Kubetools - A Curated List of Kubernetes Tools

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Top Featured Kubernetes Tools( June 2026)

Kubetools - A Curated List of Kubernetes Tools

Pods

Sr No	Tool Name	Description with URL
1	kubetail	Bash script to tail Kubernetes logs from multiple pods at the same time
2	kube-s3	Kubernetes pods used shared S3 storage
3	kubectl-ports-rs	A kubectl krew plugin to provide a list of exposed ports on kubernetes Pod resources

Cluster Management

Sr No	Tool Name	Description with URL	GitHub Popularity
1	Monokle	Desktop unified visual tool for authoring, analysis and deployment of Kubernetes configurations
2	kops	Production Grade K8s Installation, Upgrades, and Management
3	silver-surfer	Check ApiVersion compatibility and provide Migration path for Kubernetes objects when upgrading Kubernetes to latest versions
4	Kube-ops-view	Kubernetes Operational View - read-only system dashboard for multiple K8s clusters
5	kubeprompt	Kubernetes prompt info
6	Metalk8s	An opinionated Kubernetes distribution with a focus on long-term on-prem deployments
7	kind	Kubernetes IN Docker - local clusters for testing Kubernetes
8	Clusterman	Cluster Autoscaler for Kubernetes and Mesos
9	Cert-manager	Automatically provision and manage TLS certificates
10	Goldilocks	Get your resource requests "Just Right"
11	katafygio	Dump, or continuously backup Kubernetes objects as yaml files in git
12	Rancher	Complete container management platform
13	Sealed Secrets	A Kubernetes controller and tool for one-way encrypted Secrets
14	OpenKruise/Kruise	Automate application workloads management on Kubernetes https://openkruise.io
15	kubectl snapshot	Take Cluster Snapshots
16	kapp	simple deployment tool focused on the concept of "Kubernetes application" — a set of resources with the same label https://get-kapp.io
17	KEDA	Event-driven autoscaler for Kubernetes
18	Octant	To better understand the complexity of Kubernetes clusters
19	Portainer	Portainer inside a Kubernetes environment
20	Gardener	Deliver fully-managed clusters at scale everywhere with your own Kubernetes-as-a-Service	-
21	xlskubectl	xlskubectl — a spreadsheet to control your Kubernetes cluster
22	Kubefirst	Fully-automated OSS delivery & infrastructure management gitops platforms
23	Kamaji	Build and operate Kubernetes at scale with a fraction of operational burden
24	kustomizer	An experimental package manager for distributing Kubernetes configuration as OCI artifacts
25	Kudo	declarative approach to building production-grade Kubernetes Operators
26	node-problem-detector	This is a place for various problem detectors running on the Kubernetes nodes
27	k0s	k0s is an all-inclusive Kubernetes distribution, which is configured with all of the features needed to build a Kubernetes cluster and packaged as a single binary for ease of use
28	k0smotron	Deploy and run Kubernetes control planes powered by k0s on any existing cluster
29	ClusterPedia	The Encyclopedia of Kubernetes clusters
30	kubean	🌱 Kubernetes lifecycle management operator based on kubespray.
31	punq	Self-hosted Kubernetes workload manager with team collaboration
32	Claudie	Deploy and operate Kubernetes clusters with each nodepool in a different provider or on-prem
33	Kubemarine	Management tool for Kubernetes cluster deployment and maintenance
34	k8s-duplicator	Kubernetes controller that copies secrets into other namespaces
35	KubeStellar	a flexible solution for challenges associated with multi-cluster configuration management for edge, multi-cloud, and hybrid cloud
36	Trolley	Trolley is a multi cloud Kubernetes management system
37	Kunobi	Rust Kubernetes management from your desktop, with built-in MCP server	-
37	Cyclops	a powerful user interface for managing and interacting with Kubernetes clusters
38	Liqo	an open-source project that enables dynamic and seamless Kubernetes multi-cluster topologies, supporting heterogeneous on-premise, cloud and edge infrastructures
39	Guard	🔑 Kubernetes Authentication & Authorization WebHook Server
40	Meshery	Meshery is a Multi-cluster management tool for Kubernetes and Clouds
41	cluster-template	A template for deploying a Kubernetes cluster with k3s or Talos
42	vCluster	Create fully functional virtual Kubernetes clusters - Each vcluster runs inside a namespace of the underlying k8s cluster. It's cheaper than creating separate full-blown clusters and it offers better multi-tenancy and isolation than regular namespaces.
43	KindScaler	Node Management for KinD Clusters. Modify the KinD cluster configuration by adding or removing nodes, whether they are control-planes or workers, without regenerating it from scratch.
44	buoy	A declarative Kubernetes dashboard in your terminal
45	Glasskube	Glasskube is a Kubernetes package manager that lets you install apps via an easy-to-use web interface or CLI
46	Karmada	Open, Multi-Cloud, Multi-Cluster Kubernetes Orchestration.
47	Kubeadmiral	Multi-Cluster Kubernetes Orchestration.
48	RBAC Wizard	Helps to visualize and analyze the RBAC configurations of the Kubernetes cluster.
49	Kondense	Kondense is a tool designed for Kubernetes environments, specifically focused on optimizing memory and CPU usage in containers.
50	Kubeseal-Webgui	Kubeseal-Webgui is a simple web ui for Bitnami Sealed Secrets.
51	Klutch	Klutch extends Crossplane to manage resources across multiple Kubernetes clusters
52	Kanvas	A comprehensive suite of collaborative tools for designing, deploying and managing cloud-native infrastructure.
53	k9sight	A fast, keyboard-driven TUI for debugging Kubernetes workloads
54	ReleaseRun K8s Deprecation Checker	Scan Kubernetes manifests for deprecated and removed APIs across versions 1.16-1.35, with auto-fix YAML output and upgrade timeline
55	okd-metal-installer	Ansible-driven bare-metal OKD provisioning via static ISOs and Bootstrap-in-Place
56	KubeStellar Console	CNCF Sandbox multi-cluster Kubernetes dashboard with AI-powered operations, real-time observability, and GitOps-native deploy workflows across edge and cloud clusters
57	Hanoi-CLI	Interactive rebalance advisor for Kubernetes that analyzes pod distribution and simulates node failures
58	Radar	Modern open-source Kubernetes visibility - single binary with multi-cluster topology, image filesystem viewer, Helm and GitOps management (FluxCD/ArgoCD), and a built-in MCP server for AI agents
59	Krust	Native macOS Kubernetes dashboard for resources, logs, YAML, Helm, CRDs, topology, port forwarding, metrics, security checks, and AI diagnostics	-
60	Kubexer Kubernetes IDE	Cross-platform desktop client for managing multiple Kubernetes clusters — live resource views, topology graphs, node/workload management, port-forwarding, CRDs, Helm and GitOps (ArgoCD/Flux)	-

Cluster with Core CLI tools

Sr No	Tool Name	Description with URL
1	Bootkube	bootkube - Launch a self-hosted Kubernetes cluster
2	kubectx + kubens	Switch faster between clusters and namespaces in kubectl
3	kube-shell	Kubernetes shell: An integrated shell for working with the Kubernetes
4	kuttle: kubectl wrapper for sshuttle without SSH	Kubernetes wrapper for sshuttle
5	kubectl sudo	Run kubernetes commands with the security privileges of another user
6	K9s	Kubernetes CLI To Manage Your Clusters In Style!
7	Ktunnel	A cli that exposes your local resources to kubernetes
8	KubeOperator	Run kubectl command in Web Browser. https://kubeoperator.io/
9	Vimkubectl	Manage any Kubernetes resource from Vim https://www.vim.org/scripts/script.ph
10	KubeHelper	KubeHelper - simplifies many daily Kubernetes cluster tasks through a web interface.
11	kubecolor	colorizes kubectl output
12	Krew	Krew is the package manager for kubectl plugins
13	Kueue	Kueue is a set of APIs and controller for job queueing
14	fubectl	Reduces repetitive interactions with kubectl
15	kube-ps1	Kubernetes prompt for bash and zsh
16	Conftest	Write tests against structured configuration data using the Open Policy Agent Rego query language
17	Kube-capacity	A CLI that provides an overview of the resource requests, limits, and utilization in a k8s cluster
18	Karpenter	Kubernetes Node Autoscaler built for flexibility, performance, and simplicity
19	Autoscaler	autoscaler Autoscaling components for Kubernetes
20	Kured	Kubernetes Reboot Daemon
21	Kube-prompt	An interactive kubernetes client featuring auto-complete
22	Click	Command Line Interactive Controller for Kubernetes
23	Kubie	A more powerful alternative to kubectx and kubens
24	Pluto	A cli tool to help discover deprecated apiVersions in Kubernetes
25	ksync	Sync files between your local system and a kubernetes cluster
26	fleet	Manage large fleets of Kubernetes clusters
27	stash	Backup your Kubernetes Stateful Applications
28	Finch	The Finch CLI an open source client for container development
29	KubeView	Kubernetes cluster visualiser and graphical explorer
30	Descheduler	Descheduler for Kubernetes
31	cloudtty	A Friendly Kubernetes CloudShell (Web Terminal) !
32	kor	A Tool to discover unused Kubernetes Resources
33	Kubernetes Image Puller	Caching images on a cluster by creating a DaemonSet downloading and running the container images on each node
34	image-builder	A tool for building Kubernetes virtual machine images across multiple infrastructure providers.
35	Kubed	Kubed with a intuitive interactive interface within Emacs help us work with our Kubernetes clusters and deployments with the full power of kubectl
36	Duplik8s	Duplik8s is a kubectl plugin to duplicate resources in a Kubernetes cluster.
37	kl	Interactive, multi container and cluster terminal app for logs
38	kubectl foreach	Run kubectl commands in all/some contexts in parallel (similar to GNU xargs+parallel)
39	kubecui	kubeui makes kubectl more user friendly
40	q-as-kubectl	q as kubectl: yet another way to control k8s commands
41	kubectl find	UNIX-find-like plugin for kubectl to find resources and perform action on them
42	kubefwd	Bulk port forwarding for Kubernetes services with unique IPs per service, automatic /etc/hosts entries, and MCP integration for AI assistants
43	kubecm	Manage your kubeconfig more easily
44	krelay	A better alternative to `kubectl port-forward` that can forward TCP or UDP traffic to IP/Host which is accessible inside the cluster
45	kubectl-browse-pvc	Kubectl plugin for browsing PVCs on the command line
46	gwctl	Command-line tool for managing and understanding Gateway API resources in your Kubernetes cluster
47	km8	A lightweight terminal UI for Kubernetes — vim-style navigation, CRD support, drill-down, log streaming, and kubectl edit. Built for backend engineers who want a fast, zero-config alternative to opening a browser

Alert and Monitoring

Sr No	Tool Name	Description with URL	GitHub Popularity
1	Thanos	Highly available Prometheus setup with long term storage capabilities. CNCF Sandbox project. https://thanos.io
2	Prometheus	The Prometheus monitoring system and time series database.
3	Grafana	The tool for beautiful monitoring and metric analytics & dashboards for Graphite, InfluxDB & Prometheus & More
4	Kubetail	Bash script to tail Kubernetes logs from multiple pods at the same time
5	Searchlight	Alerts for Kubernetes
6	linkerd2 Monitoring Mixin for Grafana	Grafana dashboards for linkerd2 monitoring and can work in standalone (default) or in multi cluster setup
7	kuberhaus	Kubernetes resource dashboard with node/pod layout and resource requests
8	Kubernetes Job/CronJob Notifier	This tool sends an alert to slack whenever there is a Kubernetes cronJob/Job failure/success
9	Argus	This tool monitors changes in the filesystem on specified paths	-
10	Kube-Scout	Scout for alarming issues across your Kubernetes clusters
11	Kwatch	monitor & detect crashes in your Kubernetes(K8s) cluster instantly
12	Scope	Monitoring, visualisation & management for Docker & Kubernetes
13	Kubeshark	TCPDump and Wireshark re-invented for Kubernetes
14	Ksniff	Kubectl plugin to ease sniffing on kubernetes pods using tcpdump and wireshark
15	Kube-Prometheus-Top [ kptop ]	Monitoring for Kubernetes Nodes, Pods, Containers, and PVCs resources on the terminal through Prometheus metircs
16	ktop	A top-like tool for your Kubernetes clusters
17	Kuberhealthy	A Kubernetes operator for running synthetic checks as pods. Works great with Prometheus!
18	kurt	A Kubernetes plugin that gives context to what is restarting in your Kubernetes cluster
19	KlusterView	Get instant insights on your Kubernetes clusters with our lightweight, plug-and-play performance monitoring tool
20	X.509 Certificate Exporter	Watch certificates for expiration in Kubernetes Secrets and control-plane files. Alerts and dashboard available.
21	VpK	VpK - Visually presented Kubernetes View k8s in graphical fashion
22	k8s-collector	A Kubernetes Job to collect resources, logs and events from a Kubernetes cluster
23	HolmesGPT	On-Call Assistant for Prometheus Alerts - Get a head start on fixing alerts with AI investigation
24	kcmsu	K8s ConfigMaps and Secrets Usage
25	WatchAlert	Lightweight cloud-native multi-data source monitoring and alerting engine
26	Kubexer Kubernetes IDE	Desktop Kubernetes IDE with a built-in monitoring and alerting engine — define alert rules on live cluster events and workload health, with namespace-wide metrics and resource comparison	-

Logging and Tracing

Sr No	Tool Name	Description with URL
1	Jaeger	CNCF Jaeger, a Distributed Tracing Platform
2	Kiali	Kiali project, observability for the Istio service mesh
3	ELK	Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana
4	fluentbit	Fast and Lightweight Log processor and forwarder for Linux, BSD and OSX
5	Loki	Like Prometheus, but for logs
6	kubectl-mtail	tail logs from multiple pods matching label selector
7	k8spacket	packets traffic visualization for kubernetes
8	goldpinger	Debugging tool for Kubernetes which tests and displays connectivity between nodes in the cluster
9	Otterize network mapper	Map Kubernetes in-cluster traffic and export as text, intents, or an image
10	kube-audit-rest	Kubernetes audit logging, when you don't control the control plane
11	kail	kubernetes log viewer
12	network mapper	Map Kubernetes in-cluster traffic and export as text, intents, or an image
13	retina	eBPF distributed networking observability tool for Kubernetes.
14	sablier	Starting containers on demand and close automatically when not in use.
15	kubetail	Real-time logging dashboard for Kubernetes - view logs in a terminal or a browser
16	Odigos	Distributed tracing without code changes using OpenTelemetry and eBPF

Troubleshooting / Debugging

Sr No	Tool Name	Description with URL
1	Monokle	Desktop unified visual tool for authoring, analysis and deployment of Kubernetes configurations
2	Kubectl-debug	Allows you to run a new container with all the troubleshooting tools installed in running pod for debugging purposed
3	PowerfulSeal	A powerful testing tool for Kubernetes clustersd
4	Crash-diagnostic	Crash-Diagnostics is a tool to help investigate, analyze, and troubleshoot unresponsive or crashed Kubernetes clustersd
5	K9s	Kubernetes CLI To Manage Your Clusters In Style!d
6	Kubernetes CLI Plugin - Doctor	kubectl cluster triage plugin for k8s - 🏥 (brew doctor equivalent)d
7	Knative Inspect	A light-weight debugging tool for Knative's system componentsd
8	Kubeman	To find information from Kubernetes clusters, and to investigate issues related to Kubernetes and Istiod
9	kpexec	kpexec is a kubernetes cli that runs commands in a container with high privileges
10	Koolkits	🧰 Opinionated, language-specific, batteries-included debug container images for Kubernetes
11	kubespy	pod debugging tool for kubernetes clusters with docker runtimes
12	Inspektor Gadget	A collection of eBPF-based tools to debug and inspect Kubernetes resources and applications
13	KubeSkoop	kubernetes networking diagnose tool for different CNI plug-ins and IAAS providers
14	kubent	Easily check your clusters for use of deprecated APIs
15	kftray	A cross-platform system tray application for managing multiple kubectl port-forward commands, with support for UDP and proxy connections through k8s clusters
16	kuttl	Declarative approach to test Kubernetes Operators.
17	kdave	The kdave (Kubernetes Deprecated API Versions Exporter) checks for any deprecated or removed apiVersions in the cluster and exports them in a Prometheus metrics format
18	kubediff	Source VS Deployed - Used to sanity check and understand what has changed between environments
19	kubebuddy	A PowerShell tool for monitoring and managing Kubernetes clusters, supporting JSON, TXT, and HTML output formats with a CLI option for streamlined operations, including health check scoring for cluster assessment

Development Tools/Kit

Sr No	Tool Name	Description with URL	GitHub Popularity
1	Okteto: A Tool for Cloud Native Developers	Build better applications by developing and testing your code directly in Kubernetes
2	Tilt: Tilt manages local development instances for teams that deploy to Kubernetes	Local Kubernetes development with no stress
3	Garden: Kubernetes from source to finish	Development orchestrator for Kubernetes, containers and functions.
4	KuberNix	Single dependency Kubernetes clusters for local testing, experimenting and development
5	Copper	A configuration file validator for Kubernetes
6	ko	Build and deploy Go applications on Kubernetes
7	Dekorate	Java annotation processors for Kubernetes
8	Lens IDE	A powerful interface and toolkit for managing, visualizing, and interacting with multiple Kubernetes clusters	-
9	Kosko	Organize Kubernetes manifests in JavaScript	-
10	Telepresence	Fast, local development for Kubernetes and Openshift microservices	-
11	Monokle	Desktop unified visual tool for authoring, analysis and deployment of Kubernetes configurations
12	KuberEz	Graphical modeling tool for Kubernetes manifest
13	mirrord	Run your local process in the context of your cloud cluster
14	Aptakube	A modern, lightweight and multi-cluster desktop client for Kubernetes	-
15	Kubes	Kubernetes App Deploy Tool: build docker image, compile Kubernetes YAML files, and apply them
16	Kaniko	Build Container Images In Kubernetes
17	Python client for kuberenetes	Official Python client library for kubernetes
18	eclipse che IDE for k8s	The Kubernetes-Native IDE for Developer Teams
19	Kubebuilder	SDK for building Kubernetes APIs using CRDs
20	Operator-sdk	SDK for building Kubernetes applications. Provides high level APIs, useful abstractions, and project scaffolding
21	cdk8s	Kubernetes native apps and abstractions using object-oriented programming
22	Gitkube	Build and deploy docker images to Kubernetes using git push
23	Arkade	Open Source Marketplace For Kubernetes
24	k2tf	k2tf - Kubernetes YAML to Terraform HCL converters
25	Terraformer	CLI tool to generate terraform files from existing infrastructure (reverse Terraform). Infrastructure to Code
26	Atomix	A Kubernetes toolkit for building distributed applications using cloud native principles
27	Brigade	Event-driven scripting for Kubernetes
28	Spread	Docker to Kubernetes in one command
29	Kompose	convert docker compose to kubernetes resources
30	Helmfile	Declaratively deploy your Kubernetes manifests, Kustomize configs, and Charts as Helm releases. Generate all-in-one manifests for use with ArgoCD.
31	validkube	ValidKube combines the best open-source tools to help ensure Kubernetes YAML best practices, hygiene & security.
32	Config Syncer	Config Syncer by AppsCode keeps ConfigMaps and Secrets synchronized across namespaces and/or clusters.
33	Gefyra	Gefyra: Blazingly-fast, rock-solid, local application development with Kubernetes
34	Kubernetes ConfigMap Reload	Simple binary to trigger a reload when a Kubernetes ConfigMap is updated
35	RELOADER	A Kubernetes controller to watch changes in ConfigMap and Secrets and do rolling upgrades on Pods
36	Ingress Monitor Controller	A Kubernetes controller to watch ingresses and create liveness alerts for your apps/microservices in UptimeRobot, StatusCake, Pingdom, etc
37	odo	Developer-focused CLI for fast & iterative application development on Kubernetes and Podman
38	configmap-reload	Simple binary to trigger a reload when a Kubernetes ConfigMap is updated
39	k8tz	Kubernetes admission controller and a CLI tool to inject timezones into Pods and CronJobs
40	KDash	A simple and fast dashboard for Kubernetes
41	DevSpace	An open-source developer tool for Kubernetes that lets you develop and deploy cloud-native software faster
42	K8Studio	K8 Studio is a cross-platform client IDE to manage Kubernetes Clusters
43	Radius	Radius is a cloud-native, portable application platform that makes app development easier for teams building cloud-native apps
44	Kubefirst	The Kubefirst CLI creates instant GitOps platforms that integrate some of the best tools in cloud native from scratch in minutes
45	k'exp	Understand Kubernetes - the visual way Not yet another attempt to manage production clusters in the browser
46	k8s-insider	A zero-config way to access you kubernetes cluster network
47	Cyclops	Developer friendly Kubernetes 👁️
48	Sablier	Start your containers on demand, shut them down automatically when there's no activity.
49	kronic	The simple Kubernetes CronJob Admin UI
50	Kor	A Golang Tool to discover unused Kubernetes Resources
51	Docketeer	Docketeer is a developer-friendly application that provides a single interface for container and network management as well as metric visualization.
52	Helmify	Creates Helm chart from Kubernetes yaml
53	Kueue	Kubernetes-native Job Queueing
54	Reckoner	Declaratively install and manage multiple Helm chart releases
55	Katenary	Convert docker-compose to a configurable helm chart
56	kubernetes-replicator	Kubernetes controller for synchronizing secrets & config maps across namespaces
57	node-gizmo	A CLI utility for your Kubernetes nodes
58	KubeBlocks	open-source control plane that runs and manages databases, message queues and other data infrastructure on K8s.
59	KFtray	Manage and run multiple kubectl port-forward configurations directly in the menu bar, syncing configurations with git repositories.
60	Tilt	Define your dev environment as code. For microservice apps on Kubernetes.
61	Garden	Automation for Kubernetes development and testing. Spin up production-like environments for development, testing, and CI on demand.
62	Kubectl-fields	A Kubernetes resources hierarchy parsing tool.
63	sleepcycles	Define sleep & wake up cycles for your Kubernetes resources.
64	scaf	scaf provides developers and DevOps engineers with a complete blueprint for a new project using Kubernetes .
65	KubePug	Deprecations AKA KubePug - Pre UpGrade (Checker)
66	scaf	scaf provides developers and DevOps engineers with a complete blueprint for a new project using Kubernetes
67	mogenius	A self-service platform that enables developers to deploy and manage applications on Kubernetes with ease and safety	-
68	Armada	A multi-cluster batch queuing system for high-throughput workloads on Kubernetes.
69	kro	Kube Resource Orchestrator (kro) provides a powerful abstraction layer that allows you to define complex multi-resource constructs as reusable components in your applications and systems
70	kubectl-slice	Split multiple Kubernetes files into smaller files with ease. Split multi-YAML files into individual files
71	crik	crik is a project that aims to provide checkpoint and restore functionality for Kubernetes pods mainly targeted for node shutdown and restart scenarios
72	kbld	kbld seamlessly incorporates image building and image pushing into your development and deployment workflows
73	Helm Kanvas Snapshot	Plugin that generates a visual snapshot of Helm charts.
74	KubeDiagrams	Generate Kubernetes architecture diagrams from Kubernetes manifest files, kustomization files, Helm charts, and actual cluster state.
75	k8skonf	Write Kubernetes manifests in TypeScript
76	helm-controller	A simple way to manage helm charts with Custom Resource Definitions in k8s
77	Grafana-Tanka	Flexible, reusable and concise configuration for Kubernetes
78	kubesearch.dev	Kubesearch is a searchable index of popular Helm chart releases in categories such as observability, networking, storage, and automation
79	Klustr	A native (non-Electron) cross-platform Kubernetes desktop client driven purely by your kubeconfig — multi-context live views, logs, exec, port-forwarding, RBAC, CRDs, Helm, Argo CD, Flux CD and Gateway API, with nothing installed in the cluster
80	Kubexer Kubernetes IDE	A cross-platform desktop IDE for Kubernetes — multi-cluster resource browsing and management, live pod logs, exec, port-forwarding, topology graphs, CRDs, Helm, GitOps (ArgoCD/Flux), templates, image CVE scanning, and a built-in AI assistant	-

Alternative Tools for Development

Sr No	Tool Name	Description with URL	GitHub Popularity
1	Minikube	minikube implements a local Kubernetes clusterd
2	KubeSphere	Easy-to-use Production Ready Container Platform https://kubesphere.io
3	skippbox	A Desktop application for k8sd
4	kind	Kubernetes IN Docker - local clusters for testing Kubernetes https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/d
5	k3d	k3d is a lightweight wrapper to run k3s (Rancher Lab’s minimal Kubernetes distribution) in docker.d	-
6	Systemk: virtual kubelet for systemd	Systemk is a systemd backend for the virtual-kubelet. Instead of starting containers, you start systemd units
7	mokbox	Build verifiably conformant multi-node kubernetes clusters in containers
8	Otomi	Self-hosted PaaS for Kubernetes
9	Rainbond	offers a serverless experience, and allows you to easily manage containerized applications without needing to understand Kubernetes
10	MyKube	k8s-installer - One-click k8s single-node cluster installation on your own device
11	K8e	K8e 🚀 - Instantly Ready Kubernetes Enterprise Edition

CI/CD integration Tools

Sr No	Tool Name	Description with URL	GitHub Popularity
1	HybridK8s Droid	Intelligence for your favourite Delivery Platform	-
2	Devtron	Software Delivery Workflow for Kubernetes
3	Skaffold	Easy and Repeatable Kubernetes Development
4	Apollo	Apollo - The logz.io continuous deployment solution over kubernetes
5	Helm Cabin	Web UI that visualizes Helm releases in a Kubernetes cluster
6	flagger	Progressive delivery Kubernetes operator (Canary, A/B Testing and Blue/Green deployments)
7	Kubeform	Kubernetes CRDs for Terraform providers https://kubeform.com
8	Spinnaker	Spinnaker is an open source, multi-cloud continuous delivery platform for releasing software changes with high velocity and confidence. http://www.spinnaker.io/
9	werf	GitOps tool to deliver apps to Kubernetes and integrate this process with GitLab and other CI tools
10	Flux	GitOps Kubernetes operator
11	Argo CD	Declarative continuous deployment for Kubernetes
12	Tekton	A cloud native continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) solution
13	Jenkins X	Jenkins X provides automated CI+CD for Kubernetes with Preview Environments on Pull Requests using Tekton, Knative, Lighthouse, Skaffold and Helm
14	Drone	Drone is a Container-Native, Continuous Delivery Platform
15	Helmwave	Helmwave is helm3-native tool for deploy your Helm Charts
16	Helmsman	Helm Charts as Code
17	PipeCD	The One CD for All {applications, platforms, operations}
18	Kluctl	Kluctl implements templated declarative Kubernetes deployments, supporting push (CLI) and pull (kluctl-controller) based GitOps from the same source
19	kubedog	Library to watch and follow kubernetes resources in CI/CD deploy pipelines
20	Kubefirst	GitOps Infrastructure & Application Delivery Platform
21	autoapply	Automatically apply changes to a Kubernetes cluster
22	mani-diffy	a hierarchy of Argo CD Application templates, renders Kubernetes manifests from the input templates, and posts the rendered files back for the user to review and validate
23	Nelm	Modern Helm alternative - a Kubernetes deployment tool that manages Helm Charts with long-standing issues fixed and many new major features
24	gitops-promoter	GitOps Environment Promotion tool that lets you focus on the "what," not the "how"
25	mcp-for-argocd	Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Argo CD - enables AI assistants to interact with Argo CD
26	Argazer	Lightweight tool that monitors your ArgoCD applications for Helm chart updates

Security Tools

Sr No	Tool Name	Description with URL	GitHub Popularity
1	Kubevious CLI	Prevent cross-manifest errors and violations of best practicees in YAML files, Helm Charts and Kubernetes clusters
2	TerraScan	Detect compliance and security violations across Infrastructure as Code to mitigate risk before provisioning cloud native infrastructure.
3	klum	Kubernetes Lazy User Manager
4	kube2iam	IAM credentials to containers running inside a kubernetes cluster based on annotations.
5	Kyverno	Kubernetes Native Policy Management https://kyverno.io
6	kiosk	kiosk office Multi-Tenancy Extension For Kubernetes - Secure Cluster Sharing & Self-Service Namespace Provisioning
7	kube-bench	CIS Kubernetes Benchmark tool
8	kube-hunter	Pentesting tool - Hunts for security weaknesses in Kubernetes clusters
9	kube-who-can	Show who has RBAC permissions to perform actions on different resources in Kubernetes
10	starboard	Kubernetes-native security toolkit
11	Simulator	Kubernetes Security Training Platform - Focussing on security mitigation
12	RBAC Lookup	Easily find roles and cluster roles attached to any user, service account, or group name in your Kubernetes cluster https://fairwinds.com
13	Kubeaudit	kubeaudit helps you audit your Kubernetes clusters against common security controls
14	Gangway	An application that can be used to easily enable authentication flows via OIDC for a kubernetes cluster
15	Audit2rbac	Autogenerate RBAC policies based on Kubernetes audit logs
16	Chartsec	Helm Chart security scanner
17	kubestriker	Security Auditing tool
18	Datree	CLI tool to prevent K8s misconfigurations by ensuring that manifests and Helm charts follow best practices as well as your organization’s policies
19	Krane	Kubernetes RBAC static Analysis & visualisation tool
20	Falco	The Falco Project - Cloud-Native runtime security	-
21	Clair	Vulnerability Static Analysis for Containers
22	M9sweeper	Complete Kubernetes Security Platform
23	Trivy	Find vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, secrets, SBOM in Kubernetes
24	kubesec	Security risk analysis for Kubernetes resources
25	Vault-k8s	First-class support for Vault and Kubernetes
26	Hardeneks	Runs checks to see if an EKS cluster follows EKS Best Practices.
27	Hubble	Network, Service & Security Observability for Kubernetes using eBPF
28	Kubeval	Validate your Kubernetes configuration files, supports multiple Kubernetes versions
29	Paralus	Paralus enables controlled, audited access to Kubernetes infrastructure and Zero trust Kubernetes with zero friction.
30	Peirates	Kubernetes Penetration Testing tool
31	Kubectl-kubesec	Security risk analysis for Kubernetes resources
32	jsPolicy	jsPolicy is a policy engine for Kubernetes that allows you to write policies in JavaScript or TypeScript	-
33	Netchecks	Set of tools for testing network conditions and asserting that they are as expected.
34	KubeLinter	KubeLinter is a static analysis tool that checks Kubernetes YAML files and Helm charts to ensure the applications represented in them adhere to best practices
35	IceKube	IceKube is a tool to help find attack paths within a Kubernetes cluster from a low privileged point, to a preferred location, typically cluster-admin
36	kube-rebac-authorizer	Beyond RBAC: Implementing Relation-based Access Control for Kubernetes with OpenFGA
37	MTKPI	🧰 Multi Tool Kubernetes Pentest Image
38	KubeZoo	a lightweight kubernetes multi-tenancy gateway
39	kubectl-modify-secrets	allows user to directly modify the secret without worrying about base64 encoding/decoding
40	rbac-tool	Rapid7 insightCloudSec Kubernetes RBAC Power Toys - Visualize, Analyze, Generate & Query
41	KubeClarity	KubeClarity is a tool for detection and management of Software Bill Of Materials (SBOM) and vulnerabilities of container images and filesystems.
42	MKAT	All-in-one auditing toolkit for identifying common security issues in managed Kubernetes environments. Currently supports Amazon EKS
43	Kubescape	Kubernetes security platform for configuration scanning, risk analysis, and runtime protection. CNCF project that includes policy enforcement, vulnerability scanning, and RBAC visualizer
44	Oligo	Observe application behavior to see what your risks really are – and stop breaches before they begin	-
45	kube-advisor.io	kube-advisor.io lets you detect misconfigurations and best practice violations of your Kubernetes clusters - continuously and in real-time
46	Tetragon	eBPF-based Security Observability and Runtime Enforcement for Kubernetes
47	KubeHound	Tool for building Kubernetes attack paths - identify attack paths within a Kubernetes cluster
48	scan2html	A Trivy plugin that scans and outputs results (vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, secrets, SBOM) to an interactive HTML file
49	Kubexer Kubernetes IDE	Desktop Kubernetes IDE with built-in Trivy-powered image CVE scanning for pods and deployments, plus at-rest kubeconfig encryption and scoped-kubeconfig RBAC provisioning	-

Network Policies

Sr No	Tool Name	Description with URL
1	Calico	Cloud native connectivity and network policy
2	kokotap	Tools for kubernetes pod network tapping
3	Submariner	Connect all your Kubernetes clusters, no matter where they are in the world
4	egress-operator	An operator to produce egress gateway pods and control access to them with network policies
5	kubefwd (Kube Forward)	Bulk port forwarding Kubernetes services for local development
6	Kilo (k8s + wg)	A multi-cloud network overlay built on WireGuard and designed for Kubernetes
7	Cilium	eBPF-based Networking, Security, and Observability
8	MetalLB	MetalLB is a load-balancer implementation for bare metal Kubernetes clusters, using standard routing protocols
9	Spiderpool	underlay network solution of cloud native, for bare metal, VM and public cloud
10	LoxiLB	eBPF based cloud-native load-balancer. Powering K8s,Edge,5G,IoT,XaaS Apps
11	submariner	Networking component for interconnecting Pods and Services across Kubernetes clusters
12	netfetch	Scan k8s clusters for network policies and identifying unprotected workloads.
13	Network Policy API	A further work involving Kubernetes network security beyond the NetworkPolicy v1 resource.
14	KubeIP	Assign static public IPs to Kubernetes nodes (GKE, EKS)
15	kube-vip	Kubernetes Control Plane Virtual IP and Load-Balancer
16	k8s-tun	Kubernetes Access k8s pod ip, service ip
17	knetvis	A powerful CLI tool for visualizing and testing Kubernetes Network Policies

Testing Tools

Sr No	Tool Name	Description with URL	GitHub Popularity
1	Testkube	Kubernetes-native testing framework for testers and developers
2	k6d	A modern load testing tool, using Go and JavaScript
3	Network bandwidth and load testingd -	Test suite for Kubernetes
4	test-infrad	Test infrastructure for the Kubernetes project
5	kube-scored	Kubernetes object analysis with recommendations for improved reliability and security
6	Litmusd	Cloud-Native Chaos Engineering; Kubernetes-Native Chaos Engineering; Chaos Engineering for Kubernetes
7	PowerfulSeald	A powerful testing tool for Kubernetes clusters
8	kube-burner	Kube-burner is a tool aimed at stressing kubernetes clusters	![Github Stars]
9	Tracetest	Generate end-to-end and integration tests automatically from your OpenTelemetry traces
10	Microcks	Kubernetes native tool for mocking and testing API and micro-services
11	KWOK	Kubernetes WithOut Kubelet - Simulates thousands of Nodes and Clusters.
12	Keploy	Open source Tool for converting user-traffic to Test Cases and Data Stubs.
13	Netchecks	Tool to validate assumptions about the network
14	Nighthawk	Nighthawk is Layer5's versatile HTTP load tester. Drills deep with constant & adaptive rates, revealing performance insights
15	perf-tests	Performance tests and benchmarks
16	Jupyter Notebook Validator Operator	Kubernetes operator for validating Jupyter notebooks in MLOps (Papermill, golden notebooks)
17	Omen	Lightweight Kubernetes chaos engineering operator with transparent target selection and optional manual approval

Service Mesh

Sr No	Tool Name	Description with URL	GitHub Popularity
1	Istio	Connect, secure, control, and observe services
2	Traefik	The Cloud Native Edge Router
3	NGINX Ingress Controller	NGINX and NGINX Plus Ingress Controllers for Kubernetes
4	Autopilot	THE SERVICE MESH SDK	-
5	linkerd-config	A Kubernetes controller that knows how to reconcile the Linkerd configuration
6	Kong	Kong for Kubernetes: the official Ingress Controller for Kubernetes
7	OSM	Open Service Mesh (OSM) is a lightweight, extensible, cloud native service mesh
8	Gloo Mesh	The Service Mesh Orchestration Platform
9	APISIX	Apache APISIX is a dynamic, real-time, high-performance API gateway.
10	Contour	High performance ingress controller for Kubernetes	-
11	Kusk Gateway	OpenAPI-driven Ingress Controller for Kubernetes	-
12	MerBridge	Use eBPF to speed up your Service Mesh like crossing an Einstein-Rosen Bridge.

Observability

Sr No	Tool Name	Description with URL	GitHub Popularity
1	Kubespy	Tools for observing Kubernetes resources in real time
2	Popeye	A Kubernetes cluster resource sanitizer
3	Stern	Multi pod and container log tailing for Kubernetes
4	Cri-tools	CLI and validation tools for Kubelet Container Runtime Interface (CRI)
5	Kubebox	Terminal and Web console for Kubernetes
6	Kubewatch	Watch k8s events and trigger Handlers
7	kube-state-metrics	Add-on agent to generate and expose cluster-level metrics
8	Sloop	Kubernetes History Visualization
9	kubectl tree 🎄	Kubectl plugin to observe object hierarchies through ownerReferences
10	chaoskube	chaoskube periodically kills random pods in your Kubernetes cluster
11	BotKube	Helps you monitor your Kubernetes cluster(s), debug critical deployments and gives recommendations for standard practices	-
12	Kubestone	Kubestone is a benchmarking Operator that can evaluate the performance of Kubernetes installations	-
13	Chaos Mesh	A Chaos Engineering Platform for Kubernetes
14	Lemur	LEMUR: Observability and Context
15	kubernetes-event-exporter	Export Kubernetes events to multiple destinations with routing and filtering
16	Kubevious	Kubevious is an app-centric assurance, validation, and introspection platform for Kubernetes	-
17	OpenTelemetry	High-quality, ubiquitous, and portable telemetry to enable effective observability	-
18	Grafana Tempo	Grafana Tempo is a high volume, minimal dependency distributed tracing backend
19	Tracetest	Generate end-to-end and integration tests automatically from your OpenTelemetry traces
20	Pumba	Chaos testing, network emulation, and stress testing tool for containers
21	Robusta	Kubernetes observability and automation, with an awesome Prometheus integration
22	kubeinvaders	Gamified Chaos Engineering Tool for Kubernetes
23	Headlamp	An easy-to-use and extensible web UI for Kubernetes
24	Pixie	Instant Kubernetes-Native Application Observability.
25	Karpor	Intelligence for Kubernetes - world's most promising Kubernetes Visualization Tool for Developer and Platform Engineering teams
26	DeepFlow	eBPF Observability - Distributed Tracing and Profiling for Kubernetes
27	Alaz	Advanced eBPF Agent for Kubernetes Observability - monitor K8s service interactions and performance metrics

Machine Learning/Deep Learning

Sr No	Tool Name	Description with URL
1	Nos	nos is an open-source platform to efficiently run AI workloads on Kubernetes, increasing GPU utilization and reducing infrastructure and operational costs
2	Kubeflow	Machine Learning Toolkit for Kubernetes
3	Volcano	A Kubernetes Native Batch System
4	piqc	GPU waste scanner for Kubernetes inference clusters — detects tier misplacement, idle capacity, OOM risk, and CPU:GPU imbalance

Compute Edge Tools

Sr No	Tool Name	Description with URL
1	KubeEdge	Kubernetes Native Edge Computing Framework
2	OpenYurt	Extending your native Kubernetes to edge
3	Akri	A Kubernetes Resource Interface for the Edge
4	SuperEdge	An edge-native container management system for edge computing
5	Keylime	A CNCF Project to Bootstrap & Maintain Trust on the Edge / Cloud and IoT
6	Microk8s	A small, fast, single-package Kubernetes for developers, IoT and edge
7	Shifu	Kubernetes native IoT software development framework
8	kairos	The immutable Linux meta-distribution for edge Kubernetes

Kubernetes Tools for Specific Cloud

Sr No	Tool Name	Description with URL	GitHub Popularity
1	Kubernetes on AWS (kube-aws)	A command-line tool to declaratively manage Kubernetes clusters on AWS
2	Draft: Streamlined Kubernetes Development	A tool for developers to create cloud-native applications on Kubernetes
3	helm-ssm	A low dependency tool for retrieving and injecting secrets from AWS SSM into Helm
4	Skupper	Multicloud communication for Kubernetes	-
5	AWS workshop for kubernetes	AWS workshop for kubernetes
6	Sealos	A Kubernetes distribution, a general-purpose Cloud Operating System designed for managing cloud-native applications
7	Porter	Kubernetes-powered PaaS that runs in your own cloud.
8	Kubicorn	Create, manage, snapshot, and scale Kubernetes infrastructure in the public cloud
9	eksdemo	The easy button for learning, testing and demoing Amazon EKS
10	Claudie	Claudie allows users to manage Kubernetes clusters that span across multiple cloud providers and on-premise infrastructures

Storage Providers

Sr No	Tool Name	Description with URL	GitHub Popularity
1	ChubaoFS	distributed file system and object storage
2	Longhorn	Cloud-Native distributed block storage built on and for Kubernetes
3	OpenEBS	Kubernetes native - hyperconverged block storage with multiple storage engines
4	Rook	Storage Orchestration for Kubernetes
5	SeaweedFS	Distributed file system supports read-write many volumes
6	TiKV	Distributed transactional key-value database
7	TopoLVM	Capacity-aware CSI plugin for Kubernetes
8	velero	Backup and migrate Kubernetes applications and their persistent volumes
9	Vitess	Vitess is a database clustering system for horizontal scaling of MySQL
10	kaDalu	A lightweight Persistent storage solution for Kubernetes / OpenShift using GlusterFS in background
11	hwameistor	Hwameistor is an HA local storage system for cloud-native stateful workloads.
11	simplyblock	Simplyblock is a distributed block storage engine for Kubernetes persistent volumes	-
12	Veritas infoscale	Manage critical data and applications in Kubernetes environments.	-

Backup Tools

Sr No	Tool Name	Description with URL
1	Stash	🛅 Backup your Kubernetes Stateful Applications
2	kube-dump	Backup a Kubernetes cluster as a yaml manifest
3	VolSync	Asynchronous data replication for Kubernetes volumes
4	Reflector	Custom Kubernetes controller that can be used to replicate secrets, configmaps and certificates.
5	SnapScheduler	Scheduled snapshots for Kubernetes persistent volumes.
6	K8up Backup Operator	K8up is a Kubernetes backup operator based on Restic that will handle PVC and application backups on a Kubernetes or OpenShift cluster
7	KubeSnapIt	KubeSnapIt is a PowerShell tool that simplifies managing your Kubernetes resources by providing functionalities for taking snapshots, comparing resources, and restoring them. For Windows, MacOS, and Linux.

Multiple Tools Repo

Sr No	Tool Name	Description with URL
1	Chaos Toolkit Kubernetes Support	Kubernetes driver extension of the Chaos Toolkit probes and actions API
2	k14s	Kubernetes Tools that follow Unix philosophy to be simple and composable
3	Pulumi	Pulumi - Modern Infrastructure as Code. Any cloud, any language. Give your team cloud superpowers rocket https://www.pulumi.com
4	Gvisor	Application Kernel for Containers
5	Colima	Container runtimes on macOS (and Linux) with minimal setup
6	Krateo Platformops	Open source platform to manage infrastructure, resources and applications via YAML files
7	Kamus	An open source, git-ops, zero-trust secret encryption and decryption solution for Kubernetes applications
8	korb	Move Kubernetes PVCs between Storage Classes and Namespaces
9	KubeDeck Launcher	KubeDeck Launcher is a PowerShell-based UI that integrates KubeTidy and KubeSnapIt, allowing you to manage Kubernetes resources through a single interface.

Cost Optimisation

Sr No	Tool Name	Description with URL	GitHub Popularity
1	Kubecost	Cross-cloud cost allocation models for workloads running on Kubernetes
2	PerfectScale	Reduce Kubernetes costs while improving performance and resilience with data-driven intelligence built for continuous optimization	-
3	OpenCost	OpenCost — your favorite open source cost monitoring tool for Kubernetes
4	kube-green	kube-green is a simple k8s addon that automatically shuts down (some of) your resources when you don't need them
5	kepler	Kepler (Kubernetes-based Efficient Power Level Exporter) uses eBPF to probe performance counters and other system stats, use ML models to estimate workload energy consumption based on these stats, and exports them as Prometheus metrics
6	KBOM	KBOM - Kubernetes Bill of Materials
7	StormForge	Autonomous Rightsizing for Kubernetes Workloads	-
8	Burn	CLI tool for Kubernetes cost analysis with per-namespace breakdown, real cloud pricing, and AI-powered recommendations
9	Attune	Kubernetes operator for safe, in-place pod resource right-sizing using Prometheus metrics
10	Paralleliq	Model-aware GPU fleet optimization layer for AI infrastructure — detects GPU waste, quantifies cost impact, and delivers actionable recommendations with approval workflows	-
11	GoKubeDownscaler	GoKubeDownscaler reduces Kubernetes cluster costs by scaling workloads to zero during off-hours such as nights, weekends and holidays https://kube-downscaler.io

Function as a Service FaaS

Sr No	Tool Name	Description with URL
1	Knative Serving	Kubernetes-based, scale-to-zero, request-driven compute
2	OpenFaaS	OpenFaaS - Serverless Functions Made Simple
3	Kubeless	Kubernetes Native Serverless Framework
4	Fission	Fast and Simple Serverless Functions for Kubernetes
5	Nuclio	High-Performance Serverless event and data processing platform
6	Apache OpenServerless	Serverless environment based on Apache OpenWhisk with lots of integrated services

Artificial Intelligence

Sr No	Tool Name	Description with URL	GitHub Popularity
1	k8sgpt	Giving Kubernetes SRE superpowers to everyone
2	kubectl-ai	Kubectl plugin for OpenAI GPT
3	kopilot	Your AI Kubernetes Expert
4	kopylot	An AI-Powered assistant for Kubernetes developers
5	aiac	Artificial Intelligence K8s manifest and package generator
6	mico	An AI assisted kubectl helper
7	kserve	Standardized Serverless ML Inference Platform on Kubernetes
8	kubectl-assistant	This tool uses OpenAI's GPT3 API to generate Kubernetes kubectl commands to run against a cluster
9	HolmesGPT	The only DevOps assistant that solves alerts like a human does - by looking at alerts and fetching missing data repeatedly until the alert can be solved
10	Agentkube	an AI-powered Kubernetes IDE for Developers and DevOps teams
11	kubernetes-mcp-server	Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Kubernetes and OpenShift - enables AI assistants to interact with clusters
12	kubectl-mcp-server	A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Kubernetes enabling AI tools to manage clusters
13	k8s-mcp-server	MCP server that enables AI assistants like Claude to securely execute Kubernetes commands including kubectl, helm, istioctl, and argocd
14	KubeGraf	Local-first AI SRE Platform for Kubernetes - detects incidents, explains root causes with evidence, and safely previews fixes without SaaS lock-in
15	KubeStellar Console	AI-powered multi-cluster Kubernetes management dashboard (CNCF Sandbox) with real-time observability, GitOps integration, and AI chat for cluster operations
16	Kubexer Kubernetes IDE	Desktop Kubernetes IDE with a built-in bring-your-own-key AI assistant that uses native LLM tool-calling to inspect and — with confirmation — act on cluster resources	-

Caching

Sr No	Tool Name	Description with URL
1	kube-fledged	A kubernetes operator for creating and managing a cache of container images directly on the cluster worker nodes
2	kubernetes-image-puller	It is used for caching images on a cluster. It creates a DaemonSet downloading and running the relevant container images on each node.
3	Tugger	Kubernetes Admission Webhook to enforce pulling of Docker images from the private registry.
4	kube-image-keeper (kuik)	kuik is a container image caching system for Kubernetes
5	harbor	A trusted cloud native registry project that stores,caches, signs, and scans content.
6	kuik	kuik is a container image caching system for Kubernetes

Clients

Sr No	Tool Name	Description with URL
1	Go Client for Kubernetes	Official Golang client library for kubernetes
2	Python Client for Kubernetes	Official Python client library for kubernetes
3	Java Client for Kubernetes	Official Java client library for kubernetes
4	Javascript Client for Kubernetes	Official Javascript client library for kubernetes
5	csharp Client for Kubernetes	Official dotnet client library for kubernetes
6	Dapr	Dapr is a portable, event-driven, runtime for building distributed applications across cloud and edge
7	DevPod	client-only tool to create reproducible developer environments based on a devcontainer.json on any backend

Cleanup

Sr No	Tool Name	Description with URL
1	kube-fencing	cleaning resources from the failed nodes that's blocks any further operation and recovery
2	k8s-cleaner	Cleaner is a Kubernetes controller that helps you maintain a clean and efficient Kubernetes environment by proactively identifying, removing, or updating stale resources
3	CRI-Purge	CRI Purge - Cleanup of Cached Kubernetes CRI Images
4	Pred8tor	Pred8tor is a simple tool to clean up K8s objects that were tagged for expiration
5	Kubetrim	Kubetrim is a command-line tool designed to automatically clean up your Kubernetes configuration file (KUBECONFIG)
6	KubeTidy	KubeTidy is a PowerShell tool that helps you manage your Kubernetes kubeconfig files by removing unreachable clusters, along with their associated users and contexts. For Windows, Macos, and Linux

Non-Categorize

Sr No	Tool Name	Description with URL	GitHub Popularity
1	Rudr	A Kubernetes implementation of the Open Application Model specification
2	Keel	Kubernetes Operator to automate Helm, DaemonSet, StatefulSet & Deployment updates	-
3	Cabin, the mobile app for Kubernetes -	The Mobile Dashboard for Kubernetes
4	Function	CLI tool for working with function
5	Alterant	A simple Kubernetes configuration modifier
6	BUCK	Brigade Universal Controller for Kubernetes
7	kube-fledged	A kubernetes add-on for creating and managing a cache of container images directly on the cluster worker nodes, so application pods start almost instantly
8	kpt	toolkit to help you manage, manipulate, customize, and apply Kubernetes Resource configuration
9	capsule	Capsule helps to implement a multi-tenancy and policy-based environment in your Kubernetes cluster
10	KubeSlice	KubeSlice enables Kubernetes pods and services to communicate seamlessly across clusters, clouds, edges, and data centers by creating logical application boundaries known as Slices
11	routernetes	Use Kubernetes to make a home router!
12	Symbiosis	Symbiosis is a cloud service provider optimized for Kubernetes. Launch clusters in <2 min with better tools and lower costs	-
13	Projectsveltos	Kubernetes add-on controller for hundreds of clusters that automatically discovers and classifies clusters, making it easy to manage add-ons at scale
14	MayFly	Mayfly is a Kubernetes operator that enables you to create temporary resources on the cluster that will expire after a certain period of time
15	yupd	Yupd is a command-line tool that allows updating YAML files the GitOps way
16	kube-job	Run one off job on kubernetes from the command line tool
17	paster	This program base64 encodes a file, then pastes chunks it into an activated window using 'Ctrl+V' in the pod	-
18	Mirror	A Kubernetes ConfigMap and Secrets reflector with a strong emphasis on security and performance
19	Scaphandre	a metrology agent dedicated to electric power and energy consumption metrics