specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: Porter
providerId: porter
created: '2026-05-04'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-04, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-05'
reconciled: false
tags:
  - Cloud Native
  - CNAB
  - Kubernetes
  - FinOps
  - FOCUS
description: >-
  FOCUS-aligned FinOps placeholder for Porter. As a CNCF Sandbox open-source
  project, Porter has no direct billing surface; any FinOps treatment lives in
  the underlying Kubernetes cluster, container registry, and storage providers
  the bundles deploy onto. There are no Porter invoices, meters, or seat fees
  to allocate.
sources:
  - https://porter.sh/
alignedWith:
  framework: FinOps Foundation Framework
  frameworkUrl: https://www.finops.org/framework/
  dataSpec: FOCUS
  dataSpecVersion: '1.3'
  dataSpecUrl: https://focus.finops.org/focus-specification/v1-3/
publisherName: The Porter Authors / The Linux Foundation
serviceCategory: DevOps Tooling
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Open Source (No Charge)
  billingFrequency: N/A
  billingCurrency: N/A
  chargeCategories: []
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: Porter
  ServiceCategory: DevOps Tooling
  ServiceSubcategory: Application Packaging (CNAB)
  ProviderName: The Porter Authors
  PublisherName: The Linux Foundation
  InvoiceIssuerName: N/A
  BillingCurrency: N/A
meters: []
principles:
  - name: Visibility
    description: Cost is realized in the underlying Kubernetes cluster, OCI registry, and storage that Porter bundles deploy onto; observe those provider invoices, not Porter itself.
  - name: Allocation
    description: Allocate by the target Kubernetes namespace and registry repo that bundle installs land in; tag bundles with team labels so downstream cluster cost-allocation tools can attribute spend.
  - name: Optimization
    description: Optimization happens at the bundle target (cluster sizing, registry storage classes, image layer reuse). Porter itself contributes no recurring cost.
  - name: Accountability
    description: Bundle authors are accountable for what their bundles install; cluster and registry owners are accountable for the resulting consumption.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com
notes: >-
  Porter is a CNCF Sandbox project with no commercial billing surface.
  Marked reconciled=false because there is no provider invoice, meter, or
  pricing structure to align to FOCUS.