Top 23 Shell Kubectl Projects

kube-ps1

1 9 3,647 4.4 Shell

Kubernetes prompt info for bash and zsh

Project mention: Awesome Kubernetes Resources !!! 🔥 | dev.to | 2025-03-18

💚kube-ps1 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 - kube-ps1: A script that lets you add the current Kubernetes context and namespace configured on kubectl to your Bash/Zsh prompt strings (i.e. the $PS1).
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kubectl-aliases

2 9 3,499 2.4 Shell

Programmatically generated handy kubectl aliases.

Project mention: Awesome Kubernetes Resources !!! 🔥 | dev.to | 2025-03-18

💚kubectl-aliases 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 - This repository contains a script to generate hundreds of convenient shell aliases for kubectl.
kubectl-node-shell

3 4 1,620 5.7 Shell

Exec into node via kubectl
geodesic

4 4 1,012 7.3 Shell

🚀 Geodesic is a DevOps Linux Toolbox in Docker

Project mention: Geodesic is a Linux toolbox container crafted to optimize DevOps workflows | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-02-17
kubectl-plugins

5 1 627 0.0 Shell

A Collection of Plugins for kubectl Integration (exec as any user, context switching, etc). (by jordanwilson230)

Project mention: Kubesafe: Never run Kubernetes commands on the wrong cluster again | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-09-18

Thanks for the feedback John! You're right, that's pretty much it :)
I developed kubesafe because (1) I was tired of tinkering with shell aliases and scripts (especially when I wanted to define protected commands) and (2) I needed something that worked smoothly with all Kubernetes tools like kubectl, helm, kubecolor, etc.
Kubesafe is just a convenient way to manage protected commands and contexts. Nothing too fancy!
Btw - I also found a kubectl plugin written in Bash that’s similar to what you mentioned, in case you're interested: https://github.com/jordanwilson230/kubectl-plugins/blob/krew...
zsh-kubectl-prompt

6 2 568 1.4 Shell

Display information about the kubectl current context and namespace in zsh prompt.
konfig

7 3 365 0.0 Shell

konfig helps to merge, split or import kubeconfig files (by corneliusweig)
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kube-dump

8 1 329 0.0 Shell

Backup a Kubernetes cluster as a yaml manifest
kube-fzf

9 1 201 0.0 Shell

Shell commands using kubectl and fzf for command-line fuzzy searching of Kubernetes Pods.
kubectl-plugin-ssh-jump

10 1 178 4.0 Shell

A kubectl plugin to access nodes or remote services using a SSH jump Pod
kuttle

11 2 167 0.0 Shell

Kubernetes wrapper for sshuttle
kubectl-sudo

12 2 165 0.0 Shell

Run kubernetes commands with the security privileges of another user
kubectl-build

13 1 148 0.0 Shell

Build dockerfiles directly in your Kubernetes cluster.
kubespy

14 1 138 0.0 Shell

pod debugging tool for kubernetes clusters with docker runtimes (by huazhihao)
kubectl-tmux-exec

15 1 133 3.5 Shell

A kubectl plugin to control multiple pods simultaneously using Tmux
kube-aliases

16 1 117 0.0 Shell

Kubernetes Aliases and Bash Functions
kubectl-capture

17 2 100 0.0 Shell

A kubectl plugin which triggers a Sysdig capture
kubecui

18 3 98 4.8 Shell

Simple but still extremely powerful K9S alternative. An interactive `explain` command. Security scanning based on `trivy`. Supports multiple envs. Midnight commander like interface. Custom hotkeys
dotfiles

19 1 32 8.7 Shell

$HOME of my ~/.dotfiles (macOS & Linux) (by frankroeder)
krew-net-forward

20 1 32 2.5 Shell

Variety of kubectl krew tools usually security focused
kubectl-alias

21 2 29 3.5 Shell

The missing alias command for kubectl.
kubectl-console

22 1 28 1.9 Shell

Easily bash into kubernetes workers as if your ssh-ing into them
EasyKey.shellmenu

23 3 27 1.1 Shell

Simple script to generate shell / bash menu with key selectors.
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NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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Index

What are some of the best open-source Kubectl projects in Shell? This list will help you:

#	Project	Stars
1	kube-ps1	3,647
2	kubectl-aliases	3,499
3	kubectl-node-shell	1,620
4	geodesic	1,012
5	kubectl-plugins	627
6	zsh-kubectl-prompt	568
7	konfig	365
8	kube-dump	329
9	kube-fzf	201
10	kubectl-plugin-ssh-jump	178
11	kuttle	167
12	kubectl-sudo	165
13	kubectl-build	148
14	kubespy	138
15	kubectl-tmux-exec	133
16	kube-aliases	117
17	kubectl-capture	100
18	kubecui	98
19	dotfiles	32
20	krew-net-forward	32
21	kubectl-alias	29
22	kubectl-console	28
23	EasyKey.shellmenu	27