March 18 2026 by Keycloak Cloud Native team
Earlier this year, we conducted a survey to better understand how the community deploys and manages Keycloak in the real world.
With over 360 respondents (!!), the results provide a better understanding of the community’s needs and wishes.
The survey results highlight a community that is deeply invested in the containerized ecosystem but is facing specific challenges in day-to-day operations.
The Helm Charts: A significant portion of the community explicitly requested official Helm Charts, particularly for managing Keycloak installation and managing deployments via tools like ArgoCD.
Operator: Adoption of the Keycloak Operator is not very high in the community, which is mainly caused by the fact that the Operator setup is hard to grasp, and do not provide the required functionality.
GitOps & Configuration: There is a strong desire for more robust GitOps flows, especially when it comes to managing Keycloak resources like Realms and Clients.
The whole Keycloak team is aware of these results and is discussing the next steps.
Thank you to everyone who shared their feedback in this survey!