The most active Kubernetes / DevOps repositories on GitHub, August 2026

As of August 2026, the most active Kubernetes / DevOps repository on GitHub is kubernetes/kubernetes (124.4k stars). The top 10 Kubernetes / DevOps repositories tracked by StarHunt hold 495.2k combined stars, averaging 49.5k each, with 10 of 10 updated in the last week. Among the 222 of their contributors StarHunt could place in one of six tracked countries, 55% are in the United States.

What are the most active Kubernetes / DevOps repositories in August 2026?

Here is a look at the most active Kubernetes / DevOps repositories on GitHub this month, based on stars, forks, and recent commit activity.

#	Repository	Stars	Last push
1	kubernetes/kubernetes Production-Grade Container Scheduling and Management cncf containers	⭐ 124,382 (+43)	today
2	grafana/grafana The open and composable observability and data visualization platform. Visualize metrics, logs, and alerting analytics	⭐ 76,178 (+32)	today
3	prometheus/prometheus The Prometheus monitoring system and time series database. alerting graphing	⭐ 65,639 (+31)	today
4	hashicorp/terraform Terraform enables you to safely and predictably create, change, and improve infrastructure. It is a cloud cloud-management	⭐ 49,455 (+16)	yesterday
5	istio/istio Connect, secure, control, and observe services. api-management circuit-breaker	⭐ 38,342 (+6)	today

Which Kubernetes / DevOps repositories grew the most this month?

Looking at month-over-month changes in the Kubernetes / DevOps ecosystem:

• kubernetes/kubernetes: +43 stars
• grafana/grafana: +32 stars
• prometheus/prometheus: +31 stars
• opentofu/opentofu: +19 stars
• cilium/cilium: +17 stars

The biggest mover this month was kubernetes/kubernetes, which gained 43 stars.

Which Kubernetes / DevOps repositories are growing fastest?

The fastest-growing Kubernetes / DevOps repositories on GitHub this month, by new stars:

• opentofu/opentofu +19 stars this month (29.7k total)
• cilium/cilium +17 stars this month (24.9k total)
• VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics +15 stars this month (17.5k total)
• containerd/containerd +14 stars this month (21.1k total)
• grafana/loki +13 stars this month (28.7k total)

How active is the Kubernetes / DevOps ecosystem this month?

Across the top 10 Kubernetes / DevOps repositories tracked by StarHunt:

• Combined stars: 495,172
• Average stars per repository: 49,517
• Repositories with a commit in the last 7 days: 10 out of 10

If you are hiring Kubernetes / DevOps engineers, the contributors to these repositories are exactly who you are looking for. StarHunt finds them.

Who builds the top Kubernetes / DevOps repositories?

StarHunt has indexed 326 contributors across these Kubernetes / DevOps repositories. Among the 222 located in one of the six tracked countries (United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Canada), the split is:

• United States: 55% (122)
• Germany: 13% (28)
• Canada: 12% (26)
• United Kingdom: 8% (18)
• Spain: 7% (15)
• France: 6% (13)

40% have a public email on their GitHub profile.

A few standouts across individual repositories:

• kubernetes/kubernetes — 68% of kubernetes/kubernetes's StarHunt-indexed contributors located in one of the six tracked countries are in the United States.
• hashicorp/terraform — 68% of hashicorp/terraform's StarHunt-indexed contributors located in one of the six tracked countries are in the United States.
• argoproj/argo-cd — 59% of argoproj/argo-cd's StarHunt-indexed contributors located in one of the six tracked countries are in the United States.

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