What is Kustomize?
It introduces a template-free way to customize application configuration that simplifies the use of off-the-shelf applications. Now, built into kubectl as apply -k.
Kustomize is a tool in the Container Tools category of a tech stack.
Kustomize is an open source tool with 10.9K GitHub stars and 2.2K GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Kustomize's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses Kustomize?
Companies
23 companies reportedly use Kustomize in their tech stacks, including Trendyol Group, DevOps, and midas-engineering.
Developers
37 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Kustomize.
Kustomize Integrations
Kubernetes, Argo, Kyverno, Kubestack, and Monokle are some of the popular tools that integrate with Kustomize. Here's a list of all 5 tools that integrate with Kustomize.
Kustomize's Features
- Purely declarative approach to configuration customization
- Natively built into kubectl
- Manage an arbitrary number of distinctly customized Kubernetes configurations
- Available as a standalone binary for extension and integration into other services
- Every artifact that kustomize uses is plain YAML and can be validated and processed as such
Kustomize Alternatives & Comparisons
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