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Open-source startups tagged #kubernetes

31 open-source startups in this directory carry the GitHub topic #kubernetes. 24 pushed code within 30 days of the snapshot of 2026-09-22, 4 have been quiet for 31–120 days, 3 have not pushed in over 120 days. Topics are set by each repository’s own maintainers, so this is what those projects chose to call themselves rather than a category we assigned.

24 of 31 pushed within 30 days of the snapshot of 2026-09-22. How we measure it →

The list

All 31, most-starred first.

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The last column is the most recent push GitHub reported to us on 2026-09-22. It counts a push to any branch, by a person or a bot — it is not a claim that anyone is maintaining the project, and a quiet repository may be a finished one.

ProjectWhat it doesStarsShip statusLast verified push
netdata/netdata

The fastest path to AI-powered full stack observability, even for lean teams.

80.6KStill shippingSep 22, 2026
traefik/traefik

The Cloud Native Application Proxy

64.9KStill shippingSep 22, 2026
minio/minio

MinIO is a high-performance, S3 compatible object store, open sourced under GNU AGPLv3 license.

61.4KGone silentApr 24, 2026
ToolJet/ToolJet

Open-source foundation of ToolJet AI - the enterprise app generation platform for internal tools, dashboards, business applications, workflows and AI agents. Build visually, from a prompt, or from Claude Code, Codex and Cursor over MCP 🚀

41KStill shippingSep 22, 2026
portainer/portainer

Making Docker and Kubernetes management easy.

38.5KStill shippingSep 22, 2026
seaweedfs/seaweedfs

SeaweedFS is a distributed storage system for object storage (S3), file systems, and Iceberg tables, designed to handle billions of files with O(1) disk access and effortless horizontal scaling.

34.9KStill shippingSep 22, 2026
dokku/dokku

A docker-powered PaaS that helps you build and manage the lifecycle of applications

32.2KStill shippingSep 22, 2026
authelia/authelia

The Single Sign-On Multi-Factor portal for web apps. OpenID Certified™ and Post-Quantum Cryptography Ready.

29KStill shippingSep 22, 2026
openfaas/faas

OpenFaaS - Serverless Functions Made Simple

26.2KSlowedJul 2, 2026
rancher/rancher

Complete container management platform

25.9KStill shippingSep 22, 2026
goauthentik/authentik

The authentication glue you need.

25.7KStill shippingSep 22, 2026
lensapp/lens

Lens - The way the world runs Kubernetes

23.2KGone silentFeb 11, 2025
gravitational/teleport

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

20.9KStill shippingSep 17, 2026
labring/sealos

Deploy real projects from GitHub or your AI coding agent, then keep them running with AI-powered operations.

18.4KStill shippingSep 18, 2026
verdaccio/verdaccio

A lightweight Node.js private proxy registry

17.9KStill shippingSep 22, 2026
VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics

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

17.8KStill shippingSep 22, 2026
kubesphere/kubesphere

The container platform tailored for Kubernetes multi-cloud, datacenter, and edge management ⎈ 🖥 ☁️

17.1KSlowedJul 15, 2026
loft-sh/devpod

Codespaces but open-source, client-only and unopinionated: Works with any IDE and lets you use any cloud, kubernetes or just localhost docker.

15.2KGone silentNov 14, 2025
xpipe-io/xpipe

Access your entire server infrastructure from your local desktop

14.6KStill shippingSep 21, 2026
macrozheng/mall-swarm

mall-swarm是一套微服务商城系统,采用了 Spring Cloud Alibaba、Spring Boot 3.5、Sa-Token、MyBatis、Elasticsearch、Docker、Kubernetes等核心技术,同时提供了基于Vue的管理后台方便快速搭建系统。mall-swarm在电商业务的基础集成了注册中心、配置中心、监控中心、网关等系统功能。

13.2KSlowedJul 31, 2026
redpanda-data/redpanda

Redpanda is a streaming data platform for developers. Kafka API compatible. 10x faster. No ZooKeeper. No JVM!

12.6KSlowedAug 22, 2026
ubicloud/ubicloud

Open source alternative to AWS. Elastic compute, block storage (non replicated), firewall and load balancer, managed Postgres, K8s, AI inference, and IAM services.

12.3KStill shippingSep 22, 2026
kubeshark/kubeshark

eBPF-powered network observability for Kubernetes. Indexes L4/L7 traffic with full K8s context, decrypts TLS without keys. Queryable by AI agents via MCP and humans via dashboard.

12.1KStill shippingSep 21, 2026
gravitl/netmaker

Netmaker makes networks with WireGuard. Netmaker automates fast, secure, and distributed virtual networks.

11.8KStill shippingSep 22, 2026
kubescape/kubescape

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.

11.7KStill shippingSep 22, 2026
loft-sh/vcluster

vCluster creates tenant clusters: fully isolated environments delivered as managed Kubernetes, or as the foundation for Slurm, Ray, Run:ai and inference clusters. Each gets its own API server, CRDs and RBAC, and runs on an existing cluster or standalone on bare metal. CNCF Certified Kubernetes.

11.3KStill shippingSep 22, 2026
siderolabs/talos

Talos Linux is a modern Linux distribution built for Kubernetes.

11.2KStill shippingSep 22, 2026
dexidp/dex

OpenID Connect (OIDC) identity and OAuth 2.0 provider with pluggable connectors

11.1KStill shippingSep 21, 2026
bunkerity/bunkerweb

🛡️ Open-source and cloud-native Web Application Firewall (WAF)

11KStill shippingSep 22, 2026
TykTechnologies/tyk

Open Source API and AI Gateway supporting REST, GraphQL, TCP, gRPC and MCP (Model Context Protocol)

10.8KStill shippingSep 22, 2026
yugabyte/yugabyte-db

YugabyteDB - the cloud native distributed SQL database for mission-critical applications.

10.6KStill shippingSep 22, 2026

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Snapshot of 2026-09-22 · 721 repos in the directory · every number on this page is measured against that date, not against today. What this measurement cannot tell you →