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Headlamp

Extensible web UI for Kubernetes clusters

Developer Tools & Git ★ 7.4k stars Medium setup Apache-2.0

Headlamp is an open-source Kubernetes web UI and desktop app maintained as a CNCF project. It supports plugins and can be self-hosted in-cluster to provide a customizable dashboard for cluster management.

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Key features

  • Web and desktop modes
  • Plugin system
  • Multi-cluster support
  • In-cluster deployment

Strengths

  • Released under the Apache-2.0 license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Mature project with 7.4k GitHub stars
  • Written in TypeScript

Is Headlamp secure?

No known vulnerabilities affect Headlamp's latest release (v0.45.0). OSV.dev lists 1 past advisory 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-2025-53542, published 2025-07-10 (461 days ago), fixed in 0.31.1

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

Headlamp replaces

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