[Public] Kubernetes application management tools

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1				GitHub				Type
2	Project	URL	License	Stars	Issues	PRs	Contributors	Abstraction	Internal DSL	External DSL	YAML/data	Uses K8s client	Active	Creation/first commit date	Last Activity (commit)	Notes

3	Compose	https://github.com/docker/compose	Apache 2	14688	553	51	257	Yes	No	Yes	Yes		Yes
4	Helm	https://github.com/kubernetes/helm	Apache 2	9198	594	92	250	Yes	No	No	Yes	client-go	Yes
5	OpenShift templates	https://docs.openshift.org/latest/dev_guide/templates.html	Apache 2	5565	417	131	100	No	No	No	Yes	client-go	Yes
6	gitkube	https://github.com/hasura/gitkube	Apache 2	2365	34	1	9						Yes
7	Podex	https://github.com/kubernetes/contrib/tree/master/podex	Apache 2	2082	22	26	100	No	No	No	No		No
8	Rio	https://github.com/rancher/rio	Apache 2	2054	125	5	39					rio	Yes
9	Kompose	https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/kompose	Apache 2	1940	81	8	32	Yes				client-go	Yes
10	Spread	https://github.com/redspread/spread	Apache 2	1845	44	9	4	No	No	No	Yes	client-go	No
11	Crossplane	https://github.com/crossplaneio/crossplane	Apache 2	1600	243	10	26	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Dec. 4 2018	Jan. 17th 2020 (active)
12	Draft	https://github.com/Azure/draft	MIT	1589	90	9	34	No	No	No	Yes		Yes			Uses Helm
13	Kustomize	https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize	Apache 2	1535	52	6	53	No	No	No	Yes		Yes
14	Deis workflow	https://github.com/deis/workflow	MIT	1068	57	3	191	Yes	No	No	No		No
15	jsonnet	https://github.com/google/jsonnet	Apache 2	1020	99	1	23	No	No	No	No		Yes			Example in https://databricks.com/blog/2017/06/26/declarative-infrastructure-jsonnet-templating-language.html
16	Skylark	https://github.com/google/skylark	BSD	947	8	2	12	No			No		Yes
17	Keptn	https://github.com/keptn/keptn	Apache 2	458	95	3	28	No	No	Yes	Yes	client-go	Yes
18	Konfd	https://github.com/kelseyhightower/konfd	Apache 2	428	3	0	2	No	No	No	Yes	kubectl	Yes
19	fabric8 client	https://github.com/fabric8io/kubernetes-client	Apache 2	313	163	9	69	No	Yes	No	No		Yes
20	Flux	https://github.com/weaveworks/flux	Apache 2	312	112	2	19	No	No	No	No	kubectl	Yes
21	kubernetes-deploy	https://github.com/Shopify/kubernetes-deploy	MIT	312	25	9	20	No	No	No	Yes	kubeclient ruby	Yes			Special handling for encryped json
22	kube-applier	https://github.com/box/kube-applier	Apache 2	254	6	3	3	No	No	No	Yes	kubectl	Yes
23	Nulecule	https://github.com/projectatomic/nulecule	GPL	227	30	4	29	Yes	No	No	Yes		No
24	kubecfg	https://github.com/ksonnet/kubecfg	Apache 2	185	17	7	9	No	No	Yes	No	client-go	Yes
25	ship	https://github.com/replicatedhq/ship	Apache 2	173	22	0	13	No	No	No	Yes		Yes			converts helm charts to kustomize
26	ksonnet	https://github.com/ksonnet/ksonnet	Apache 2	169	78	1	14	No	No	Yes	No	client-go	Yes			Generates jsonnet library from the OpenAPI description
27	landscaper	https://github.com/Eneco/landscaper	Apache 2	168	18	0	14	Yes	No	No	Yes	client-go	Yes			Built on top of helm
28	Metaparticle	https://github.com/metaparticle-io/package	MIT	163	16	0	19	Yes	Yes	No	No		Yes
29	ktmpl	https://github.com/jimmycuadra/ktmpl	MIT	145	8	1	7	No	No	No	Yes		Yes
30	Kedge	https://github.com/kedgeproject/kedge	Apache 2	136	107	15	11	Yes	No	No	Yes		Yes
31	kenv	https://github.com/thisendout/kenv	MIT	125	0	0	2	No	No	No	Yes		Yes
32	Forge	https://github.com/datawire/forge/	Apache 2	123	43	1	6	Yes	No	No	Yes	kubectl	Yes
33	KPM	https://github.com/coreos/kpm	Apache 2	116	35	3	8	Yes	No	No	Yes	kubectl	No
34	Smith	https://github.com/atlassian/smith	Apache 2	114	14	1	7	Yes	No	No	Yes	client-go	Yes
35	Kapitan	https://github.com/deepmind/kapitan	Apache 2	109	1	0	3	No	No	Yes	No		Yes			Uses jsonnet
36	Helmfile	https://github.com/roboll/helmfile	MIT	106	6	1	7	No	No	No	No		Yes
37	Srvexpand	https://github.com/hortonworks/kubernetes-yarn/tree/master/contrib/srvexpand	Apache 2	98	4	0	100	Yes	No	No	Yes		No
38	k8sec	https://github.com/dtan4/k8sec	MIT	87	0	0	3	No	No	No	No		Yes			Only managed Kubernetes secrets
39	fabric8-mvn-plugin	https://github.com/fabric8io/fabric8-maven-plugin	Apache 2	80	204	18	33	No	No	No	No		Yes
40	Terraform	https://github.com/terraform-providers/terraform-provider-kubernetes	MPL 2	77	27	7	19	No	No	Yes	No	client-go	Yes
41	Chartify	https://github.com/appscode/chartify	Apache 2	71	11	1	3	No	No	No	Yes		Yes
42	kontemplate	https://github.com/tazjin/kontemplate	GPL3	71	21	3	2	No	No	No	Yes		Yes
43	OpenCompose	https://github.com/redhat-developer/opencompose	Apache 2	59	57	2	8	Yes	No	No	Yes		No
44	Psykube	https://github.com/CommercialTribe/psykube	MIT	55	1	0	7	Yes	No	No	Yes	kubectl	Yes
45	rok8s-scripts	https://github.com/reactiveops/rok8s-scripts	Apache 2	49	11	4	14	No	No	No	No	kubectl	Yes
46	kubegen	https://github.com/errordeveloper/kubegen	Apache 2	48	8	0	2	Yes	No	No	Yes		Yes
47	kb80r	https://github.com/UKHomeOffice/kb8or	MIT	46	25	3	5	No	No	No	Yes	kubectl	No
48	Ansible	https://github.com/ansible/ansible-kubernetes-modules	Apache 2	42	6	0	4	No	No	Yes	Yes	Openshift Python client	Yes
49	armada	https://github.com/att-comdev/armada	Apache 2	41	32	0	19	Yes	No	No	Yes		Yes			Built on top of helm. Built to install openstack into k8s and deal with needs for that
50	kexpand	https://github.com/kopeio/kexpand	Apache 2	35	6	5	3	No	No	No	Yes		Yes
51	k8s-kotlin-dsl	https://github.com/fkorotkov/k8s-kotlin-dsl	MIT	31	0	0	2	No	Yes	No	No	fabric8	Yes
52	Short	https://github.com/koki/short	Apache 2	28	17	1	2	Yes	No	No	Yes		Yes
53	kploy	https://github.com/kubernauts/kploy	Apache 2	27	4	0	2	Yes	No	No	Yes	https://github.com/kubernauts/pyk	No
54	Skipper	https://github.com/concur/skipper	Apache 2	23	4	0	2	Yes	No	No	No	node-kubernetes-client	Yes			CURLable API that enables deployment to any jurisdiction and generates k8s objects specific to each location
55	KY	https://github.com/stellaservice/ky	MIT	21	0	1	1	No	No	No	Yes		Yes			Only managed secrets and configs
56	Puppet	https://forge.puppet.com/garethr/kubernetes/readme	Apache 2	20	8	3	8	No	No	Yes	No	kubeclient ruby	Yes
57	Broadway	https://github.com/namely/broadway	BSD 3-Clause	15	17	0	6	Yes	No	No	Yes	client-go	No
58	Koki	https://github.com/koki/koki	Apache 2	14	1	0	2	Yes	No	No	Yes		Yes
59	generator-kubegen	https://github.com/sesispla/generator-kubegen	MIT	11	2	0	1	No	No	No	Yes		Yes
60	k8comp	https://github.com/cststack/k8comp	Apache 2	11	3	0	1	No	No	No	Yes		Yes			Manages config, uses encryped yaml and hiera
61	Rubiks	https://github.com/olx-global/rubiks	Apache 2	11	0	0	3	No	Yes	No	No		Yes
62	Deploymentizer	https://github.com/InVisionApp/kit-deploymentizer	MIT	8	1	0	5	Yes	No	No	Yes		Yes
63	kdeploy	https://github.com/flexiant/kdeploy	Apache 2	8	15	0	3		No	No	Yes	kubectl	No
64	Archipa	https://github.com/archipaorg/archipa	MPL 2	4	0	9	1	No	No	Yes	No		Yes
65	Puccini	https://github.com/tliron/puccini	Apache 2	4	0	0	1	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	kubectl	Yes			TOSCA modeling for Kubernetes
66	ERB-Hiera	https://github.com/roobert/erb-hiera	MIT	3	0	2	1	Yes	No	No	Yes		Yes
67	k82-icl	https://github.com/archipaorg/k8s-icl	n/a	3	0	0	1	No	No	Yes	No		Yes
68	oc	https://docs.openshift.com/online/dev_guide/application_lifecycle/new_app.html	Apache 2					Yes	No	No	No	client-go	Yes
69		https://github.com/xarg/kuku
70		https://github.com/sugarkube/sugarkube/
71		https://github.com/k14s/ytt
72		https://github.com/k14s/kapp
73		https://github.com/pulumi
74		https://github.com/stripe/skycfg
75		https://github.com/jkcfg/kubernetes
76		https://github.com/cuelang/cue/
77		https://github.com/elek/flekszible
78		https://github.com/gree-gorey/karavel
79		https://github.com/lostromos/lostromos
80		https://github.com/Microsoft/fabrikate
81		https://github.com/operator-framework/helm-app-operator-kit
82		https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-helm
83		https://www.terraform.io/docs/providers/helm/index.html
84		https://github.com/appscode/kubed
85		https://github.com/kubepack/pack
86		https://github.com/Aptomi
87		https://github.com/pearsontechnology/environment-operator
88		https://github.com/apptio/kr8
89		https://gitlab.com/msvechla/kubehiera
90		https://github.com/google/kasane
91		https://github.com/levertonai/kubor
92		https://github.com/zalando-incubator/stackset-controller
93		https://github.com/stakater/Konfigurator
94		https://github.com/dhall-lang/dhall-kubernetes
95		https://github.com/bookingcom/shipper
96		https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd
97		https://github.com/razee-io/Razee
98		https://github.com/jenkins-x/jx
99		https://github.com/tektoncd/pipeline
100		https://github.com/Mirantis/k8s-AppController