# k3s-io/k3s

> Lightweight Kubernetes distribution packaged as a single binary under 100 MB with lower memory usage, suited for edge, IoT, CI and ARM devices.

- Magnitude: 1.8 out of 10 — Steady
- Stars: 34,088 total · +3 stars today, ≈ 7 by evening
- Star trust: star growth looks organic
- Category: DevOps & infrastructure · Language: Go · License: Apache-2.0 · Created: 2018-05-31 · Last push: 2026-09-30
- GitHub: https://github.com/k3s-io/k3s · Homepage: https://k3s.io · Page: https://gitnova.dev/en/r/k3s-io/k3s

## Useful for

- Deploy a Kubernetes cluster on an edge device or Raspberry Pi
- Spin up a local k8s cluster for CI or development
- Embed Kubernetes into a custom product or application

## Why it’s here

- 3 stars so far today, about 7 expected by the end of the day.
- Over the last two days the pace is 1.6× that of the previous week and a half.
- GitHub Trending Go today: #14, +9 stars.

## Star trust

Star growth looks organic.

Star-trust labels are heuristics based on the repository’s behavior, not a check of every stargazer.

## Numbers

- Forks: 2,745
- Issues and pull requests: 13,438
- Watchers: 292
- Average over the last week: 9 per day
- Usual pace: 8 per day
- Stars in the last hour (measured): 0
- Latest release: v1.34.12+k3s1 (2026-09-30)

## Stars per day, last 30 days (oldest → newest, today is partial)

2026-09-02 … 2026-10-01: 9, 8, 6, 6, 12, 9, 10, 12, 13, 4, 6, 10, 7, 10, 12, 5, 13, 4, 7, 10, 8, 7, 6, 7, 4, 10, 6, 13, 17, 3

## Spotted in now

- GitHub Trending Go today: #14, +9 stars

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Days are UTC. “So far today” is a fact; “expected by the end of the day” is a forecast.
Summaries and use cases are written by an LLM (DeepSeek V4.1 Flash) from the README and may be inaccurate: verify specific claims (benchmarks, speed, hardware) in the repository itself.
Data as of 2026-10-01 13:52 UTC, updated every 30 minutes.