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kOps vs k3sup: catalog facts
kOps	k3sup
Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 license; cloud resources are billed by your…	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Windows, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Provisions both the cluster and its cloud infrastructure Dry runs and idempotent state-sync model	Only needs SSH access to the target machine Single Go binary for Linux, Windows, macOS and Raspberry Pi
Only AWS and Google Cloud are officially supported Requires Kubernetes and cloud operations knowledge	Limited to k3s rather than other Kubernetes distributions Repository also contains an EULA file, so check the terms for any extra components
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Needs internet	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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