kube VS aptakube

https://github.com/kube-rs/kube/blob/main/kube-client/src/api/portforward.rs ill create an issue and start working on implementing it. Thanks for the feedback

Interesting, I haven't tested that one yet. We use kube-rs (https://github.com/kube-rs/kube) under the hood, which does automatically token refresh when needed. But there might be some edge cases not considered.

So I used kube-rs and came up with this: https://github.com/mach-kernel/databricks-kube-operator

Stackable is building k8s operators in Rust for bringing up interconnectable, data crunching applications (being able to bring up a complete data platform on any k8s cluster is the goal). kube-rs is used under the hood and code is open source.

yes, we had a very small API to create who created role bindings for a CI. I chose Rust because it was easy and seems easily maintainable with the kube-rs https://github.com/kube-rs/kube-rs crate

I have experiencie on this. I'm a DevOps engineer that started before DevOps was a thing, and I want to write rust for a living. What I'm doing is writting rust for tooling and kubernetes controllers using https://github.com/kube-rs/kube-rs. Rust and DevOps are close specially if you need to write your own tools. My recommendation is if you have some space to solve problems at your job with rust go and do it, if not try some opensource projects that interest you to get more experience.

Are you specifically looking for a free Kubernetes GUI?

If you’re open to commercial options, have a look at what Aptakube (https://aptakube.com) can do.

One feature that sets it apart from other UIs is connecting to multiple clusters simultaneously and seeing all resources in a single table.

Disclaimer: I’m the author

During my previous job, when we were migrating to Kubernetes I couldn’t really find a GUI app that I liked, and most importantly, that could connect to multiple clusters simultaneously. We had 6 clusters and having to switch context constantly was annoying

I ended up building one [1] to use myself, shared with a few people and they loved it. I asked if they’d pay for it and to my surprise, a lot of people said yes. I’ve put up a website and a “pre-order” button with a regressive monthly discount. Sales were going up month after month, and a few months later I decided to quit my job to go all in on it.

Today, I’m averaging on ~€5k/mo from this app, but I’m still doing some part time freelancing, as well as building other products that are not as successful, but are making >€1000/mo

The latest one is open source, privacy friendly analytics for apps [2] that I’m still very actively working on. This is my current “side project” as the previous side project became my main job :)

There’s also an open source upvote site [3] that I haven’t had much time to work on lately, but still generating $$ monthly.

[1] https://aptakube.com

In case you're into Kubernetes, check out Aptakube, a Kubernetes Desktop Client built with Tauri 😊

Aptakube is GUI application for Kubernetes that uses the same Kubeconfig files we mentioned above and can connect to multiple clusters at the same time. It essentially presents all your Kubernetes resources as if it was a single clusters. We invite you to try it out free today 😊

I have two projects, combined doing ~€1500/mo

https://fider.io - an open source alternative to UserVoice. I started this one 6 years ago to learn Go and React. I’ve seen thousands of instances out there being self hosted, so I started a cloud hosting to those who don’t want to manage it themselves.

https://aptakube.com - Desktop Client for Kubernetes. This is very recent, launch was 2 weeks ago, so it’s only starting to get some traction now.

I’m leaving my job to go full time indie hacker now, wish me luck!

I'm giving a shot on https://aptakube.com. not OSS, but so far has been a great alternative to lens and k9s. The guy behind it made a thread here a while ago.

Thanks again for sharing your feedback! In case you have more, you can drop them here or add them to https://github.com/aptakube/aptakube