calfonso/rusternetes
kubernetes, reimplemented in Rust
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Where it stands
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The project lists 14 contributors on GitHub.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Implements a full Kubernetes cluster reengineered entirely in Rust, including API server, scheduler, controllers, kubelet, and kube-proxy components.
- Offers multiple deployment modes with pluggable storage backends, enabling lightweight, single-binary clusters without etcd for resource-constrained or edge environments.
- Use for building and managing Kubernetes clusters in Rust environments requiring high performance and memory safety.
- Use for deploying Kubernetes clusters on edge devices, IoT gateways, or air-gapped systems where minimal infrastructure is critical.
- Use for Kubernetes development and testing with a fully conformance-tested Rust implementation supporting standard Kubernetes APIs and tooling.
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.
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- README: present
- Contributing guide: present
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From the README
A ground-up reimplementation of Kubernetes in Rust. Documentation Site
216,000+ lines of Rust across 10 crates. 31 controllers. 3,100+ tests. Actively conformance-tested against the official Kubernetes e2e test suite — currently passing 94% of conformance tests (415/441) across 160 rounds of testing.
This isn't a wrapper around the Go codebase or a partial mock. Every component — API server, scheduler, controller manager, kubelet, kube-proxy — is written from scratch in Rust, implementing the actual Kubernetes API surface, wire format, and behavioral semantics.
Rūsternetes includes a built-in web console with real-time cluster topology visualization, live metrics, pod log streaming, and full resource management. It deploys automatically — embedded in the API server, no separate installation.
See the Console User Guide for full documentation.
Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
Forks
59+13
Open issues
25+14
Compared with peers in Kubernetes
Fastest-growing repositories GStars tracks in this cohort for the week of Nov 1, by 7-day star growth
| Repository | Stars | +7d | Health | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| superplanehq/superplane | 8.8K | +435 | 60 | 7 days ago |
| aquasecurity/trivy | 39.0K | +204 | 45 | today |
| agentgateway/agentgateway | 6.0K | +183 | 60 | 9 days ago |
| argoproj/argo-cd | 24.6K | +58 | 60 | 1 day ago |
| cilium/cilium | 25.8K | +52 | 65 | 3 days ago |
| calfonso/rusternetes | 783 | — | 19 | — |
| Category median | 24.6K | +183 | 60 | — |
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