Chaos and resiliency testing tool for Kubernetes with a focus on improving performance under failure conditions. A CNCF sandbox project.
494
stars
903
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Python
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Sep 9, 2026
updated
README
Krkn aka Kraken
Chaos and resiliency testing tool for Kubernetes. Kraken injects deliberate failures into Kubernetes clusters to check if it is resilient to turbulent conditions.
Workflow
How to Get Started
Instructions on how to setup, configure and run Kraken can be found in the documentation.
Try it in your browser
Want to try Krkn without setting up a cluster? Run the interactive hands-on tutorial on Killercoda: deploy a target app on a real 2-node Kubernetes cluster, inject pod and node chaos with krknctl, and watch the cluster heal itself - all in your browser, in about 20 minutes.
Blogs, podcasts and interviews
Additional resources, including blog posts, podcasts, and community interviews, can be found on the website
Roadmap
Enhancements being planned can be found in the roadmap.
Contributing
We are always looking for more enhancements, fixes to make it better, any contributions are most welcome. Feel free to report or work on the issues filed on github.
See CONTRIBUTING.md for details, or check the contribution guidelines on the website.
Community
Key Members(slack_usernames/full name): paigerube14/Paige Rubendall, mffiedler/Mike Fiedler, tsebasti/Tullio Sebastiani, yogi/Yogananth Subramanian, sahil/Sahil Shah, pradeep/Pradeep Surisetty and ravielluri/Naga Ravi Chaitanya Elluri.
Community Meeting
If you have any questions that you think could be better discussed on a meeting, we have monthly office hours. Please add items to the agenda beforehand so we can best prepare to help you.
The Linux Foundation® (TLF) has registered trademarks and uses trademarks. For a list of TLF trademarks, see Trademark Usage.
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Chaos and resiliency testing tool for Kubernetes with a focus on improving performance under failure conditions. A CNCF sandbox project.
494
stars
903
commits
Python
primary language
Sep 9, 2026
updated
README
Krkn aka Kraken
Chaos and resiliency testing tool for Kubernetes. Kraken injects deliberate failures into Kubernetes clusters to check if it is resilient to turbulent conditions.
Workflow
How to Get Started
Instructions on how to setup, configure and run Kraken can be found in the documentation.
Try it in your browser
Want to try Krkn without setting up a cluster? Run the interactive hands-on tutorial on Killercoda: deploy a target app on a real 2-node Kubernetes cluster, inject pod and node chaos with krknctl, and watch the cluster heal itself - all in your browser, in about 20 minutes.
Blogs, podcasts and interviews
Additional resources, including blog posts, podcasts, and community interviews, can be found on the website
Roadmap
Enhancements being planned can be found in the roadmap.
Contributing
We are always looking for more enhancements, fixes to make it better, any contributions are most welcome. Feel free to report or work on the issues filed on github.
See CONTRIBUTING.md for details, or check the contribution guidelines on the website.
Community
Key Members(slack_usernames/full name): paigerube14/Paige Rubendall, mffiedler/Mike Fiedler, tsebasti/Tullio Sebastiani, yogi/Yogananth Subramanian, sahil/Sahil Shah, pradeep/Pradeep Surisetty and ravielluri/Naga Ravi Chaitanya Elluri.
Community Meeting
If you have any questions that you think could be better discussed on a meeting, we have monthly office hours. Please add items to the agenda beforehand so we can best prepare to help you.
The Linux Foundation® (TLF) has registered trademarks and uses trademarks. For a list of TLF trademarks, see Trademark Usage.
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Contributors
(top 30 of 92)
Languages
Python
97.4%
Shell
2.1%