Karmada

Open SourceFunded

Open multi-cloud Kubernetes orchestration for seamless multi-cluster management

About Karmada

Karmada is an open-source Kubernetes management system designed to enable enterprises to deploy and manage cloud-native applications across multiple Kubernetes clusters and cloud environments without modifying the applications. It provides a Kubernetes-native API interface, ensuring compatibility and seamless integration with existing Kubernetes toolchains. This allows organizations to transition from single-cluster to multi-cluster deployments effortlessly.

Targeted at large enterprises operating in multi-cloud and hybrid cloud environments, Karmada offers centralized management, high availability, failure recovery, and advanced traffic scheduling capabilities. Its policy-driven scheduling supports scenarios such as active-active deployments, remote disaster recovery, and geo-redundancy. By avoiding vendor lock-in and supporting clusters across public clouds, on-premises, and edge locations, Karmada empowers enterprises with flexible, scalable, and resilient Kubernetes orchestration.

Key Capabilities

✓Centralized multi-cloud Kubernetes cluster management
✓Kubernetes-native API compatibility
✓Advanced multi-cluster scheduling policies
✓High availability and failure recovery
✓Cross-cluster workload allocation and migration

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