Show HN: GoKubeDownscaler – Off-Hours Kubernetes Scaling Cuts Costs by 70%

Category: infrastructure

Tags: kubernetes, cost-optimization, downscaler

Score: 5.8/10 (Innovation: 4, Technical: 6, Documentation: 7, Utility: 6)

GoKubeDownscaler is a Kubernetes operator ported from Python to Go that automatically scales down workloads during off-hours to reduce cloud costs. It is cloud-agnostic and integrates with popular CRDs, offering a practical solution for cost optimization in Kubernetes environments.

Target audience: devops

Repository: https://kube-downscaler.io/ · MDX · GPL-3.0 · 90 stars

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