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MicroK8s vs kind: catalog facts
MicroK8s	kind
Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…	Free Free to use.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted	Command line
Add-ons turn common cluster components on with one command Clusters of three or more nodes gain high availability automatically	Creates a full Kubernetes cluster with one command Works with Docker, Podman or nerdctl
Installation is tied to snap, which is awkward on distributions that do not ship it Add-on versions track Canonical's choices rather than upstream release timing	Designed for testing and development, not production clusters Still pre-1.0 according to the project
Self-hosted	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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