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Zen-GC — Kubernetes Garbage Collection Controller

Zen-GC is a Free Apache-2.0 Kubernetes garbage collection controller that applies declarative TTL cleanup policies to namespaced resources. It is independent OSS released by the Zen Mesh team.

How it fits​

  • Retention hygiene: Automatically prune stale resources based on resource age, labels, or custom TTL annotations — reducing storage costs and namespace clutter.
  • Evidence lifecycle: Apply retention windows to delivery logs, audit entries, and evidence artifacts so expired data is cleaned up without manual operator intervention.
  • Operational cleanup: Remove completed or abandoned pipeline resources (Pods, Jobs, ConfigMaps) that accumulate in long-running clusters.
  • Safe platform maintenance: Declarative policy-driven deletion avoids accidental mass cleanup — resources are removed only when TTL conditions are met.

Getting started​

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/zen-mesh/zen-gc

# Deploy with default policies
kubectl apply -f deploy/

See the zen-gc repository for full documentation, policy configuration, and examples.