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DevSpace

Developer tool for building and deploying to Kubernetes

Developer Tools & Git ★ 5.2k stars Medium setup Apache-2.0

DevSpace is an open-source client-only tool for developing and deploying cloud-native software with Kubernetes. It provides hot reloading, port forwarding, and a configurable workflow for self-hosted clusters.

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Key features

  • Hot reload for containers
  • Port forwarding
  • Client-only architecture
  • Config-driven workflow

Strengths

  • Released under the Apache-2.0 license
  • Mature project with 5.2k GitHub stars
  • Written in Go
  • Lightweight — runs in 512 MB RAM

Is DevSpace secure?

No known vulnerabilities affect DevSpace's latest release (v6.3.21). OSV.dev lists 3 past advisories for the project; none of them applies to this release. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

  • Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2026-91200, published 2026-09-14 (30 days ago), fixed in 6.3.21

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

DevSpace replaces

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SelfHostIndex: 90 · excellent

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