kubernetes-sigs/metrics-server
Scalable and efficient source of container resource metrics for Kubernetes built-in autoscaling pipelines.
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Where it stands
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Ranks #407 of 2,794 repositories GStars tracks this week (top 15%).
1 release in the last 90 days, the latest 62 days ago, with 144 contributors on GitHub.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides a scalable and efficient source of container resource metrics for Kubernetes autoscaling pipelines.
- Enables fast, resource-efficient metrics collection every 15 seconds, supporting clusters up to 5,000 nodes.
- Use for enabling CPU and memory based horizontal pod autoscaling in Kubernetes clusters.
- Use for automatically adjusting or suggesting container resource requests via vertical pod autoscaling.
- Use for integrating with Kubernetes Metrics API to debug autoscaling pipelines using kubectl top commands.
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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
- Code of conduct: present
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From the README
Metrics Server is a scalable, efficient source of container resource metrics for Kubernetes built-in autoscaling pipelines.
Metrics Server collects resource metrics from Kubelets and exposes them in Kubernetes apiserver through Metrics API for use by Horizontal Pod Autoscaler and Vertical Pod Autoscaler. Metrics API can also be accessed by
kubectl top, making it easier to debug autoscaling pipelines.For unsupported use cases, check out full monitoring solutions like Prometheus.
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Forks
2.1K+25
Open issues
66+20
Compared with peers in Kubernetes
Fastest-growing repositories GStars tracks in this cohort for the week of Oct 18, by 7-day star growth
| Repository | Stars | +7d | Health | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| superplanehq/superplane | 8.1K | +454 | 75 | 1 day ago |
| etcd-io/etcd | 52.4K | +89 | 75 | today |
| helm/helm | 30.4K | +36 | 65 | 7 days ago |
| llm-d/llm-d-router | 428 | +26 | 65 | 5 days ago |
| istio/istio | 38.5K | +24 | 75 | 6 days ago |
| kubernetes-sigs/metrics-server | 6.8K | +0 | 75 | 62 days ago |
| Category median | 30.4K | +36 | 75 | — |
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