K9s
Terminal UI for managing Kubernetes clusters
K9s is an open-source terminal-based interface for interacting with Kubernetes clusters. It provides real-time views of cluster resources and shortcuts for common operations on self-hosted clusters.
Key features
- Real-time cluster views
- Resource management shortcuts
- Plugin support
- Skinnable themes
Strengths
- Released under the Apache-2.0 license
- Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
- Mature project with 34.3k GitHub stars
- Written in Go
K9s replaces
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