Headlamp Plugins
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This is a repository of official plugins that Headlamp uses or recommends.
Current Plugins
| Plugin | Description | Notes | Maintainers |
|---|---|---|---|
| ai-assistant | Integrates AI capabilities directly into Headlamp. | @ashu8912 | |
| app-catalog | Provides a new area where users can install Helm charts and manage releases. | Desktop only. Shipped with Headlamp desktop builds by default. | @ashu8912 |
| backstage | Provides links to the resource's views in Backstage. | See also the Headlamp integration for Backstage. | @yolossn |
| cert-manager | A UI for viewing and managing cert-manager. | @yolossn | |
| cluster-api | See your Cluster API management clusters in Headlamp's sidebar and map. | Learn more about CAPI with the Cluster API book. | @mboersma @ChayanDass |
| flux | Visualize Flux in Headlamp. | @ashu8912 | |
| karpenter | Adds Karpenter-specific custom resources to the Headlamp UI. | @SinghaAnirban005 | |
| keda | A UI for viewing and managing KEDA resources. | @adwait-godbole, @yolossn | |
| knative | A UI for viewing and managing Knative. | @kahirokunn, mudit06mah | |
| kompose | Translates docker-compose manifests to Kubernetes's. | Runs kompose in a job in the cluster for now. | @joaquimrocha |
| minikube | A UI for minikube, for running Kubernetes locally. | @illume | |
| opencost | See the costs of your workloads in Headlamp. | @yolossn | |
| plugin-catalog | Install Headlamp plugins with one click. | Shipped with Headlamp desktop builds by default. | @yolossn |
| prometheus | Provides a Prometheus-powered chart in the details views of workloads. | Needs Prometheus installed in the cluster for the chart to be shown. Shipped with Headlamp desktop and CI builds by default. | @yolossn |
| radius | Visualize and manage Radius applications. | @filipevrevez | |
| strimzi | The Headlamp plugin for managing Strimzi (Apache Kafka on Kubernetes) resources. | Demo | @cesaroangelo, @krrish-sehgal |
| volcano | Visualize and manage Volcano jobs. | @mahmoudmagdy1-1 |
External plugins
These are some of the plugins maintained outside of the plugins repo by others.
Please see headlamp plugins on Artifact Hub for a list of plugins published there.
| Plugin | Description | Notes | Maintainers |
|---|---|---|---|
| inspektor-gadget | This is a Headlamp plugin exposing and show-casing IG gadgets. | @ashu8912 | |
| Trivy | Trivy compliance and vulnerabilities in Headlamp. | @mgalesloot | |
| Kyverno | The Kyverno Headlamp plugin provides views in Headlamp for Policies and Reports. | Archived. | @mgalesloot |
| Kubescape | The Kubescape Headlamp plugin provides views in Headlamp for configuration and vulnerabilities scanning, based on information delivered by the Kubescape operator. | @mgalesloot | |
| KubeVirt | A plugin for managing KubeVirt virtual machines within a Kubernetes cluster. | @buttahtoast | |
| Gatekeeper | A Headlamp plugin for managing Gatekeeper policies, violations, and a library of community-sourced policies. | @sozercan | |
| KAITO | Enhances the KAITO AKS extension with a visual interface in Headlamp for model deployment and GPU provisioning. | @chloe608, @chewong | |
| KubeVirt | A comprehensive plugin for managing KubeVirt virtual machines: full VM lifecycle, VNC/serial console, VM Doctor (diagnostics, forensics, disk inspector), templates, image catalog, metrics, and more. | ArtifactHub | @naval-group |
| Strimzi | A Headlamp plugin for managing Strimzi (Apache Kafka on Kubernetes) resources. | Demo | @cesaroangelo |
| Fortem IDP | View and manage Fortem environments, clusters, and cost metrics directly in Headlamp. Fortem is a self-hosted AI-native Kubernetes Internal Developer Platform. | ArtifactHub | @dspv |
| MetalLB | View and manage MetalLB resources in Headlamp. MetalLB is a load-balancer implementation for bare metal Kubernetes clusters, using standard routing protocols. | ArtifactHub | @YotamKorah |
Development
For examples of plugins created for learning and documentation purposes, please refer to the examples folder in Headlamp's repository.
License
The plugins in this repository are released under the terms of the MIT license.