A service that listens to the Kubernetes API server and generates metrics about the state of objects like deployments, nodes, and pods. It converts raw API data into Prometheus-compatible metrics without adding overhead to the individual containers.
Tech Stack
GoMonitoring & Logs
Why kube-state-metrics?
• Native Kubernetes integration
• Extremely low resource footprint
• Standardized Prometheus output
Limitations
• No built-in historical storage
• Requires external Prometheus/Grafana
• Limited to object metadata
3/5/2026
Last Update
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Apache-2.0
License
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