Phippy is a simple PHP app, exploring the cloud native world with her friends.
Meet the family
Phippy
The PHP Giraffe—adventurous and responsible, Phippy is the leader of the pack
Goldie
The Go Gopher—always on the go, this little gopher is an avid jazz fan
Cappy
The Cluster API Turtle—loves huddling with his buddies
Izzy
The Istio Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin—this hard-working dolphin enjoys the ambience of the ocean
Who's next?
Find out below how to join the Phippy family by graduating your project
Donate a Phippy family Character
Are you a maintainer of a graduated project? Want to help others grasp the concepts of cloud-native computing in a fun and engaging way? Donate a character to the Phippy and Friends family and support newcomers as they take their first steps into #TeamCloudNative. By contributing, you’ll boost your project’s visibility and engagement, creating more community growth opportunities and outreach opportunities.
Project books
The Illustrated Children’s Guide to Kubernetes
The Illustrated Children’s Guide to Kubernetes is a simple, gentle answer a father gave his daughter when she inquisitively asked about Kubernetes. It’s dedicated to all the parents who try to explain software engineering to their children.
Phippy Goes to the Zoo
Follow the tale of Phippy and her niece Zee as they take an educational trip to the Kubernetes Zoo.
Admiral Bash’s Island Adventure
Admiral Bash’s ship has been sunk by pirates and his mainframe is at the bottom of the sea! Washed up on a deserted island, join Admiral Bash as he navigates his cloud native transformation, helped by Phippy, Zee, Captain Kube, Goldie, Linky, Hazel and some very special new friends.
From 00-K8s with Love
Agent 00-K8s has to deliver a super secret package as quickly and safely as possible. Will she be able to do it?
Phippy and Zee go to the Mountains
Another work featuring Phippy and friends: Join Phippy and Zee on a 4-dimensional hike!
Phippy In Space: Adventures in Cloud-Native Recovery
In the not-so-distant future, space outposts (cloud-native infrastructure) are the next frontier for settlement and Captain Kube is in charge of the cutting-edge Mars outpost. As the outpost has grown in size and complexity, Captain Kube needs to find solutions for many of the settlement’s growing pains. He has recruited Phippy to work with him on the outpost’s Day 2 challenges. Join them on their adventure, as they journey to Mars and brainstorm solutions.
Phippy’s Quest for Cloud Native Transformation
Phippy is discussing her business challenges with Captain Kube to make the most of an upcoming big sale. Join their discussion on how to be truly cloud native.
Phippy’s Field Guide to Wasm
This book introduces WebAssembly (Wasm) concepts through a camping trip story with characters Phippy, Zee, and Blossom the Wasm Possum. The story uses these metaphors to teach Wasm principles in an engaging, accessible manner.
Workshop books
Phippy’s AI Friend
Join Phippy and her AI friend, Kimani, on a fun-filled journey through Paris, discovering AI-powered talents while learning about ChatGPT, DALL·E, and TensorFlow through an interactive story and Scratch workshop.
Phippy’s Sonic Band
Join Phippy and her cloud-native friends on a musical coding adventure!
Follow Phippy and the crew as they form a band and explore the world of live-coded music with Sonic Pi. Along the way, they learn how code can create rhythm, melody, and harmony—bringing technology and creativity together. Featuring an interactive workshop for kids, this storybook introduces the basics of music programming and cloud-native fun in a way that’s playful, hands-on, and perfect for young learners.
The characters Phippy, Captain Kube, Zee, Linky, Hazel, Cappy, Izzy, Keddy, Owlina, Obee, Tai, and Tiago are owned by The Linux Foundation, on behalf of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, and licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY), which means that you can remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially. If you use the characters, please include the text “phippy.io” to provide attribution (and online, please include a link to https://phippy.io).
Goldie is based on the Go Gopher, created by Renee French, which is also licensed under CC-BY.
Images Phippy, Captain Kube, Zee, Linky, Hazel, Cappy, Izzy, Keddy, Owlina, Obee, Tai, and Tiago are available in the CNCF artwork repo in svg and png formats and in color, black, and white.
The characters Phippy, Captain Kube, and Zee, as well as the books The Illustrated Children’s Guide to Kubernetes and Phippy Goes to the Zoo,were created by Matt Butcher, Karen Chu, and Bailey Beougher and donated by Microsoft to CNCF.
The book Admiral Bash’s Island Adventure was created by Simon Forster, Danielle Cook, John Forster, and Robert Glenn and illustrated by Nadine Wiese.
Linky, which represents the Linkerd project, was donated to the CNCF by Buoyant. Hazel, which represents the Helm project, was donated to the CNCF by Helm maintainers Matt Butcher and Karen Chu.