K9

K9s

Terminal UI for managing Kubernetes clusters

Developer Tools & Git ★ 34.3k stars Easy setup Apache-2.0

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

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