etcd-io/etcd

Distributed reliable key-value store for the most critical data of a distributed system

Backend & databasesGo#etcd#raft#distributed-systems#kubernetes#go

1.7 Steady Magnitude out of 10 — how fast interest is growing, not a quality score. Star growth looks organic. Data as of September 24, 2026, 12:27 UTC.

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About the project

Distributed reliable key-value store written in Go using the Raft consensus algorithm, designed for the most critical data of distributed systems; used by Kubernetes and others.

Useful for

Deploy a multi-node etcd cluster to store Kubernetes configuration
Configure TLS and client certificate authentication to secure an etcd cluster
Use etcdctl to read and write keys via the gRPC API

README summarized by DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Details may be inaccurate.

Why it’s trending

3 stars so far today, about 7 expected by the end of the day.
GitHub Trending Go today: #19, +9 stars.
Recent forks include notable developers: @DCjanus (519 followers).

Stars per day

Bars are daily stars, the line is the usual pace. Red marks spike days.

Numbers

Total stars: 52,310
Today: 3 · ≈ 6 by evening
Forks: 10,514
Issues and pull requests: 21,867
Watchers: 1,269
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
Latest release: v3.7.2 · September 22, 2026
Created: July 6, 2013
Last push: September 24, 2026

Star trust

Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.

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September 24, 2026GitHub Trending Go today: #19, +9 stars

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