Top 20 useful k8s tools

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on dev.to

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  • k9s

    🐶 Kubernetes CLI To Manage Your Clusters In Style!

  • Link : https://github.com/derailed/k9s

  • popeye

    👀 A Kubernetes cluster resource sanitizer

  • Link : https://github.com/derailed/popeye

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

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  • krew

    📦 Find and install kubectl plugins

  • kubectx

    Faster way to switch between clusters and namespaces in kubectl

  • Link : https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectx

  • 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.

  • Link : https://github.com/zegl/kube-score

  • ktunnel

    A cli that exposes your local resources to kubernetes

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

  • kubectl-debug

    This repository is no longer maintained, please checkout https://github.com/JamesTGrant/kubectl-debug.

  • Link : https://github.com/aylei/kubectl-debug

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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  • stern

    Discontinued ⎈ Multi pod and container log tailing for Kubernetes

  • Link : https://github.com/wercker/stern

  • polaris

    Validation of best practices in your Kubernetes clusters (by FairwindsOps)

  • Link : https://github.com/FairwindsOps/polaris

  • goldilocks

    Get your resource requests "Just Right"

  • Link : https://github.com/FairwindsOps/goldilocks

  • reckoner

    Declaratively install and manage multiple Helm chart releases

  • Link : https://github.com/FairwindsOps/reckoner

  • sealed-secrets

    A Kubernetes controller and tool for one-way encrypted Secrets

  • Link : https://github.com/bitnami-labs/sealed-secrets

  • external-secrets

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

  • Link : https://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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