The Cloud Native Control Plane
go get github.com/crossplane/crossplane
Crossplane is a framework for building cloud native control planes without needing to write code. It has a highly extensible backend that enables you to build a control plane that can orchestrate applications and infrastructure no matter where they run, and a highly configurable frontend that puts you in control of the schema of the declarative API it offers.
Crossplane is a Cloud Native Computing Foundation project.
Get Started
Crossplane's Get Started Docs covers install and resource quickstarts.
Releases
Currently maintained releases, as well as the next few upcoming releases are listed below. For more information take a look at the Crossplane release cycle documentation.
| Release | Release Date | EOL |
|---|---|---|
| v1.20 | May 21, 2025 | TBD |
| v2.1 | Nov 5, 2025 | Aug 2026 |
| v2.2 | Feb 18, 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| v2.3 | May 21, 2026 | Feb 2027 |
| v2.4 | Aug 2026 | May 2027 |
| v2.5 | Nov 2026 | Aug 2027 |
| v2.6 | Feb 2027 | Nov 2027 |
You can subscribe to the community calendar to track all release dates, and find the most recent releases on the releases page.
The release process is fully documented in the crossplane/release repo.
Extended v1.20 Support
Crossplane v1.20 is receiving extended support as the final minor release of the v1 major version. Its EOL date is yet to be determined. Until that time, it will continue to receive critical fixes only.
Roadmap
The public roadmap for Crossplane is published as a GitHub project board. Issues added to the roadmap have been triaged and identified as valuable to the community, and therefore a priority for the project that we expect to invest in.
The maintainer team regularly triages requests from the community to identify features and issues of suitable scope and impact to include in this roadmap. The community is encouraged to show their support for potential roadmap issues by adding a :+1: reaction, leaving descriptive comments, and attending the regular community meetings to discuss their requirements and use cases.
The maintainer team updates the roadmap on an as needed basis, in response to demand, priority, and available resources. The public roadmap can be updated at any time.
Milestones assigned to any issues in the roadmap are intended to give a sense of overall priority and the expected order of delivery. They should be considered approximate estimations and are not a strict commitment to a specific delivery timeline.
Get Involved
Crossplane is a community driven project; we welcome your contribution. To file a bug, suggest an improvement, or request a new feature please open an issue against Crossplane or the relevant provider. Refer to our contributing guide for more information on how you can help.
- Discuss Crossplane on Slack.
- Follow us on Bluesky, Twitter, or LinkedIn.
- Contact us via Email.
- Join our regular community meetings.
- Provide feedback on our roadmap and releases board.
The Crossplane community meeting takes place every 4 weeks on Thursday at 10:00am Pacific Time. You can find the up to date meeting schedule on the Community Calendar.
Anyone who wants to discuss the direction of the project, design and implementation reviews, or raise general questions with the broader community is encouraged to join.
- Meeting link: https://zoom-lfx.platform.linuxfoundation.org/meeting/98901510164?password=c60c41ae-1e1e-42d0-9a74-16de2fbb66f9
- Current agenda and past meeting notes
- Past meeting recordings
- Community Calendar
Special Interest Groups (SIG)
The Crossplane project supports SIGs as discussion groups that bring together community members with shared interests. SIGs have no decision making authority or ownership responsibilities. They serve purely as collaborative forums for community discussion.
If you're interested in any of the areas below, consider joining the discussion in their Slack channels. To propose a new SIG that isn't represented, reach out through any of the contact methods in the get involved section.
Each SIG collaborates primarily in Slack, and some groups hold regular meetings that you can find in the Community Calendar.
- #sig-cli
- #sig-composition-environments
- #sig-composition-functions
- #sig-deletion-ordering
- #sig-devex
- #sig-docs
- #sig-e2e-testing
- #sig-observability
- #sig-observe-only
- #sig-prod-readiness
- #sig-provider-families
- #sig-secret-stores
- #sig-upjet
- #sig-v2-migration
Adopters
A list of publicly known users of the Crossplane project can be found in ADOPTERS.md. We encourage all users of Crossplane to add themselves to this list - we want to see the community's growing success!
License
Crossplane is under the Apache 2.0 license.
