Awesome Kubernetes Resources !!! πŸ”₯

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  1. popeye

    πŸ‘€ A Kubernetes cluster resource sanitizer

    πŸ’špopeye πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ - Popeye is a utility that scans live Kubernetes cluster and reports potential issues with deployed resources and configurations.

  2. InfluxDB

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  3. awesome

    😎 Awesome lists about all kinds of interesting topics

    Inspired by awesome list and donnemartin/awesome-aws.

  4. awesome-aws

    A curated list of awesome Amazon Web Services (AWS) libraries, open source repos, guides, blogs, and other resources. Featuring the Fiery Meter of AWSome.

    Inspired by awesome list and donnemartin/awesome-aws.

  5. awesome-datree

    βš™οΈ A curated list of resources for using Datree's CLI tool

    πŸ’šDatree πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ - Datree is a CLI tool that supports Kubernetes admins in their roles by preventing developers from making errors in Kubernetes configurations that can cause clusters to fail in production.

  6. awesome-dva

    A curated list of "damn vulnerable apps" and exploitable VMs / wargames. See contributing.md for information.

    Awesome Kubernetes Resources

  7. helm

    The Kubernetes Package Manager

    πŸ’šHelm πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ - Helm is a tool for managing Charts. Charts are packages of pre-configured Kubernetes resources.

  8. aptakube

    Modern, lightweight and multi-cluster Kubernetes GUI. Available on Windows, macOS and Linux.

    Aptakube - A modern, lightweight and multi-cluster desktop client for Kubernetes. Connect to multiple clusters simultaneously to view, edit and manage all your resources.

  9. SaaSHub

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  10. helmfile

    Declaratively deploy your Kubernetes manifests, Kustomize configs, and Charts as Helm releases. Generate all-in-one manifests for use with ArgoCD.

    πŸ’šHelmfile πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ - Helmfile is a declarative spec for deploying helm charts.

  11. helmwave

    New 🌊 wave for @helm

    πŸ’šHelmwave πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ - Helmwave is helm3-native tool for deploy your Helm Charts. It is like Docker-Compose, but for Helm.

  12. infra

    Infra provides authentication and access management to servers and Kubernetes clusters.

    πŸ’šInfra πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ - Infra enables you to discover and access infrastructure (e.g. Kubernetes, databases). We help you connect an identity provider such as Okta or Azure active directory, and map users/groups with the permissions you set to your infrastructure.

  13. k9s

    🐢 Kubernetes CLI To Manage Your Clusters In Style!

    πŸ’šK9s πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ - K9s provides a terminal UI to interact with your Kubernetes clusters.

  14. carvel-kapp

    Discontinued kapp is a simple deployment tool focused on the concept of "Kubernetes application" β€” a set of resources with the same label [Moved to: https://github.com/carvel-dev/kapp]

    πŸ’škapp πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ - kapp is a simple deployment tool focused on the concept of "Kubernetes application" β€” a set of resources with the same label

  15. kconnect

    Kubernetes Connection Manager CLI

    πŸ’škconnect πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ - kconnect is a CLI utility that can be used to discover and securely access Kubernetes clusters across multiple operating environments.

  16. ktunnel

    A cli that exposes your local resources to kubernetes

    πŸ’šKtunnel πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ - Ktunnel is a CLI tool that establishes a reverse tunnel between a kubernetes cluster and your local machine.

  17. kubebox

    ⎈❏ Terminal and Web console for Kubernetes

    πŸ’šKubebox πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ - Terminal and Web console for Kubernetes

  18. kubetail

    Bash script to tail Kubernetes logs from multiple pods at the same time

    πŸ’šKubetail πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ - Bash script that enables you to aggregate (tail/follow) logs from multiple pods into one stream.

  19. kube-shell

    Kubernetes shell: An integrated shell for working with the Kubernetes

    πŸ’škube-shell πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ - Kube-shell: An integrated shell for working with the Kubernetes CLI.

  20. kubecolor

    Discontinued colorizes kubectl output

    πŸ’škubecolor πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ - colorizes kubectl output

  21. kubectl-aliases

    Programmatically generated handy kubectl aliases.

    πŸ’škubectl-aliases πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ - This repository contains a script to generate hundreds of convenient shell aliases for kubectl.

  22. kubectx

    Faster way to switch between clusters and namespaces in kubectl

    πŸ’škubectx + kubens πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ - kubectx helps you switch between clusters back and forth, and kubens helps you switch between Kubernetes namespaces smoothly.

  23. kube-ps1

    Kubernetes prompt info for bash and zsh

    πŸ’škube-ps1 πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ - 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).

  24. kubediff

    Discontinued Kubediff: a tool for Kubernetes to show differences between running state and version controlled configuration. (by weaveworks)

    πŸ’škubediff πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ - Kubediff is a tool for Kubernetes to show you the differences between your running configuration and your version controlled configuration.

  25. kubeprompt

    Isolated kubectl shells and prompt info

    πŸ’škubeprompt πŸ”₯ - Isolates KUBECONFIG in each shell and shows the current Kubernetes context/namespace in your prompt

  26. kubevela

    Discontinued The Modern Application Platform. [Moved to: https://github.com/kubevela/kubevela] (by oam-dev)

    πŸ’šKubevela πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ - KubeVela is an easy-to-use yet extensible platform that enables them to design and ship applications with minimal effort.

  27. move2kube

    Move2Kube is a command-line tool for automating creation of Infrastructure as code (IaC) artifacts. It has inbuilt support for creating IaC artifacts for replatforming to Kubernetes/Openshift.

    πŸ’šMove2Kube πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ - A tool to help users migrate their apps from legacy platforms like Cloud Foundry to Kubernetes and Openshift. Analyses the application source code and generates Kubernetes YAMLs, Helm Charts, Tekton Pipelines, etc. The analysis and generation can be heavily customized to produce the exact output that you want.

  28. nova

    Find outdated or deprecated Helm charts running in your cluster. (by FairwindsOps)

    πŸ’šnova πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ - Nova scans your cluster for installed Helm charts, then cross-checks them against all known Helm repositories.

  29. plural

    Enterprise Kubernetes management, accelerated. πŸš€

    πŸ’šPlural πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ - Plural is a CLI tool and holistic DevOps management platform for rapidly deploying, managing, and monitoring open-source applications on Kubernetes.

  30. stern

    ⎈ Multi pod and container log tailing for Kubernetes -- Friendly fork of https://github.com/wercker/stern (by stern)

    πŸ’šstern πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ - Stern allows you to tail multiple pods on Kubernetes and multiple containers within the pod.

  31. bootkube

    Discontinued This project now lives at https://github.com/kinvolk/bootkube [Moved to: https://github.com/kubernetes-retired/bootkube] (by kubernetes-sigs)

    πŸ’šBootkube πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ - Bootkube is a tool for launching self-hosted Kubernetes clusters.

  32. claudie

    Cloud-agnostic managed Kubernetes

    πŸ’šClaudie πŸ”₯ - Multi-cloud clusters with each nodepool in a different cloud provider.

  33. cluster-api

    Home for Cluster API, a subproject of sig-cluster-lifecycle

    πŸ’šCluster API πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ - Cluster API is a Kubernetes sub-project focused on providing declarative APIs and tooling to simplify provisioning, upgrading, and operating multiple Kubernetes clusters.

  34. eksctl

    Discontinued The official CLI for Amazon EKS [Moved to: https://github.com/eksctl-io/eksctl] (by weaveworks)

    πŸ’šeksctl πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ - eksctl is a simple CLI tool for creating clusters on EKS - Amazon's new managed Kubernetes service for EC2.

  35. k0s

    k0s - The Zero Friction Kubernetes

    πŸ’šk0s πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ - k0s - Zero Friction Kubernetes (The Simple, Solid & Certified Kubernetes Distribution)

  36. k3d

    Discontinued Little helper to run CNCF's k3s in Docker [Moved to: https://github.com/k3d-io/k3d] (by rancher)

    πŸ’šk3d πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ - k3d,and Windows.,destroy,half the memory,highly available,is a tool for running local k3s clusters in docker. It's a single binary about 20 MB. You need to have docker installed.

  37. k3s

    Discontinued Lightweight Kubernetes [Moved to: https://github.com/k3s-io/k3s] (by rancher)

    πŸ’šk3s πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ - Lightweight Kubernetes. Easy to install,Kubernetes clusters from the command line.

  38. kind

    Kubernetes IN Docker - local clusters for testing Kubernetes

    πŸ’škind πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ - kind is a tool for running local Kubernetes clusters using Docker container "nodes".

  39. kops

    Kubernetes Operations (kOps) - Production Grade k8s Installation, Upgrades and Management

    πŸ’škops πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ - kops helps you create,like kind,upgrade and maintain production-grade

  40. kube-aws

    Discontinued [EOL] A command-line tool to declaratively manage Kubernetes clusters on AWS

    πŸ’škube-aws πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ - kube-aws is a command-line tool to create/update/destroy Kubernetes clusters on AWS.

  41. kubespray

    Deploy a Production Ready Kubernetes Cluster

    πŸ’škubespray πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ - Deploy a production ready Kubernetes cluster

  42. microk8s

    Discontinued MicroK8s is a small, fast, single-package Kubernetes for developers, IoT and edge. [Moved to: https://github.com/canonical/microk8s] (by ubuntu)

    πŸ’šmicroK8s πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ - The smallest, fastest Kubernetes

  43. minikube

    Run Kubernetes locally

    πŸ’šMinikube πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ - minikube implements a local Kubernetes cluster on macOS,Linux,all in a binary less than 100 MB.

  44. talos

    Talos Linux is a modern Linux distribution built for Kubernetes.

    πŸ’šTalos Linux πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ - Talos Linux is a minimal, immutable, secure OS that installs vanilla Kubernetes - for production datacenters, K8s@home, and Edge.

  45. argo-cd

    Declarative Continuous Deployment for Kubernetes

    πŸ’šArgo CD πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ - Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes.

  46. argo-events

    Event-driven Automation Framework for Kubernetes

    πŸ’šArgo Events πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ - Argo Events is an event-driven workflow automation framework for Kubernetes which helps you trigger K8s objects, Argo Workflows, Serverless workloads, etc.

  47. argo-rollouts

    Progressive Delivery for Kubernetes

    πŸ’šArgo Rollouts πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ - Argo Rollouts controller, uses the Rollout custom resource to provide additional deployment strategies such as Blue Green and Canary to Kubernetes.

  48. SaaSHub

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