Open-source Kubernetes agent ops

Scan with ShrikeOps. Observe with Heron Ops. Coordinate with Starling EX Community. Birds of a feather — self-hosted, no lock-in. Adapt and extend the flock under Apache-2.0.

CNCF Sandbox — application draft Frakma-X · LF wing (forming) LF member · AAIF Silver member All flock repos public on GitHub Self-host CE · no phone-home
Try MCP live → Get the army Easiest first PR
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ShrikeOps

Hunts misconfigurations, CVEs, and deprecated APIs. Impales findings on a scored report before they hit production.

MCP Heron Ops logo

Heron Ops

Kubernetes MCP server for live pods, logs, events, and metrics. Formerly SteadyHelm. Calm observation, precise tools for any agent IDE.

CE Starling EX Community

Starling EX Community

Self-host package: Starling Lite facade + Heron Ops + ShrikeOps, one Helm chart. Planned CNCF donation under Warble stewardship today.

Easy places to start

New to the flock? Contribute where the surface area is small and the feedback loop is fast. We adapt product code into clean Apache-2.0 packages — demos and scanners first.

Good first

shrikeops-demo

Golden and bad Kubernetes manifests, Helm fixtures, CI scan demos. Perfect first PR: fix a fixture, improve a report sample, add a bad-case YAML.

Good first

ShrikeOps · Heron Ops

Small Go CLIs/MCP servers. Docs, flags, readonly tests, and scan rules land quickly. Label: good-first-issue on each repo.

Docs / site

warbleoss.org · community

Landing copy, install snags, Office Hours notes, RFCs. No cluster required.

Local stack

warble-bootstrap

One-shot Rancher Desktop / k3s stack for local demos. Frakma-X (Linux Foundation wing) is forming separately — platform docs stay private until chartered.

Try MCP now

Always-on public MCP server (read-only). Send JSON-RPC over POST:

https://mcp.warbleoss.org/mcp (Railway · always-on)

https://mcp.warbleoss.org/health (health check)

curl -sS -X POST https://mcp.warbleoss.org/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'

Health check Open MCP server

Install Community Edition

Self-host the flock on any CNCF-conformant cluster (kind, k3s, GKE, EKS, AKS).

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/warbletech/warble-army.git
cd warble-army

# Local MCP (no cluster write)
make starling-lite
./bin/starling-lite --mode=readonly --transport=http --addr=:8822

# Or Helm CE chart
helm upgrade --install starling-ex-ce ./charts/starling-ex-ce \
  --namespace warble-army --create-namespace

kubectl -n warble-army port-forward svc/starling-ex-ce 8822:8822
curl -sS http://127.0.0.1:8822/health

Docs: Starling EX CE · Flock brand map · Governance

Foundations

Two wings, two foundations — do not mix the stories.

Starling EX Community Frakma-X
Layer Agent ↔ cluster ops (MCP, scan, remediate) Platform / LLMOps openness
Path CNCF donation planned (Sandbox draft ready) Linux Foundation wing (forming)
Today warbleoss.org + warble-army flock repos Forming (private prep); commercial FRAKMA at frakma.io
Funding later LFX / CNCF-aligned after Sandbox + community growth LF program membership, grants, separate fund if chartered

We do not claim “CNCF project” or “LF project” until the foundation accepts the project. Sandbox application draft: docs/cncf/SANDBOX_APPLICATION.md

Path to CNCF

We plan to propose the open flock (warble-army, Heron Ops, ShrikeOps) to the CNCF as a Sandbox project. Warble Cloud is a Linux Foundation member and an Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) Silver member, the LF home of MCP. Not a CNCF project until the TOC accepts it.

Requirement Status Notes
Public repos · Apache-2.0DoneAll in-scope repos public since Oct 2026
Code of Conduct · Contributing · Security policyDonedocs/cncf/
Governance · Maintainers · AdoptersIn progressSeed files exist; need multi-org maintainers and real adopters
Roadmap · releases · testsIn progressShrikeOps v0.1.0 released; Heron Ops and Starling Lite next
Project name & trademark ready to donateNot yetNaming and legal review
TAG presentation · OpenSSF Best Practices badgeNot yetBadge required for Incubation

Sandbox

Apply on cncf/sandbox; TOC review and vote; sign the Contribution Agreement and donate trademarks.

Incubation

Technical and governance reviews, regular releases, security self-assessment, OpenSSF badge, 3+ verified adopters.

Graduation

Maintainers from 2+ organizations, third-party security audit, documented release process, production adopters.

Full checklist: CNCF.md · Help by adopting CE, becoming a maintainer, or joining Discord.

Community

Office Hours

Every Saturday · 7:00–8:00 PM IST · Discord voice. Live demos, roadmap Q&A, open mic stack reviews.

RFCs · Working groups · Showcase

Propose changes, join agents / k8s / finops / devx WGs, or showcase what you built with the flock.

Support the flock

Community Edition stays free. We fund sustainment through enterprise products today and foundation-aligned crowdfunding when the project is ready.

Now

Use CE · file issues · open PRs · join Office Hours · list your org in ADOPTERS.md. Stars and real adopters unlock foundation reviews.

Next — LFX Crowdfunding

Repos are public now. After multi-contributor history and community traction, we plan to list Starling EX Community on LFX Crowdfunding (Linux Foundation). Projects must be 100% open source; LF reviews applications before listing.

Sandbox path

CNCF Sandbox checklist and application draft live under the army umbrella. Help by hardening CE install, adopters, and multi-org maintainership.

Commercial boundary

CE is a complete self-host path: scan → observe → propose → optional guarded apply. Warble Cloud multi-tenant control plane, billing, and private warble-core stay commercial. Community stays free and self-hosted. No license phone-home.