Rancher Fleet

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Rancher Fleet is ranked #15 of 32 in GitOps tools on The Geeks Club. It runs on API, Self-hosted. There is a free plan.

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Fleet Free Runs on an existing Kubernetes cluster · distributed as a Helm chart fleet.rancher.io · 2 Oct 2026

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Reconciliation scope: both
Multi-cluster management: Yes
Progressive delivery: Yes
Supported Git sources: Azure DevOps, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Bitbucket Server, Gogs
Supported deployment targets: Kubernetes clusters

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Purpose: Fleet is a container management and deployment engine that uses GitOps to manage and monitor Kubernetes clusters.
Deployment formats: Fleet can deploy raw Kubernetes YAML, Helm charts, Kustomize, or combinations of them from Git repositories.
Multi-cluster: Fleet can manage a single Kubernetes cluster or large-scale deployments of clusters from a central point.
Install modes: Fleet supports single-cluster and multi-cluster installation modes, with a central manager for downstream clusters in multi-cluster mode.
Requirements: Fleet runs as a controller on an existing Kubernetes cluster and is distributed as a Helm chart; the installation documentation requires Helm 3.
Repository authentication: Private Git repository authentication supports HTTP basic authentication, SSH keys, and GitHub Apps.
Git integrations: Fleet documents SSH host key entries for GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, and Azure DevOps.
Security: Fleet uses Kubernetes service accounts with restricted permissions for downstream clusters and individual Git repositories.
Network model: Managed cluster agents initiate communication to the Fleet controller, allowing managed clusters to run behind NATs or in private networks.
SSH security default: Strict SSH host key checks are enabled by default from Fleet v0.13 onward.
Notable limitation: Fleet does not support SSH proxy server authentication when cloning private Git repositories or using private Helm repositories.
Feature default: The image scanning feature is disabled by default and must be enabled during installation to use it.
Helm credential handling: Fleet forwards Helm credentials only when helmRepoURLRegex is set and matches the chart repository URL.
Price from: Free

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fleet.rancher.io· checked 2 Oct 2026
fleet.rancher.io/how-tos-for-operators/installation· checked 2 Oct 2026
fleet.rancher.io/how-tos-for-users/gitrepo-add· checked 2 Oct 2026
fleet.rancher.io/explanations/architecture· checked 2 Oct 2026