationsPythonauthenticationauthentikauthorizationkubernetes

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Study implementation patterns for Python projects
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22k stars Python

GitHub

recommenders

Kubernetes

Best Practices on Recommendation Systems

OperationsPythonaiartificial-intelligencedata-sciencedeep-learning

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Explore a popular operations repository
Study implementation patterns for Python projects
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22k stars Python

GitHub

vitess

Kubernetes

Vitess is a database clustering system for horizontal scaling of MySQL.

OperationsGocncfdatabase-clusterkubernetesmysql

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Explore a popular operations repository
Study implementation patterns for Go projects
Open GitHub for documentation, examples, and issues

21k stars Go

GitHub

teleport

Kubernetes

The easiest, and most secure way to access and protect all of your infrastructure.

OperationsGoauditbastioncertificatecluster

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Explore a popular operations repository
Study implementation patterns for Go projects
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21k stars Go

GitHub

kubectx

Kubernetes

Faster way to switch between clusters and namespaces in kubectl

OperationsGokubectlkubectl-pluginskuberneteskubernetes-clusters

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Explore a popular operations repository
Study implementation patterns for Go projects
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20k stars Go

GitHub

kubespray

Kubernetes

Deploy a Production Ready Kubernetes Cluster

OperationsJinjaansibleawsbare-metalgce

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Study implementation patterns for Jinja projects
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19k stars Jinja

GitHub

VictoriaMetrics

Kubernetes

VictoriaMetrics: fast, cost-effective monitoring solution and time series database

OperationsGodatabasegrafanagraphiteinfluxdb

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Explore a popular operations repository
Study implementation patterns for Go projects
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17k stars Go

GitHub

effect

Kubernetes

Build production-ready applications in TypeScript

OperationsTypeScriptcliclusteringconcurrencydependency-injection

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15k stars TypeScript

GitHub

kubescape

Kubernetes

Kubescape is an open-source Kubernetes security platform for your IDE, CI/CD pipelines, and clusters. It includes risk analysis, security, compliance, and misconfiguration scanning, saving Kubernetes users and administrators precious time, effort, and resources.

OperationsGobest-practicedevopskubernetesmitre-attack

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Explore a popular operations repository
Study implementation patterns for Go projects
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12k stars Go

GitHub

pixie

Kubernetes

Instant Kubernetes-Native Application Observability

OperationsC++aksapache-arrowcloud-nativecncf

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Explore a popular operations repository
Study implementation patterns for C++ projects
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6.5k stars C++

GitHub

guide

Kubernetes

Kubernetes clusters for the hobbyist.

Operationsautomationclustercost-effectivedevopsdigitalocean

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Explore a popular operations repository
Study implementation patterns for software projects
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5.7k stars

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