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Define Kubernetes native apps and abstractions using object-oriented programming
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# Cloud Development Kit for Kubernetes



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**cdk8s** is an open-source software development framework for defining Kubernetes applications and reusable abstractions using familiar

programming languages and rich object-oriented APIs. cdk8s apps synthesize into standard Kubernetes

manifests which can be applied to any Kubernetes cluster.



cdk8s is a [Cloud Native Computing Foundation](https://www.cncf.io) Sandbox Project, built with ❤️ at AWS. We encourage you to [try it out](#getting-started), [leave feedback](#help--feedback), and [jump in to help](#contributing)!



Contents:



- [Repositories](#repositories)

- [Overview](#overview)

- [Getting Started](#getting-started)

- [Help \& Feedback](#help--feedback)

- [Documentation](#documentation)

- [Examples](#examples)

- [Roadmap](#roadmap)

- [Community](#community)

- [Contributing](#contributing)

- [CDK8s.io website](#cdk8sio-website)

- [License](#license)



## Repositories



This project consists of multiple packages, maintained and released via the following repositories:



- [cdk8s](https://github.com/cdk8s-team/cdk8s-core) - Core library. For historical reasons note that the [`cdk8s`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/cdk8s) package is maintained in the `cdk8s-team/cdk8s-core` repository.

- [cdk8s-cli](https://github.com/cdk8s-team/cdk8s-cli) - Command-Line interface.

- [cdk8s-plus](https://github.com/cdk8s-team/cdk8s-plus) - High-Level constructs for Kubernetes core.



The current repository acts as an umbrella repository for cross module concerns, as well as the deployment of [`cdk8s.io`](https://cdk8s.io)



## Overview



**cdk8s** apps are programs written in one of the supported programming

languages. They are structured as a tree of

[constructs](https://github.com/aws/constructs).



The root of the tree is an `App` construct. Within an app, users define any

number of charts (classes that extend the `Chart` class). Each chart is

synthesized into a separate Kubernetes manifest file. Charts are, in turn,

composed of any number of constructs, and eventually from resources, which

represent any Kubernetes resource, such as `Pod`, `Service`, `Deployment`,

`ReplicaSet`, etc.



cdk8s apps only ***define*** Kubernetes applications, they don't actually apply

them to the cluster. When an app is executed, it *synthesizes* all the charts

defined within the app into the `dist` directory, and then those charts can be

applied to any Kubernetes cluster using `kubectl apply -f dist/chart.k8s.yaml` or a GitOps tool like [Flux](https://fluxcd.io/).



> **cdk8s** is based on the design concepts and technologies behind the [AWS

Cloud Development Kit](https://aws.amazon.com/cdk), and can interoperate with

AWS CDK constructs to define cloud-native applications that include both

Kubernetes resources and other CDK constructs as first class citizens.



Read [our blog](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/containers/introducing-cdk-for-kubernetes/) or [watch our CNCF webinar](https://www.cncf.io/webinars/end-yaml-engineering-with-cdk8s/) to learn more and see a live demo of cdk8s in action.



## Getting Started



See the [Getting Started](https://cdk8s.io/docs/latest/get-started) guide in

[cdk8s Documentation](https://cdk8s.io/docs/).



## Help & Feedback



Interacting with the community and the development team is a great way to

contribute to the project. Please consider the following venues (in order):



- Search [open issues](https://github.com/cdk8s-team/cdk8s/issues)

- Stack Overflow: [cdk8s](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/cdk8s)

- File a [new issue](https://github.com/cdk8s-team/cdk8s/issues/new/choose)

- Slack: #cdk8s channel in [cdk.dev](https://cdk.dev)



## Documentation



See [cdk8s Documentation](https://cdk8s.io/docs).



## Examples



See our [Examples Directory](./examples).



## Roadmap



See our [roadmap](https://github.com/cdk8s-team/cdk8s/projects/1) for details about our plans for the project.



## Community



See [Awesome cdk8s](https://github.com/dungahk/awesome-cdk8s).



If you're a cdk8s user please consider adding your name to the [ADOPTERS](./ADOPTERS.md) file.



## Contributing



The cdk8s project adheres to the [CNCF Code of

Conduct](https://github.com/cncf/foundation/blob/master/code-of-conduct.md).



We welcome community contributions and pull requests. See our [contribution

guide](./CONTRIBUTING.md) for more information on how to report issues, set up a

development environment and submit code.



## CDK8s.io website



See [Docs Directory](./docs/README.md).



## License



This project is distributed under the [Apache License, Version 2.0](./LICENSE).