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Tilt

Local development environments for Kubernetes and microservices

Developer Tools & Git ★ 10.1k stars Medium setup Apache-2.0

Tilt is an open-source toolkit for managing local development of multi-service applications on Kubernetes. It watches code, rebuilds images, and provides a live dashboard for the self-hosted dev loop.

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Key features

  • Live multi-service dev loop
  • Smart rebuilds
  • Web dashboard
  • Kubernetes native

Strengths

  • Released under the Apache-2.0 license
  • Mature project with 10.1k GitHub stars
  • Written in Go
  • Lightweight — runs in 512 MB RAM

Is Tilt secure?

No known vulnerabilities affect Tilt's latest release (v0.37.8). 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-2026-55884, published 2026-07-10 (96 days ago), fixed in 0.37.4

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

Tilt replaces

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SelfHostIndex: 94 · excellent

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