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Flux vs Fleet
The same facts for both, read from GitHub every night, and the relation a person reviewed.
| Fact | Flux | Fleet |
|---|---|---|
| Language | Go | Go |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Stars | 8.4k | 1.7k |
| Latest | v2.9.6 | v0.16.2 |
| Last push | 2026-10-06 | 2026-10-06 |
| Release cadence | about 20 days between releases | too few releases |
| Active contributors | 11 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days | 9 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | none | none |
How they relate
Both replace Argo CD. Alternatives to Argo CD →
Full replacementFluxReconciles clusters from git with Kubernetes controllers, driven from the CLI rather than a web UI.
Full replacementFleetDeploys bundles from git to large numbers of clusters, driven by custom resources or from Rancher.
Flux
- v2.9.62026-10-01Flux v2.9.6 is a patch release that stops helm-controller from reapplying chart CRDs on every upgrade when server-side…
- v2.9.52026-08-31Flux v2.9.5 is a patch release that moves helm-controller and source-controller back to upstream Helm, now at v4.2.4, d…
- v2.9.42026-08-07Flux v2.9.4 is a patch release that ships various fixes to the Flux controllers, covering source-watcher tarball extrac…
- v2.9.32026-07-23Flux v2.9.3 is a patch release. It fixes empty lines vanishing from rendered Helm chart manifests, HelmReleases being m…
- v2.9.22026-07-13Flux v2.9.2 is a patch release. The main fix addresses a regression introduced in
Fleet
- v0.16.3-alpha.12026-10-05fix(manageagent) reconcile agent when agentPullSecret is modifiedpre-release
- v0.13.17-alpha.12026-10-05Update module go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk to v1.45.0 [SECURITY] (release/v0.13) by @renovate-rancher[bot] inpre-release
- v0.14.12-alpha.12026-10-05[v0.14] Warn on unmatched Helm repo regexpre-release
- v0.15.8-alpha.12026-10-05[v0.15] Warn on unmatched Helm repo regexpre-release
- v0.17.0-alpha.52026-09-24Update module helm.sh/helm/v4 to v4.3.0 (main) by @renovate-rancher[bot] inpre-release
Flux
✓ signed The latest release, v2.9.6, carries a signature GitHub verified.
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Fleet
✓ signed The latest release, v0.16.2, carries a signature GitHub verified.
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