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kOps vs Kubespray: catalog facts
kOps	Kubespray
Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 license; cloud resources are billed by your…	Free Free and open source.
Windows, Command line	Self-hosted, Command line
Provisions both the cluster and its cloud infrastructure Dry runs and idempotent state-sync model	Repeatable cluster installs driven by Ansible inventories Maintained under the Kubernetes SIGs organisation
Only AWS and Google Cloud are officially supported Requires Kubernetes and cloud operations knowledge	Requires familiarity with Ansible and Kubernetes Heavier than lightweight single-binary Kubernetes installers
Downloadable app	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License not stated
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 September 24, 2026

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