aid: gitops
name: GitOps
description: A operational framework that takes DevOps best practices used for application development such as version control, collaboration, compliance, and CI/CD, and applies them to infrastructure automation. GitOps uses Git as a single source of truth for declarative infrastructure and applications.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2025-01-01'
modified: '2026-04-28'
position: Consumer
url: >-
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/gitops/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
  - Automation
  - Continuous Deployment
  - DevOps
  - Infrastructure as Code
  - Version Control
apis: []
common:
  - type: DomainSecurity
    url: security/gitops-domain-security.yml
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.gitops.tech/
  - type: OpenGitOps Principles
    url: https://opengitops.dev/
  - type: CNCF Working Group
    url: https://github.com/cncf/tag-app-delivery
  - type: Argo CD
    url: https://argo-cd.readthedocs.io/
  - type: Flux
    url: https://fluxcd.io/
  - type: Rules
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/gitops/refs/heads/main/rules/gitops-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/gitops/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/gitops-vocabulary.yml
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com