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K3s

★ 29k

Certified Kubernetes in a single 70MB binary — production clusters on a $5 VPS.

K3s does the job of GKE, self-hosted. It is Apache-2.0-licensed, so you can do essentially what you like with it, and setting it up is an afternoon, not a weekend. GKE bills $75+ for it. 29k stars on GitHub.

Open-source replacement for GKE.

Licence
Apache-2.0
Self-hosting
Medium
The paid one costs
$75+
GitHub stars
29k
view the code →official site →

Is it actually a replacement?

We have not written a verdict on GKE yet, so this page says what K3s is rather than judging what you would give up. When that product gets a page, this one will link to it.

K3s questions

Is K3s open source?

Yes — it is released under Apache-2.0.

Can I self-host K3s?

Yes — we rate it medium to self-host.

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