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CRC is a tool to help you run containers. It manages local VMs to run a OpenShift 4.x cluster, Microshift or Podman optimized for testing and development...

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Summary Information

Updated 36 minutes ago
Type:CLI ToolCategory(s):Kubernetes & OperatorsContainers & RuntimesVirtualization & VMsCloud Native & Infrastructure
Added to GitGenius on April 7th, 2021
Created on January 11th, 2019
Open Issues & Pull Requests: 323 (+0)
GitHub issues: Enabled
Number of forks: 263
Total Stargazers: 1,389 (+0)
Total Subscribers: 36 (+0)

Repository Insights (GitGenius)

Median issue/PR response: 12.2 hours
Mean response time: 116.9 days
90th percentile: 468.0 days
Tracked items: 351

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Maintainer activity

7 people did triage or write work on this repository in the last 12 months.

Counts unlabeled, assigned, unassigned, milestoned, demilestoned, locked, unlocked over the last 12 months. These are issue and pull request events that require triage or write permission. Commits and code review are not counted. labeled and renamed are excluded because GitHub issue forms record the issue author as the actor. Figures from October 7, 2026. This count is not comparable across projects: each project's automation decides which of these events a person emits.

How this project is maintained

Practically every issue opened in the past year has drawn a reply. 85% of open issues come from outside the core team, so the backlog reflects real-world use rather than internal planning. Work labelled "kind/task" is answered fastest, typically in under an hour, while "points/1" waits about 6 days. 71% of issues opened in the past year have been closed, leaving a working backlog. Three people close 55% of everything that gets resolved.

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Issue Activity (beta)

Open issues: 100
New in 7 days: 0
Closed in 7 days: 0
Avg open age: 614 days
Stale 30+ days: 99
Stale 90+ days: 98

Recent activity

Opened in 7 days: 0
Closed in 7 days: 0
Comments in 7 days: 0
Events in 7 days: 0

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  • kind/bug (149)
  • os/windows (51)
  • kind/task (48)
  • status/need triage (46)
  • QE (33)
  • kind/enhancement (29)
  • os/linux (29)
  • os/macos (28)

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Detailed Description

CRC is a Go-based tool designed to manage local virtual machines for running OpenShift 4.x clusters, Microshift, or Podman environments optimized for testing and development purposes. The project serves developers and teams who need lightweight, local Kubernetes-compatible environments without the overhead of full production deployments. It abstracts away the complexity of VM management, allowing users to focus on containerized application development and testing.

The repository is actively maintained with significant community engagement.

CRC's functionality centers on managing local OpenShift clusters optimized for development workflows. The tool handles VM provisioning and lifecycle management, eliminating manual setup steps. Users can download CRC binaries with embedded OpenShift disk images from the Red Hat console, and the project provides comprehensive documentation through its Getting Started Guide hosted at crc.dev. For developers wanting to contribute or work on CRC itself, the project maintains engineering documentation in a separate repository covering development practices.

The project incorporates Red Hat's telemetry collection program, which users can opt into on first run. CRC collects pseudonymized usage data to help improve products and services, with users able to manually configure their preferences through the crc config set consent-telemetry command. The specific data points collected are documented in the repository's usage-data.adoc file.

CRC is classified across multiple domains including container orchestration, Kubernetes environments, virtualization platforms, development tools, and local testing infrastructure. The tool bridges the gap between local development and production OpenShift deployments, making it valuable for CI/CD pipeline testing and cloud-native application development.

The community welcomes contributions, questions, and comments through multiple channels including the #codeready IRC channel on Freenode. The project maintains contribution guidelines to ensure quality submissions. For users seeking OpenShift 3.x solutions, CRC documentation directs them to alternative tools like oc cluster up, Minishift, or CDK, acknowledging that CRC is specifically designed for OpenShift 4.x and newer versions.