Serve your own cloud API abstractions in Kubernetes
Create platforms like cloud providers by building your own APIs and services with control planes, extending Kubernetes to manage any resource anywhere, and using a library of components to assemble your platform faster.
Serve your own cloud API abstractions in Kubernetes launched on May 27, 2020 with 14 votes, #1,072 of 4,813 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was not reachable when checked in September 2026.
In plain words
Crossplane is a developer tool that enables teams to create and manage custom cloud API abstractions within Kubernetes environments. It allows infrastructure teams to define their own APIs that abstract cloud services, letting developers provision resources without needing direct cloud provider knowledge. The tool integrates cloud platforms into Kubernetes as extensible APIs, making it suitable for organizations seeking to standardize infrastructure provisioning across teams.
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