Glasskube reaches 1k stars 🌟
Tags: opensource, kubernetes, cloud, github
Published: 2024-06-10 09:04:10

I was trying to thinking of sayings or mantra’s ambitious people repeat to themselves to keep themselves motivated. A few came to mind: 

- _"Fortune favors the bold."_
- _"No guts, no glory."_
- _"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take."_
- _"Nothing ventured, nothing gained."_

Many of us have heard these sayings or something similar before, what you have less often which I think is **equally important** maybe doesn’t fit that well into a motivating one liner but might go something like this: 

> _Sure, shoot for the stars but make sure to celebrate every win along the way. Because the journey is equally as important as the eventual goal._ 

While nobody starts a project with the sole aim of getting 1,000 GitHub stars, the entire [Glasskube](https://github.com/glasskube/glasskube) team is incredibly proud of reaching this milestone so quickly. I wanted to take a moment to reflect on our rapid organic growth and celebrate our achievements.

## What is Glasskube?

[Glasskube](https://github.com/glasskube/glasskube) is the next-generation Kubernetes package manager, now available in its beta version. With Glasskube, you can effortlessly install, upgrade, configure, and manage your Kubernetes cluster packages. Check out the available packages here. Glasskube streamlines repetitive and cumbersome maintenance tasks, making cluster management a breeze. The project is evolving rapidly, with new functionalities being shipped with every weekly release.

![glasskube-dashboard](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/r7j70qlz9agbi24zhtar.png)

So go ahead, dive in, explore, and share your thoughts with us! Your feedback is incredibly valuable as we strive to make Glasskube the best Kubernetes package manager out there. We're also beginning to develop Glasskube Cloud, building on the requests from our current users to enhance the tool further. We're eager to hear which features you'd like to see included in the Glasskube Cloud offering.

The best way to stay in the loop is to sign up for Glasskube Cloud and be informed when it's ready: https://glasskube.cloud/.

## The story of our organic growth so far

Having oficially launched the project in February 2024 we are super happy to have hit the 1000k milestone in the first days of June. 

![Glasskube star growth](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/k8qw0vnkgs16fj9q5xph.png)

Let’s take a look at some of the work be have been doing to make this happen. 

### We’ve been shipping 🚢

In the past few months, our team and a growing legion of open-source contributors have helped us ship eight minor version releases, the latest being v0.8.0. You can find the full changelog [here](https://github.com/glasskube/glasskube/releases). Jakob and Christophe, both Glasskube developers, have been hard at work rolling out new features and functionalities. They've also been invaluable in providing feedback and managing the PR review process, ensuring that code is merged swiftly and safely.

Every contributor, found on the [Glasskube Discord server](https://discord.gg/STk5Z3nFmT), has brought something valuable to the community. However, a few deserve a special shoutout: Hanshal, Utkarsh, and Baalakshan. These contributors have been diligently submitting valuable PRs, addressing open issues, and advocating for Glasskube wherever they go.

We've been organizing weekly community calls every Monday on the Discord server. These calls have been a fantastic opportunity to share news, align expectations, and grow together. Some contributors have even given short talks exploring concepts like Kubernetes CRDs, presented by Hanshal, and Chaos Engineering, shared by Baalakshan.

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### Meetups

Cofounders Philip and Louis, myself and Community members have been really active attending meetups and conferences around Europe and India. We were at a few KCD’s, AWS Summit Madrid and other CNCF meetups too. It has been a great way to spark conversations and share the work that’s being done. 

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### Partnerships 🫂

We have partnered with third party packages such as [Keptn](https://keptn.sh/latest/docs/installation/#install-keptn-via-glasskube) and [Quickwit](https://quickwit.io/) to expedite their integration onto Glasskube.

You can now find installation steps right in the documentation of the supported packages.

![Keptn install](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/ed24wokm42bo6l01xpde.png)

### Content creation 📚

As we build and continually refine a quality product to support our ever-expanding user base, we aim to be a consistent source of valuable content. This includes in-depth Kubernetes topics like this, more technical product explorations like this, and even broader opinion pieces like our Git guide and our article on the current state of the DevOps scene.

![content](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/h99pcowhe2oett5o0n08.gif)

## Check out our latest launch video 🚀

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Building Glasskube so far has been such a gratifiying experience, on the one hand we are connecting and understanding the issues so many cloud practitioners are having in there efforts to deal with Kubernetes Package management in their daily routines. Better understanding them and delivering on their requests is special. 

On the other hand, collaborating with so many stellar open-source community contributors is a massive perk and added bonus of building an OSS tool in public. Much of our early growth can be directly attributed to these outstanding OSS contributors. We hope to continue this collaboration as we aim for 2, 3, and 10k stars, and more importantly, to make Glasskube a tool installed in Kubernetes clusters far and wide.

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