akuity

    akuity/kargo

    Application lifecycle orchestration

    kubernetes
    argocd
    cd
    delivery
    gitops
    hacktoberfest
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    Apache-2.0
    3.7K stars
    456 forks
    3.7K GitHub watchers
    Updated Oct 26, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 14 days ago, with 211 contributors on GitHub.

    Gained 67% more stars in the last 90 days than in the 90 days before.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Orchestrates application lifecycle and continuous delivery for Kubernetes using GitOps principles.
    • Integrates seamlessly with existing tools like Argo CD to automate progressive rollouts across multiple deployment stages.
    • Use for implementing multi-stage deployment pipelines in Kubernetes environments following GitOps workflows.
    • Use for automating progressive delivery and promotion of application changes across development, staging, and production.
    • Use for teams seeking to enhance Kubernetes deployment reliability with a next-generation continuous delivery platform.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    Apache 2.0

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution; includes an explicit patent grant from contributors.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present
    • Code of conduct: present

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    From the README

    Kargo is a next-generation continuous delivery and application lifecycle orchestration platform for Kubernetes. It builds upon GitOps principles and integrates with existing technologies, like Argo CD, to streamline and automate the progressive rollout of changes across the many stages of an application's lifecycle.

    Read more about Kargo in our docs or get hands-on right away by following our Quickstart documentation or watch the Multi-Stage Deployment Pipelines the GitOps Way talk by Jesse Suen & Kent Rancourt of Akuity at GitOpsCon EU 2024:

    This documentation is very new, so please open issues against this repository if you encounter any difficulties.

    Excerpt from the akuity/kargo README on GitHub (Apache-2.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

    Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots

    Aug 7: +40Aug 8: +2Sep 26: +3

    +299 stars over 89 days across 11 snapshot days; best day +40 on Aug 7.

    Forks

    456+52

    Open issues

    216+50

    Compared with peers in Kubernetes

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