History

The project's life, one year at a time, told from the commit record: how activity rose and fell against the project's own baseline, who arrived when, and what was released.

Span
2014 – 2026
13 years
Peak Year
2016
18,787 commits
Releases
216
latest in 2026
2014BIRTHfirst commits

4,577 commits (3.2%) · +805,883 / −458,196 lines · 191 authors

Led by Daniel Smith (893 commits)

First commits: Daniel Smith, Brendan Burns, Clayton Coleman, Tim Hockin, Joe Beda, Dawn Chen (+185 more)

Released: v0.2, v0.3, v0.4, v0.5, v0.6.0 (+1 more)

2015SURGEwell above the usual pace

18,247 commits (12.8%) · +3,109,226 / −2,005,609 lines · 536 authors

Led by k8s-merge-robot (1,555 commits)

First commits: k8s-merge-robot, Wojciech Tyczyński, Marek Grabowski, Yu-Ju Hong, Chao Xu, Abhi Shah (+455 more)

Released: v0.8.0, v0.9.0, v0.10.0, v0.11.0, v0.12.0 (+31 more)

2016PEAKbusiest year

18,787 commits (13.1%) · +5,058,283 / −3,296,002 lines · 640 authors

Led by Kubernetes Submit Queue (3,462 commits)

First commits: Kubernetes Submit Queue, David McMahon, Euan Kemp, Michael Taufen, Erick Fejta, Mehdy Bohlool (+452 more)

Released: v1.2.0-alpha.6, v1.2.0-alpha.7, v1.2.0-alpha.8, v1.3.0-alpha.0, v1.3.0-alpha.1 (+12 more)

2017SURGEwell above the usual pace

18,378 commits (12.9%) · +3,588,273 / −2,825,201 lines · 797 authors

Led by Kubernetes Submit Queue (7,573 commits)

First commits: zhengjiajin, FengyunPan2, Tim Zhang, Nick Sardo, Konstantinos Tsakalozos, Christoph Blecker (+523 more)

Released: v1.6.0-alpha.1, v1.6.0-alpha.2, v1.6.0-alpha.3, v1.7.0-alpha.0, v1.7.0-alpha.1 (+13 more)

2018STEADY

13,447 commits (9.4%) · +2,142,697 / −946,239 lines · 836 authors

Led by Kubernetes Submit Queue (4,209 commits)

First commits: Kubernetes Prow Robot, hangaoshuai, Anago GCB, Ashley Gau, Sean Sullivan, Patrick Ohly (+487 more)

Released: v1.10.0-alpha.2, v1.10.0-alpha.3, v1.11.0-alpha.0, v1.11.0-alpha.1, v1.11.0-alpha.2 (+7 more)

2019STEADY

13,865 commits (9.7%) · +2,777,914 / −2,542,262 lines · 886 authors

Led by Kubernetes Prow Robot (5,736 commits)

First commits: Ted Yu, RainbowMango, draveness, ahg-g, Kevin Klues, caiweidong (+538 more)

Released: v1.14.0-alpha.1, v1.14.0-alpha.2, v1.14.0-alpha.3, v1.15.0-alpha.0, v1.15.0-alpha.1 (+12 more)

2020STEADY

9,638 commits (6.7%) · +1,395,787 / −822,632 lines · 803 authors

Led by Kubernetes Prow Robot (3,981 commits)

First commits: Gaurav Singh, Joakim Roubert, drfish, Francesco Romani, Brian Pursley, Artyom Lukianov (+440 more)

Released: v1.18.0-alpha.2, v1.18.0-alpha.4, v1.18.0-alpha.5, v1.19.0-alpha.0, v1.19.0-alpha.1 (+13 more)

2021STEADY

8,968 commits (6.3%) · +2,237,559 / −1,567,305 lines · 742 authors

Led by Kubernetes Prow Robot (3,646 commits)

First commits: Shiming Zhang, Mengjiao Liu, Mauricio Poppe, 杨军10092085, Kevin Wiesmueller, Kensei Nakada (+376 more)

Released: v1.21.0-alpha.1, v1.21.0-alpha.2, v1.21.0-alpha.3, v1.21.0-beta.0, v1.21.0-beta.1 (+15 more)

2022STEADY

7,239 commits (5.1%) · +1,411,366 / −1,187,301 lines · 600 authors

Led by Kubernetes Prow Robot (2,844 commits)

First commits: Kubernetes Release Robot, Michał Woźniak, Abirdcfly, Roman Bednar, Dixita, AxeZhan (+297 more)

Released: v1.24.0-alpha.2, v1.24.0-alpha.3, v1.24.0-alpha.4, v1.24.0-beta.0, v1.25.0-alpha.0 (+10 more)

2023STEADY

7,533 commits (5.3%) · +1,713,250 / −1,293,038 lines · 531 authors

Led by Kubernetes Prow Robot (2,924 commits)

First commits: Daman Arora, mantuliu, upodroid, Itamar Holder, Amine Hilaly, 胡玮文 (+247 more)

Released: v1.27.0-alpha.1, v1.27.0-alpha.2, v1.27.0-alpha.3, v1.27.0-beta.0, v1.28.0-alpha.0 (+10 more)

2024STEADY

7,045 commits (4.9%) · +1,081,290 / −2,368,689 lines · 481 authors

Led by Kubernetes Prow Robot (2,684 commits)

First commits: Maciej Skoczeń, CYJiang, Matthieu MOREL, Lionel Jouin, zhangzhifei16, Vivek Bansal (+214 more)

Released: v1.30.0-alpha.1, v1.30.0-alpha.2, v1.30.0-alpha.3, v1.30.0-beta.0, v1.31.0-alpha.0 (+10 more)

2025STEADY

7,154 commits (5.0%) · +1,067,218 / −598,136 lines · 515 authors

Led by Kubernetes Prow Robot (2,612 commits)

First commits: Ondra Kupka, Lalit Chauhan, PatrickLaabs, ylink-lfs, Michael Aspinwall, Ania Borowiec (+260 more)

Released: v1.33.0-alpha.1, v1.33.0-alpha.2, v1.33.0-alpha.3, v1.33.0-beta.0, v1.34.0-alpha.0 (+10 more)

2026STEADY

8,015 commits (5.6%) · +1,716,879 / −815,636 lines · 574 authors

Led by Kubernetes Prow Robot (1,498 commits)

First commits: Lukasz Wojciechowski, thc1006, krishhna24, Bryce Palmer, Troy Chiu, Jarosław Dzikowski (+324 more)

Released: v1.36.0-alpha.1, v1.36.0-alpha.2, v1.36.0-beta.0, v1.37.0-alpha.0, v1.37.0-alpha.1 (+7 more)