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kapicorp/kapitan

Generic templated configuration management for Kubernetes, Terraform

GraphCanon updated Sep 20, 2026 · GitHub synced Sep 20, 2026

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1.9k stars214 forksLast push Sep 9, 2026 Python Apache-2.0

Decision brief

kapitan offers inventory-driven model, secrets management, support for multiple infrastructure systems, including Kubernetes and Terraform.

Good fit when

Integrating with existing workflows based on Helm, Kustomize, or CUE
Needing native secrets management with AWS KMS, GCP KMS, Azure Key Vault

Avoid when

Lack of requirement for managing secrets using multiple protocols
Workflow does not benefit from integrating Helm, Kustomize, or CUE

Observed Jul 17, 2026 · Source: enrich:decision_facts

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Adoption

Package downloads where a registry match exists. GitHub stars (1,924) are secondary evidence.

Docker Hub pulls (30d): 414,235·Docker Hub API·Sep 19, 2026

Maintenance and security

Full trust report

Maintenance: Active (9d since push); As of Sep 19, 2026
Provenance: Not a fork · Organization account; As of Sep 19, 2026
Security (OSV): No lockfile; As of Jul 15, 2026

Public GitHub metadata and optional OSV scans. Signals, not a guarantee. Trust methodology.

Install

pip install kapitan

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Evidence and technical details

Sourced facts, taxonomy, compatibility claims, README excerpt, and machine-readable endpoints.

Overview

Python-based tool focusing on inventory-driven model, secrets management, and support for multiple infrastructure systems like Kubernetes and Terraform.

Capability facts

Deploy: Self-host
Source: dockerfile:Dockerfile · Sep 19, 2026
Docker: Dockerfile present
Source: dockerfile:Dockerfile · Sep 19, 2026
CLI: CLI entrypoint
Source: pyproject.toml:[project.scripts] · Sep 19, 2026
Languages: python
Source: github.language+pyproject.toml · Sep 19, 2026

Categories

Developer Tools

Tags

aws-kms declarative devops docker gcp-kms gitops gpg helm

README

Kapitan: Configuration Management for Kubernetes, Terraform, and Infrastructure <img src="docs/images/kapitan logo.png" width="25" alt="Kapitan logo" Kapitan is an open source configuration management tool for Kubernetes , Terraform , and complex infrastructure systems. It helps...

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