kubernetes/minikube
Run Kubernetes locally
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Where it stands
Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.
Ranks #194 of 2,502 repositories GStars tracks this week (top 8%).
1 release in the last 90 days, the latest 25 days ago, with 381 contributors on GitHub.
Peaked at #41 in the weekly ranking the week of Dec 21, its best in the past year.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Runs a local Kubernetes cluster on macOS, Linux, and Windows for development and testing purposes.
- Provides a full-featured, easy-to-use local Kubernetes environment supporting all standard Kubernetes features and multiple container runtimes.
- Use for developing and testing Kubernetes applications locally before deploying to production clusters.
- Use for experimenting with Kubernetes features like LoadBalancer, Ingress, and Persistent Volumes without needing a remote cluster.
- Use for continuous integration environments to run Kubernetes workloads in isolated, reproducible local clusters.
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
Watch-outs
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From the README
minikube implements a local Kubernetes cluster on macOS, Linux, and Windows. minikube's primary goals are to be the best tool for local Kubernetes application development and to support all Kubernetes features that fit.
minikube runs the latest stable release of Kubernetes, with support for standard Kubernetes features like:
For more information, see the official minikube website
Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
+224 stars over 81 days across 12 snapshot days; best day +4 on Sep 7.
Forks
5.3K+68
Open issues
615+82
Compared with peers in Kubernetes
Fastest-growing repositories GStars tracks in this cohort for the week of Sep 27, by 7-day star growth
| Repository | Stars | +7d | Health | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| kubernetes/kubernetes | 128.3K | +229 | 75 | 3 days ago |
| netdata/netdata | 80.8K | +155 | 75 | 7 days ago |
| authelia/authelia | 29.2K | +61 | 75 | 19 days ago |
| k3s-io/k3s | 34.1K | +60 | 75 | 7 days ago |
| containerd/containerd | 21.4K | +32 | 75 | 7 days ago |
| kubernetes/minikube | 32.2K | +0 | 75 | 25 days ago |
| Category median | 34.1K | +61 | 75 | — |
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