k0rdent is an open-source, Kubernetes-native distributed container management environment designed for platform engineers to design, automate, and manage Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs).

Key Features

Kubernetes-Native Platform Management Manage IDPs/platforms as Kubernetes-native abstractions.

• Self-healing
• Automated upgrades
• Continuous reconciliation

Declarative and Composable Define IDPs/platforms using modular templates.

• Modular templates for clusters, services, and infrastructure
• Fully GitOps-compatible
• CI/CD-ready

Multi-Cloud, Hybrid, and Edge Ready Manage clusters and IDPs/platforms across various environments.

• Public clouds
• Private data centers
• Bare metal
• Edge devices

Golden Paths for Security and Scale Configure workflows and guardrails to enforce standards.

• Ensure compliance
• Empower self-service at scale

Optimized for Modern Workloads Support modern workloads like AI, ML, and complex distributed applications.

• AI and ML workloads
• Complex distributed applications

Benefits

Simplified Operations Simplify operations across multi-cloud, hybrid-cloud, and edge environments.

• Multi-cloud management
• Hybrid-cloud management
• Edge environment management

Enhanced Compliance and Security Enforce compliance and security across environments.

• Compliance enforcement
• Security enforcement

Cost-Efficiency Meet business needs for availability, performance, and cost-efficiency.

• Availability
• Performance
• Cost-efficiency