Crossplane

aid: crossplane
name: Crossplane
x-type: opensource
description: >-
  Crossplane is a graduated CNCF open-source Kubernetes add-on that
  transforms a cluster into a universal control plane for cloud
  infrastructure, services, and applications. Crossplane introduces
  custom resources including CompositeResourceDefinitions (XRDs),
  Compositions, Claims, Providers, ProviderConfigs, Configurations,
  Functions, and EnvironmentConfigs, allowing platform teams to author
  self-service platform APIs that compose managed resources across AWS,
  GCP, Azure, and other providers using Kubernetes-style declarative
  configuration.
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tags:
  - Apache 2.0
  - CNCF
  - Cloud Native
  - Composition
  - Control Plane
  - Custom Resource Definitions
  - Graduated
  - Infrastructure as Code
  - Kubernetes
  - Multi-Cloud
  - Open Source
  - Platform Engineering
  - Providers
created: '2025-01-01'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
type: Index
access: Public
position: Provider
apis:
  - aid: crossplane:crossplane-kubernetes-api
    name: Crossplane Kubernetes API
    description: >-
      The Crossplane Kubernetes API extends the Kubernetes API server with
      custom resources for managing cloud infrastructure declaratively.
      Resources are organized into two main API groups:
      apiextensions.crossplane.io for composition primitives
      (Compositions, CompositeResourceDefinitions, EnvironmentConfigs,
      DeploymentRuntimeConfigs) and pkg.crossplane.io for package
      management (Providers, Functions, Configurations and their
      revisions). All operations use standard Kubernetes REST conventions
      and are authenticated through the Kubernetes API server's
      authentication mechanisms.
    humanURL: https://docs.crossplane.io/latest/api/
    baseURL: https://kubernetes.default.svc
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.crossplane.io/latest/
      - type: Reference
        url: https://docs.crossplane.io/latest/api/
      - type: GettingStarted
        url: https://docs.crossplane.io/latest/get-started/get-started-with-composition/
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/crossplane-kubernetes-api-openapi.yml
      - type: Rules
        url: rules/crossplane-kubernetes-api-rules.yml
      - type: Capabilities
        url: capabilities/crossplane-kubernetes-api-capabilities.yml
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/crossplane-composition-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/crossplane-xrd-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/crossplane-provider-schema.json
      - type: JSONLD
        url: json-ld/crossplane-context.jsonld
      - type: ChangeLog
        url: https://github.com/crossplane/crossplane/releases
    tags:
      - Composition
      - Control Plane
      - Custom Resources
      - Infrastructure as Code
      - Kubernetes
      - Multi-Cloud
      - Platform Engineering
common:
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/crossplane-composition-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/crossplane-xrd-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/crossplane-provider-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/crossplane-context.jsonld
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/crossplane-vocabulary.yml
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.crossplane.io/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.crossplane.io/latest/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.crossplane.io/latest/get-started/get-started-with-composition/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://docs.crossplane.io/latest/api/
  - type: Blog
    url: https://blog.crossplane.io/
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/crossplane
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/crossplane/crossplane
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://github.com/crossplane/crossplane/releases
  - type: Community
    url: https://docs.crossplane.io/latest/learn/
  - type: Contributing
    url: https://docs.crossplane.io/contribute/contribute/
  - type: License
    url: https://github.com/crossplane/crossplane/blob/main/LICENSE
  - type: CNCF
    url: https://www.cncf.io/projects/crossplane/
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]