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Okteto

Remote development environments on Kubernetes

Developer Tools & Git ★ 3.6k stars Medium setup Apache-2.0

Okteto is an open-source tool that creates remote development environments inside Kubernetes clusters. The CLI synchronizes local code into a cluster pod so developers can iterate against self-hosted infrastructure.

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Key features

  • In-cluster dev environments
  • Bidirectional file sync
  • Remote debugging
  • Hot reload

Strengths

  • Released under the Apache-2.0 license
  • Active community (3.6k GitHub stars)
  • Written in Go
  • Lightweight — runs in 512 MB RAM

Is Okteto secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Okteto's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

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

Okteto replaces

Self-hosted Gitpod alternativesSelf-hosted Codespaces alternatives

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