Kubernetes

software to manage containers on a server-cluster

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Kubernetes

Summary

Kubernetes is a free and open-source software^[1]. Kubernetes ranks in the top 1% of free_and_open_source_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,174 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

Kubernetes's instance of is recorded as free and open-source software^[3].
Kubernetes's instance of is recorded as certification^[4].
Kubernetes's instance of is recorded as container orchestrator^[5].
helmsman is named after Kubernetes^[6].
Kubernetes's developer is recorded as Google^[7].
Kubernetes's developer is recorded as Cloud Native Computing Foundation^[8].
Kubernetes's copyright license is recorded as Apache Software License 2.0^[9].
Kubernetes's programmed in is recorded as Go^[10].
Kubernetes's operating system is recorded as Linux^[11].
Kubernetes's operating system is recorded as Microsoft Windows^[12].
Kubernetes's operating system is recorded as macOS^[13].
Kubernetes's software version identifier is recorded as 1.4.12^[14].
Kubernetes's software version identifier is recorded as 1.5.7^[15].
Kubernetes's software version identifier is recorded as 1.6.7^[16].
Kubernetes's software version identifier is recorded as 1.7.0^[17].
Kubernetes's software version identifier is recorded as 1.8.3^[18].
Kubernetes's software version identifier is recorded as 1.8.2^[19].
Kubernetes's software version identifier is recorded as 1.8.1^[20].
Kubernetes's software version identifier is recorded as 1.8.0^[21].
Kubernetes's software version identifier is recorded as 1.7.10^[22].
Kubernetes's software version identifier is recorded as 1.7.9^[23].
Kubernetes's software version identifier is recorded as 1.7.8^[24].
Kubernetes's software version identifier is recorded as 1.7.7^[25].
Kubernetes's software version identifier is recorded as 1.7.6^[26].
Kubernetes's software version identifier is recorded as 1.7.5^[27].

Why It Matters

Kubernetes ranks in the top 1% of free_and_open_source_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,174 views/month).^[2] Kubernetes has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Kubernetes is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]

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Quick Facts

Instance of free and open-source software, certification, container orchestrator

Publication date June 7, 2014

Official website kubernetes.io, k8s.io

Has use orchestration

Properties

Developer Google, Cloud Native Computing Foundation

Has part(s) kubelet

Issue tracker url github.com

Named after helmsman

Official blog url kubernetes.io

Operating system Linux, Microsoft Windows, macOS

Programmed in Go

Programmer Jordan Liggitt, Wojciéch Tyczyński, Tim Hockin, Brendan Burns, Stefan Schimanski

Social media followers 104k (104k–298k, n=5)

Software version identifier 1.4.12, 1.5.7, 1.6.7, 1.7.0, 1.8.3, 1.8.2, 1.8.1, 1.8.0, 1.7.10, 1.7.9, 1.7.8, 1.7.7, 1.7.6, 1.7.5, 1.7.4, 1.7.3, 1.7.2, 1.7.1, 1.6.12, 1.6.11, 1.6.10, 1.6.9, 1.6.8, 1.6.6, 1.6.5, 1.6.4, 1.6.3, 1.6.2, 1.6.1, 1.6.0, 1.5.8, 1.5.6, 1.5.5, 1.5.4, 1.5.3, 1.5.2, 1.5.1, 1.5.0, 1.4.9, 1.4.8, 1.4.7, 1.4.6, 1.4.5, 1.4.4, 1.4.3, 1.4.1, 1.4.0, 1.3.10, 1.3.9, 1.3.8, 1.3.7, 1.3.6, 1.3.5, 1.3.4, 1.3.3, 1.3.2, 1.3.1, 1.3.0, 1.2.7, 1.2.6, 1.2.5, 1.2.4, 1.2.3, 1.2.2, 1.2.1, 1.2.0, 1.1.8, 1.1.7, 1.1.4, 1.1.3, 1.1.2, 1.1.1, 1.0.7, 1.0.6, 1.0.4, 1.0.3, 1.0.1, 0.21.4, 0.21.3, 0.21.1, 0.20.2, 0.19.3, 0.18.2, 0.18.1.1, 0.17.1, 0.17.0, 0.16.0, 0.15.0, 0.14.2, 0.14.1, 0.13.2, 0.11.0, 0.10.1, 0.9.3, 0.9.2, 0.8.4, 0.8.2, 0.8.1, 0.8.0, 0.7.2, 1.8.4, 1.6.13, 1.7.11, 1.8.5, 1.9.0, 1.8.6, 1.7.12, 1.9.1, 1.8.7, 1.9.2, 1.9.3, 1.8.8, 1.7.13, 0.18.1, 1.9.4, 1.8.9, 1.7.14, 1.9.5, 1.8.10, 1.7.15, 1.9.6, 1.10.0, 1.7.16, 1.8.11, 1.10.1, 1.9.7, 1.8.12, 1.10.2, 1.8.13, 1.10.3, 1.9.8, 1.10.4, 0.7.1, 0.7.0, 0.6.2, 0.6.1, 0.5.6, 0.5.4, 0.5.3, 0.4.4, 0.4.3, 0.4.2, 0.4.1, 0.4, 1.8.14, 1.8.15, 1.9.9, 1.10.5, 1.11.0, 1.11.1, 1.10.6, 1.9.10, 1.11.2, 1.10.7, 1.11.3, 1.10.8, 1.12.0, 1.9.11, 1.12.1, 1.10.9, 1.11.4, 1.12.2, 1.10.10, 1.10.11, 1.11.5, 1.12.3, 1.13.0, 1.13.1, 1.11.6, 1.12.4, 1.10.12, 1.13.2, 1.12.5, 1.11.7, 1.13.3, 1.10.13, 1.12.6, 1.11.8, 1.13.4, 1.11.9, 1.12.7, 1.13.5, 1.14.0, 1.14.1, 1.12.8, 1.11.10, 1.13.6, 1.14.2, 1.12.9, 1.13.7, 1.14.3, 1.15.0, 1.12.10, 1.13.8, 1.14.4, 1.15.1, 1.13.9, 1.14.5, 1.15.2, 1.13.10, 1.14.6, 1.15.3, 1.13.11, 1.14.7, 1.15.4, 1.16.0, 1.16.1, 1.13.12, 1.14.8, 1.15.5, 1.16.2, 1.14.9, 1.15.6, 1.16.3, 1.17.0, 1.14.10, 1.15.7, 1.16.4, 1.17.1, 1.15.8, 1.16.5, 1.15.9, 1.16.6, 1.17.2, 1.15.10, 1.16.7, 1.17.3, 1.15.11, 1.16.8, 1.17.4, 1.18.0, 1.18.1, 1.16.9, 1.17.5, 1.18.2, 1.15.12, 1.16.10, 1.17.6, 1.18.3, 1.16.11, 1.17.7, 1.18.4, 1.16.12, 1.17.8, 1.18.5, 1.16.13, 1.17.9, 1.18.6, 1.16.14, 1.16.15, 1.17.11, 1.18.8, 1.19.0, 1.19.1, 1.17.12, 1.18.9, 1.19.2, 1.17.13, 1.17.14, 1.18.10, 1.18.12, 1.19.3, 1.19.4, 1.17.15, 1.18.13, 1.19.5, 1.20.0, 1.17.16, 1.18.14, 1.19.6, 1.20.1, 1.17.17, 1.18.15, 1.19.7, 1.20.2, 1.18.16, 1.19.8, 1.20.3, 1.20.4, 1.20.5, 1.18.17, 1.19.9, 1.21.0, 1.20.6, 1.19.10, 1.18.18, 1.18.19, 1.19.11, 1.20.7, 1.21.1, 1.18.20, 1.19.12, 1.20.8, 1.21.2, 1.22.2, 1.23.0, 1.0, 1.23, 1.23.5, 1.24.1, 1.23.6, 1.21.13, 1.22.10, 1.23.7, 1.21.14, 1.24.2, 1.22.11, 1.23.8, 1.23.9, 1.22.12, 1.24.3, 1.22.13, 1.23.10, 1.24.4, 1.25.0, 1.25.2, 1.19.13, 1.19.14, 1.19.15, 1.19.16, 1.20.9, 1.20.10, 1.20.11, 1.20.12, 1.20.13, 1.20.14, 1.20.15, 1.21.3, 1.21.4, 1.21.5, 1.21.6, 1.21.7, 1.21.8, 1.21.9, 1.21.10, 1.21.11, 1.21.12, 1.22.0, 1.22.1, 1.22.3, 1.22.4, 1.22.5, 1.22.6, 1.22.7, 1.22.8, 1.22.9, 1.22.14, 1.22.15, 1.23.1, 1.23.2, 1.23.3, 1.23.4, 1.23.11, 1.23.12, 1.23.13, 1.24.0, 1.24.5, 1.24.6, 1.24.7, 1.25.1, 1.25.3, 1.22.16, 1.23.14, 1.24.8, 1.25.4, 1.22.17, 1.23.15, 1.24.9, 1.25.5, 1.26.0, 1.23.16, 1.24.10, 1.25.6, 1.26.1, 1.26.2, 1.23.17, 1.24.11, 1.24.12, 1.25.7, 1.25.8, 1.26.3, 1.24.13, 1.25.9, 1.26.4, 1.27.0, 1.27.1, 1.24.14, 1.25.10, 1.26.5, 1.27.2, 1.24.15, 1.25.11, 1.26.6, 1.27.3, 1.28.0, 1.24.16, 1.24.17, 1.25.12, 1.25.14, 1.26.7, 1.26.8, 1.26.9, 1.27.4, 1.27.5, 1.27.6, 1.28.1, 1.28.2, 1.25.13, 1.25.15, 1.26.10, 1.28.3, 1.27.7, 1.25.16, 1.26.11, 1.27.8, 1.28.4, 1.29.0, 1.26.12, 1.26.13, 1.27.10, 1.28.5, 1.28.6, 1.29.1, 1.27.9, 1.29.2, 1.29.3, 1.26.14, 1.26.15, 1.27.11, 1.27.12, 1.28.7, 1.28.8, 1.30.0, 1.27.13, 1.28.9, 1.29.4, 1.27.14, 1.28.10, 1.29.5, 1.30.1, 1.27.15, 1.28.11, 1.29.6, 1.30.2, 1.27.16, 1.28.12, 1.29.7, 1.30.3, 1.28.13, 1.29.8, 1.30.4, 1.31.0, 1.28.14, 1.29.9, 1.31.1, 1.30.5, 1.28.15, 1.29.10, 1.29.11, 1.30.6, 1.30.7, 1.31.2, 1.31.3, 1.29.12, 1.30.8, 1.31.4, 1.32.0, 1.29.13, 1.30.9, 1.31.5, 1.32.1, 1.29.14, 1.30.10, 1.31.6, 1.32.2, 1.32.3, 1.29.15, 1.30.11, 1.31.7, 1.30.12, 1.31.8, 1.32.4, 1.33.0, 1.30.13, 1.31.9, 1.32.5, 1.33.1, 1.30.14, 1.31.10, 1.32.6, 1.33.2, 1.31.11, 1.32.7, 1.33.3, 1.31.12, 1.32.8, 1.33.4, 1.31.13, 1.32.9, 1.33.5, 1.34.0, 1.34.1, 1.31.14, 1.32.10, 1.33.6, 1.34.2, 1.33.7, 1.34.3, 1.32.11, 1.35.0, 1.32.12, 1.32.13, 1.33.8, 1.33.9, 1.33.10, 1.34.4, 1.34.5, 1.34.6, 1.35.1, 1.35.2, 1.35.3, 1.33.11, 1.34.7, 1.35.4, 1.36.0, 1.33.12, 1.34.8, 1.35.5, 1.36.1, 1.33.13, 1.34.9, 1.35.6, 1.36.2, 1.34.10, 1.35.7, 1.36.3, 1.36.4, 1.34.11, 1.35.8, 1.37.0, 1.34.12, 1.35.9, 1.36.5, 1.37.1

Source code repository url github.com

Stack exchange tag stackoverflow.com

User manual url kubernetes.io, kubernetes.io

External References (28)

Alternativeto software id kubernetes

Arch linux package kubectl, kube-controller-manager, kube-apiserver, kube-scheduler, kubelet, kube-proxy, kubeadm

Archwiki article Kubernetes

Aur package kubelet-bin, kubeadm, kubelet-beta-bin, kubeadm-git, kubeadm-bin, kubeadm-beta-bin, kubernetes-bin, kubelet, kubectl-beta-bin, kubectl-bin

Dewey decimal classification 005.3

Freebsd port net/kube-scheduler, sysutils/kubectl, net/kube-controller-manager

Gentoo package sys-cluster/kube-controller-manager, sys-cluster/kube-apiserver, sys-cluster/kubeadm, sys-cluster/kube-scheduler, sys-cluster/kubelet, sys-cluster/kube-proxy, sys-cluster/kubectl, sys-cluster/kubernetes

Gentoo wiki article Kubernetes

Github account kubernetes

Github topic kubernetes

Gitlab topic id kubernetes

Gnd id 1153019000

Golden id Kubernetes-PVJ6ZA

Google knowledge graph id /g/11b7lxp79d

Google+ id 116512812300813784482

Homebrew formula name kubernetes-cli

Lemmy community id kubernetes@programming.dev

Open hub id kubernetes

Openbsd port sysutils/kubectl

Pro-linux.de dbapp id 20397

Quora topic id Kubernetes

Repology project name kubernetes

Sciencedirect topic id computer-science/kubernetes

Sill software id 75

Snap package kubectl

Subreddit kubernetes

X (twitter) username kubernetesio

Zhihu topic id 20018384

🌐 Available in 24 languages

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🏷️ Also known as

en K8s en Kubernetes en container orchestrator ar كوبيرنيتيس de k8s es k8s fa کوبرنتیز fr k8s it k8s ko 쿠버네티스 pl k8s pt k8s ru k8s th คูเบอร์เนทีส tr K8'ler tr konteyner düzenleyici tr konteyner orkestratörü tr Kübernetler zh-hant K8s

🔗 Connections

← Uses 5

Wikimedia Foundation, Kubeflow, kubectl, Wikimedia Toolforge, Longhorn

Operating system 3

Linux, Microsoft Windows, macOS

Developer 2

Google, Cloud Native Computing Foundation

Instance of 2

free and open-source software, certification

Apache Software License 2.0

Has these parts 1

Kustomize

Has use 1

orchestration

Participated in 1

Outreachy

Programmed in 1

← Based on 1

Minikube

← Compatible with 1

SFTPPlus

← Platform 1

GRL Semantic AI Platform

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[1] ↑ Kubernetes is an instance of free and open-source software (Q506883) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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[2] ↑ Kubernetes ranks in the top 1% of free_and_open_source_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,174 views/month).. Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
[28] ↑ Kubernetes has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.. Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Kubernetes is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.. Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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9d ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 1.4.12, 1.5.7, 1.6.7 +541

"/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 1.34.12, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/2f883a677c45|details]])"
6w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 1.4.12, 1.5.7, 1.6.7 +541

"/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 1.34.11, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/f7791def1392|details]])"
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Software version identifier → 1.4.12, 1.5.7, 1.6.7 +541

"/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ [[Property:P348]], Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/a7d4d742ac3c|details]])"
9w ago · WikiLucas00 · 2026-08-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Pronunciation audio → LL-Q150 (fra)-X-Javier-Kubernetes.wav, Kubernetes Pronunciation by Trevor Sullivan.ogg, LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-Kubernetes.wav

Software version identifier → 1.4.12, 1.5.7, 1.6.7 +541

"/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P443]]: LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-Kubernetes.wav"
10w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 1.4.12, 1.5.7, 1.6.7 +541

"/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 1.34.10, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/5f6bb84a06f8|details]])"
16w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 1.4.12, 1.5.7, 1.6.7 +541

"/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 1.33.13, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/d7f1fb326c8|details]])"

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Kubernetes

Kubernetes

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