What is keda built with?

Q: Which repos have a stack like keda's?

The ones that share most of its stack: seaweedfs/seaweedfs, infiniflow/ragflow, and hashicorp/vault.

keda is a Go repo built with sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime, go.temporal.io/sdk, and k8s.io/apiserver. It stores its data in MongoDB, MySQL, and Postgres, signs people in with github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity, golang.org/x/oauth2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials, github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5, github.com/aws/aws-msk-iam-sasl-signer-go, and 4 more, connects to Google, validates its data with github.com/go-playground/validator/v10, is tested with github.com/stretchr/testify, Uber, github.com/onsi/gomega, github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2, github.com/microsoft/ApplicationInsights-Go, and 2 more, deploys with github.com/go-logr/logr, k8s.io/metrics, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, Prometheus, and 11 more, and uses go-redis, kafka-go, pgx, sarama, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/storage/azblob, and 20 more. It has 182,821 written lines, with 387 test files.

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The card says what it's built with. Its whole map opens it up: every part of the code and how it connects to the rest.

Backend

Data 22

MongoDB3 files · pkg/scalers/aws_dynamodb_scaler.go, line 14
Redis3 files · pkg/scalers/redis_scaler.go, line 11
github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/dynamodb2 files
github.com/elastic/elastic-transport-go/v82 files
MySQL2 files · pkg/scalers/mysql_scaler.go, line 11
Postgres2 files · pkg/scalers/postgresql_scaler.go, line 16
ClickHouse1 file
etcd1 file
github.com/apache/cassandra-gocql-driver/v21 file
github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/kinesis1 file
github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sqs1 file
github.com/InfluxCommunity/influxdb3-go/v21 file

10 more

RabbitMQ1 file
go-redis
kafka-go
github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/storage/azblob4 files
github.com/Azure/azure-kusto-go/azkustodata2 files
github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/messaging/azeventhubs/v22 files
github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/messaging/azservicebus1 file
github.com/microsoft/go-mssqldb1 file
pgx
sarama

Sign-in 9

github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials2 files
github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v52 files
github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-library-for-go1 file
github.com/xdg-go/scram1 file
github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity10 files
golang.org/x/oauth27 files
github.com/aws/aws-msk-iam-sasl-signer-go1 file
github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/security/keyvault/azsecrets1 file
github.com/bradleyfalzon/ghinstallation/v21 file

Services 7

Google4 files · pkg/scalers/gcp/gcp_stackdriver_client.go, line 18
Kafka3 files · pkg/scalers/kafka_scaler.go, line 34
Elasticsearch2 files · pkg/scalers/elasticsearch_scaler.go, line 13
ArangoDB1 file · pkg/scalers/arangodb_scaler.go, line 9
Datadog1 file · pkg/scalers/datadog_scaler.go, line 15
InfluxDB1 file · pkg/scalers/influxdb_scaler.go, line 10
OpenSearch1 file · pkg/scalers/opensearch_scaler.go, line 13

Support

The base 3

go.temporal.io/sdk1 file
sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime53 files
k8s.io/apiserver1 file

Validation 1

github.com/go-playground/validator/v101 file

Testing 7

github.com/stretchr/testify285 files
Uber15 files
github.com/google/go-cmp1 file
github.com/onsi/gomega14 files
github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v212 files
github.com/microsoft/ApplicationInsights-Go4 files
gotest.tools/gotestsum1 file

Deploy 16

github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v210 files
Prometheus6 files
cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata2 files
github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config2 files
github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sts2 files
github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/cloudwatch1 file
github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud/v21 file
OpenTelemetry1 file
github.com/go-logr/logr107 files
k8s.io/metrics85 files
github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore17 files
go.uber.org/zap5 files

4 more

k8s.io/klog/v23 files
github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/monitor/azquery2 files
go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc2 files
github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics1 file

Tools 4

google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc1 file
github.com/jstemmer/go-junit-report/v21 file
k8s.io/code-generator1 file
sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools1 file

Other 31

github.com/tidwall/gjson6 files
github.com/expr-lang/expr3 files
github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/secretsmanager1 file
github.com/gorilla/websocket1 file
go.uber.org/atomic1 file
Temporal1 file
Vault1 file
github.com/joho/godotenv175 files
k8s.io/api105 files
k8s.io/apimachinery55 files
k8s.io/client-go19 files
github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-middleware/providers/prometheus5 files

19 more

github.com/microsoft/azure-devops-go-api/azuredevops4 files
github.com/spf13/pflag3 files
gopkg.in/yaml.v33 files
google.golang.org/protobuf2 files
k8s.io/utils2 files
sigs.k8s.io/yaml2 files
dario.cat/mergo1 file
github.com/cloudevents/sdk-go/v21 file
github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify1 file
github.com/gobwas/glob1 file
github.com/mitchellh/hashstructure/v21 file
github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure1 file
github.com/phayes/freeport1 file
github.com/robfig/cron/v31 file
github.com/youmark/pkcs81 file
golang.org/x/sync1 file
k8s.io/component-base1 file
k8s.io/kube-openapi1 file
go-github

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Frequently asked questions

What language is keda written in?

keda is written in Go, with 182,821 written lines.

What framework does keda use?

keda is built with sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime, go.temporal.io/sdk, and k8s.io/apiserver.

What database does keda use?

keda stores its data in MongoDB, MySQL, and Postgres.

The proof: pkg/scalers/aws_dynamodb_scaler.go, line 14

What does keda sign people in with?

keda signs people in with github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity, golang.org/x/oauth2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials, github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5, github.com/aws/aws-msk-iam-sasl-signer-go, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/security/keyvault/azsecrets, github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-library-for-go, github.com/bradleyfalzon/ghinstallation/v2, and github.com/xdg-go/scram.

What services does keda use?

keda connects to Google and uses go-redis, kafka-go, pgx, sarama, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/storage/azblob, Redis, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/dynamodb, github.com/Azure/azure-kusto-go/azkustodata, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/messaging/azeventhubs/v2, github.com/elastic/elastic-transport-go/v8, ClickHouse, etcd, github.com/apache/cassandra-gocql-driver/v2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/kinesis, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sqs, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/messaging/azservicebus, github.com/InfluxCommunity/influxdb3-go/v2, github.com/microsoft/go-mssqldb, RabbitMQ, Kafka, Elasticsearch, ArangoDB, Datadog, InfluxDB, and OpenSearch.

The proof: pkg/scalers/gcp/gcp_stackdriver_client.go, line 18

Does keda have tests?

Yes. keda has 387 test files and is tested with github.com/stretchr/testify, Uber, github.com/onsi/gomega, github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2, github.com/microsoft/ApplicationInsights-Go, github.com/google/go-cmp, and gotest.tools/gotestsum.

Which repos have a stack like keda's?

The ones that share most of its stack:seaweedfs/seaweedfs infiniflow/ragflow hashicorp/vault