Portfolio Snapshot
Project Status Overview
As of 2026-04-10 · Data sourced from CNCF TOC & Sandbox repos + Landscape YAML
Graduated
35
Production-grade projects
Incubating
36
Growing projects
Sandbox
153
Early-stage projects
In Pipeline
20
6 grad · 14 incubation
Archived
26
Retired projects
Total Projects
270
Active + archived. Not all new projects are on the landscape
Onboarding
23
Issues in progress
Maturity Distribution
All projects by level including pipeline
Maturity Breakdown
All categories including pipeline & archived
Applying to Sandbox
0
Sandbox
153
Applying to Incubating
14
Incubating
36
Applying to Graduation
6
Graduated
35
Archived
26
Level Changes —
Projects that completed Sandbox, Incubation, Graduation, or Archival reviews this year, sorted by most recent. Sourced from the landscape. Does not include projects that have been voted in by the TOC but have not yet signed a CA nor projects that have not yet been added to the landscape.
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Onboarding Completed — By Year
Projects completing CNCF onboarding checklist annually
Sandbox Applications Reviewed — By Year
Closed sandbox application reviews by calendar year
Maturity Progression
Review Pipeline
Graduation, incubation, and sandbox application backlogs with velocity metrics
🎓 Graduation Reviews
Open backlog
6
projects
Avg age of open
232.9
days
Avg to complete
268.5
days
Total closed
54
🔬 Incubation Reviews
Open backlog
14
projects
Avg age of open
291.9
days
Avg to complete
285.1
days
Total closed
97
📦 Sandbox Reviews
Open backlog
0
projects
Avg age of open
0
days
Avg to complete
139.7
days
Total closed
129
Graduation Backlog — by Stage
6 projects currently in graduation review
Incubation Backlog — by Stage
14 projects currently in incubation review
Sandbox Backlog — by Stage
0 projects currently in sandbox review
Review Velocity Comparison
Average days to complete review vs. average age of open reviews
Sandbox Onboarding
Onboarding Status
Active onboarding issues — completion checklist by project
Total Issues
23
Active onboarding
Nearly Complete
3
>95% done
More than Halfway
8
>70% done
Good Progress
7
>30% done
Low Progress or New
1
≤30% done
Developer Experience
Maintainer Satisfaction Survey Results
Biannual survey measuring overall satisfaction, response time, and likelihood to recommend CNCF
Latest Period
—
Most recent survey
Overall Satisfaction
—
% satisfied or very satisfied
Response Time Sat.
—
% satisfied with response times
Would Recommend
—
% would recommend CNCF
Maintainer Overall Sat and Response Time Sat
Biannual survey results since 2017 — percentage of positive responses per period
Support Operations
Service Desk Ticket Resolutions
Monthly tickets created vs. resolved