Community and Governance

• CNCF Mission:

  • Promote cloud-native computing ubiquity.
  • Support open-source projects for scalable, resilient, and manageable applications.

• Project Maturity Levels (CNCF):

  • Sandbox: Experimentation and community support.
  • Incubation: Maturity, traction, and growing community.
  • Graduated: Stability, security, and widespread adoption.

• Crossing the Chasm:

  • Transition from Incubated to Graduated.
  • Indicates maturity, stability, and enterprise readiness.

• Technical Oversight Committee (TOC):

  • Evaluates and oversees CNCF project maturity.

• Special Interest Group (SIG) / Technical Advisory Group (TAG):

  • SIG (formerly TAG) represents community-driven initiatives.
  • TAG differentiates from Kubernetes SIGs.

• Project Maturity Factors:

  • Adoption, change rate, external committers, and adherence to the CNCF Code of Conduct.

• Conflict Resolution:

  • Open discussion, followed by voting and consensus.