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Kanister

Application-level data management for Kubernetes

Backup & Recovery ★ 887 stars Hard setup Apache-2.0

Kanister is a framework for application-level data management on Kubernetes. It allows domain experts to define backup and restore workflows for stateful applications as declarative blueprints.

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Key features

  • Application-aware backups
  • Declarative blueprints
  • Extensible workflow framework

Strengths

  • Released under the Apache-2.0 license
  • Kubernetes-ready with Helm charts available
  • Written in Go
  • Tiny footprint — runs in 256 MB RAM

Is Kanister secure?

No known vulnerabilities affect Kanister's latest release (0.119.0). OSV.dev lists 1 past advisory for the project; none of them applies to this release. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

  • Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2024-43403, published 2024-08-20 (785 days ago)

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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