LitmusChaos

Chaos engineering for Kubernetes

WHO USES ITSREs and developers who run services on Kubernetes.

Self-host

An open-source chaos engineering platform that injects controlled faults to find weaknesses before outages do; a CNCF project for Kubernetes.

SELF-HOST

START IN 5 MINUTES ↓

The Litmus architecture: a control plane with GitOps and SREs on the left, Chaos Center in the middle and a Kubernetes execution plane on the right.

TESIGN TAKE

It supports bring-your-own-chaos to plug in third-party fault tooling.

Activity and discovery evidence

★ 5.7k▲ +8 / 7dlast 14 days · stars per dayhollow = no dataAs of 10-04 10:00 UTC

5,725 stars · checked on GitHub 10-03 11:47 UTC GitHub check 27 h late · 7-day +8 observed via GH Archive (as of 10-04 10:00 UTC)

AT A GLANCE

LICENSE: Apache-2.0
USAGE: Commercial use, redistribution OK. Keep notices; mark changes.
LANGUAGE: Go
PLATFORM: web
ACTIVITY: last commit 4 days ago (2026-09-30) · latest release [unconfirmed] As of 10-03 11:47 UTC
COMMUNITY: contributors [unconfirmed] · open issues [unconfirmed] · made by: [unconfirmed] Reference time unavailable
SOURCES: GitHub
OPEN SOURCE: YES
FIRST SEEN: 2026-10-03 11:47 UTC
CATEGORY: INFRA

A summary, not legal advice.

WHY IT MATTERS

Finding weak points only after an outage is too late. Litmus lets developers and SREs practice by inducing faults in a controlled way.

BUILD FROM THIS

A central chaos-center builds, schedules and visualises experiment workflows while agents in the target Kubernetes environment run and monitor them. Faults and steady-state hypotheses are defined as Kubernetes custom resources such as ChaosExperiment and ChaosEngine.

WHO IT'S FOR

SREs and developers who run services on Kubernetes.

START IN 5 MINUTES

# Deploy it to Kubernetes following the install docs at litmuschaos.io.

CAVEATS

Requires a Kubernetes environment, and since it deliberately injects faults it should be tried in a test environment before production. The image is an architecture diagram, not a screenshot.

RECEIPT

FIRST SEEN: 2026-10-03 11:47 UTC
AT SOURCE: 2017-03-15 07:02 UTC
KEPT: 2026-10-04 15:21 UTC
STAR DELTA: +3 ★ / 24h As of 10-04 10:00 UTC
CREATED → FIRST SEEN: 3489d
WHEN FIRST SEEN: 5,725 ★
SOURCES: GitHub

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NAME	★ TOTAL	▲ 7d	LICENSE	PLATFORM	LAST PUSH
LitmusChaosChaos engineering for KubernetesTHIS ENTRY	★ 5.7k	▲ +8	Apache-2.0permissive	web	2026-09-30
clash-verge-rev/clash-verge-revCARD	★ 144k	▲ +21	GPL-3.0copyleft	—	2026-09-13
kubernetes/kubernetesCARD	★ 128k	▲ +3	Apache-2.0permissive	—	2026-09-12
rustdesk/rustdeskCARD	★ 123k	▲ +3	AGPL-3.0copyleft	—	2026-09-13
louislam/uptime-kumaCARD	★ 91.3k	▲ +2	MITpermissive	—	2026-09-13

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