pv-migrate

Judgement

What it is

Developer tool

What it does

A CLI and kubectl plugin that copies data between Kubernetes PersistentVolumeClaims, across namespaces or clusters, and can back up a PVC to S3, Azure Blob, GCS or any rclone remote.

Adopt it when

You need to rename, move or resize a Kubernetes volume, or migrate it between clusters, without hand-building rsync pods.

Watch out

The author maintains it in spare time and warns issues may go unanswered.

Ready for

Usable

Runs as

Command line

Built with

Go, rsync, rclone and Kubernetes

How established

Established: started 7 years ago, latest release v3.7.0.

What the license allows

You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.

Judged on 2026-11-06 from the project's README and GitHub data. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

Built from

Follow it down: pv-migrate → Go → runs on a microchip

How compilers were built, back to punched paper tape

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