Rancher Product Notes

rancher-product-note.md

Product Name	Alternative Names	GitHub Repository	Description
Rancher	SUSE Rancher Prime, Rancher Manager	rancher/rancher	Enterprise Kubernetes management platform that enables organizations to run and manage Kubernetes clusters across any infrastructure.
RKE	Rancher Kubernetes Engine	rancher/rke	An extremely simple, lightning fast Kubernetes distribution that runs entirely within containers.
RKE2	RKE Government	rancher/rke2	A Kubernetes distribution focused on security and compliance for government agencies.
K3s	Lightweight Kubernetes, k3OS	k3s-io/k3s	Purpose-built, lightweight Kubernetes distribution for edge and IoT use cases, fully managed by Kubernetes.
Longhorn	SUSE Storage	longhorn/longhorn	Cloud-native distributed block storage system for Kubernetes.
StackState	SUSE Observability	StackState Docs, StackVista	Observability of Kubernetes clusters and their workloads.
Fleet	-	rancher/fleet	GitOps at scale - manage Kubernetes clusters and applications across multiple clusters.
Harvester	SUSE Virtualization	harvester/harvester	Open source hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) software built on Kubernetes.
Opni	-	rancher/opni	Multi-cluster observability with AIOps capabilities for Kubernetes environments.
Rancher Desktop	-	rancher-sandbox/rancher-desktop	Desktop application that provides Kubernetes and container management on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Kubewarden	-	kubewarden/kubewarden-controller	Policy engine for Kubernetes that uses WebAssembly (Wasm) to run policies.
Epinio	-	epinio/epinio	Application development engine for Kubernetes that simplifies application deployment.
Elemental	-	rancher/elemental	Immutable Linux distribution built to run Kubernetes clusters.
NeuVector	SUSE Security	neuvector/neuvector	Full lifecycle container security platform with multi-vector protection.
Rancher Turtles	ClusterAPI, CAPI	rancher/turtles	Cluster API provider integration for Rancher.
Rio	-	rancher/rio	Application deployment engine for Kubernetes focused on microservices and serverless.
Submariner	-	submariner-io/submariner	Network connectivity between Kubernetes clusters in different networks.
Hypper	-	rancher/hypper	Package manager built on Helm with added functionality for enterprise use cases.
K3k	-	rancher/k3k	Kubernetes in Kubernetes - tool for creating and managing isolated K3s clusters within an existing Kubernetes environment.
Security Scan	-	rancher/security-scan	Tool for testing Kubernetes clusters for adherence to security best practices outlined in the CIS Kubernetes Benchmark.
Terraform Provider Rancher2	-	rancher/terraform-provider-rancher2	Terraform provider for managing Rancher 2 resources.
Rancherd	-	rancher/rancherd	Tool to bootstrap Rancher and k3s/rke2, intended to be run from cloud-init or similar systems.
Klipper LB	-	k3s-io/klipper-lb	Embedded service load balancer for K3s that uses host ports and iptables.
Kine	-	k3s-io/kine	etcd API translator that allows Kubernetes to use alternative databases like SQLite, Postgres, MySQL/MariaDB, or NATS.
RancherOS	-	rancher/os	Minimalist Linux distribution designed specifically for running Docker containers. It's significantly smaller than traditional operating systems by removing unnecessary libraries and services.
RancherOS2	OS2	rancher/os2	Immutable Linux distribution built to run Rancher and its Kubernetes distributions (RKE2 and K3s), based on openSUSE. Uses cloud-init for initial configuration and Kubernetes operators for maintenance.
Cattle Monitoring	-	rancher/charts	Monitoring operator for Kubernetes clusters managed by Rancher, integrating Prometheus, Grafana, and AlertManager.
Cattle Logging	-	rancher/charts	Logging operator for Kubernetes clusters managed by Rancher, integrating Fluentd and Elasticsearch.