ktunnel vs kubectx

ktunnel

A cli that exposes your local resources to kubernetes (by omrikiei)

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kubectx

Faster way to switch between clusters and namespaces in kubectl (by ahmetb)

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ktunnel		kubectx
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1	Mentions	40
850	Stars	16,894
-	Growth	-
6.1	Activity	3.3
8 days ago	Latest Commit	12 days ago
Go	Language	Go
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	Apache License 2.0

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ktunnel

Posts with mentions or reviews of ktunnel. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-02-20.

Top 20 useful k8s tools
13 projects | dev.to | 20 Feb 2021

Link : https://github.com/omrikiei/ktunnel

kubectx

Posts with mentions or reviews of kubectx. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-07.

Building a Kubernetes Operator with the Operator Framework
10 projects | dev.to | 7 Jan 2024

kubectx: brew install kubectx
Jenkins Agents On Kubernetes
7 projects | dev.to | 4 Sep 2023

default is where any actions which require a namespace will go into if one is not explicitly defined in a default setup (tools such as kubens can alter this behavior). In the context of Jenkins, namespaces are a useful way to allow isolation of individual Jenkins instances that want to utilize the same Kubernetes cluster. Creation of a namespace is a simple option to kubectl:
Tool to manage kubeconfig configurations
4 projects | /r/kubernetes | 2 Jun 2023

Here you go: https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectx and https://kubecm.cloud/
Setting kubectl context via env var
6 projects | /r/kubernetes | 2 May 2023

check out kubectx/kubens https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectx very handy tool to permanently switch context/namespace
Minikube broke my Kubectl config
1 project | /r/kubernetes | 19 Apr 2023
Managing local cluster config
2 projects | /r/kubernetes | 24 Mar 2023
How to Deploy and Scale Strapi on a Kubernetes Cluster 1/2
13 projects | dev.to | 3 Feb 2023

kubectx + kubens v0.9.4
[ANN] Kele: Snappy Kubernetes cluster management in Emacs
5 projects | /r/emacs | 10 Jan 2023

For a peek at what's currently possible, visit the documentation site, in particular the Usage section. For this initial release, it has feature parity with kubectx and kubens and that's about it, but there's lots of room for growth.
Injecting secrets from Vault into Helm charts with ArgoCD
7 projects | dev.to | 6 Dec 2022

I also encourage you to install kubectx + kubens to navigate Kubernetes easily.
What daily terminal based tools are you using for cluster management?
19 projects | /r/kubernetes | 5 Dec 2022

What are some alternatives?

When comparing ktunnel and kubectx you can also consider the following projects:

kube-score - Kubernetes object analysis with recommendations for improved reliability and security. kube-score actively prevents downtime and bugs in your Kubernetes YAML and Charts. Static code analysis for Kubernetes.

fzf-tab - Replace zsh's default completion selection menu with fzf!

kubectl-debug - This repository is no longer maintained, please checkout https://github.com/JamesTGrant/kubectl-debug.

kubie - A more powerful alternative to kubectx and kubens

stern - ⎈ Multi pod and container log tailing for Kubernetes

kubeswitch - The kubectx for operators.

external-secrets - External Secrets Operator reads information from a third-party service like AWS Secrets Manager and automatically injects the values as Kubernetes Secrets.

kubecm - Manage your kubeconfig more easily.

reckoner - Declaratively install and manage multiple Helm chart releases

kubectl-neat - Clean up Kubernetes yaml and json output to make it readable

goldilocks - Get your resource requests "Just Right"

kubectl-trace - Schedule bpftrace programs on your kubernetes cluster using the kubectl