Gardener vs Kubespray

Gardener vs Kubespray
Fact	Gardener	Kubespray
Language	Go	Jinja
Licence	Apache-2.0	Apache-2.0
Stars	3.5k	19k
Latest	v1.151.2	v2.32.0
Last push	2026-10-06	2026-10-06
Release cadence	about 2 days between releases	about 61 days between releases
Active contributors	68 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days	41 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days
Flags	none	none

How they relate

Both replace Amazon EKS. Alternatives to Amazon EKS →
Full replacementGardenerRuns Kubernetes control planes as a service across clouds and on-premises infrastructure.
Full replacementKubesprayAnsible playbooks that install production Kubernetes on your own servers or cloud instances.

v1.151.22026-09-28[OPERATOR] Gardenlets can now be configured with .spec.deployment.chartsImageVectorOverwrite (mirrors the existing .spe…
v1.150.32026-09-25[OPERATOR] Gardenlets can now be configured with .spec.deployment.chartsImageVectorOverwrite (mirrors the existing .spe…
v1.149.52026-09-24[OPERATOR] Plutono dashboard sources reload after a configuration change by @TeodorDichev [#15732]
v1.152.02026-09-24[DEVELOPER] e2e tests are now running with Kubernetes v1.36. by @ary1992 [#15358]
v1.151.12026-09-19[OPERATOR] Plutono dashboard sources reload after a configuration change by @TeodorDichev [#15734]

v2.32.02026-09-22Kubernetes 1.36 is the default minor version
v2.31.02026-04-25Action required
v2.26.12026-04-13Default to Kubernetes v1.30.6 (#11673, @robertvolkmann)
v2.30.02026-01-29Ingress NGINX is sunset. This is the final version supporting Ingress NGINX. We'll remove ingress-nginx in future versi…
v2.29.12025-12-11Fix Calico apiserver RBAC permissions for Kubernetes 1.33+ (#12695, @k8s-infra-cherrypick-robot)

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