Minikube Alternatives

Similar projects and alternatives to minikube

  1. kubernetes

    Production-Grade Container Scheduling and Management

  2. InfluxDB

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  3. prometheus

    The Prometheus monitoring system and time series database.

  4. k3s

    319 minikube VS k3s

    Lightweight Kubernetes

  5. Keycloak

    270 minikube VS Keycloak

    Open Source Identity and Access Management For Modern Applications and Services

  6. helm

    The Kubernetes Package Manager

  7. kind

    Kubernetes IN Docker - local clusters for testing Kubernetes

  8. k9s

    158 minikube VS k9s

    🐶 Kubernetes CLI To Manage Your Clusters In Style!

  9. SaaSHub

    SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

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  10. kubernetes-the-hard-way

    Bootstrap Kubernetes the hard way. No scripts.

  11. istio

    Connect, secure, control, and observe services.

  12. skaffold

    Easy and Repeatable Kubernetes Development

  13. k3d

    80 minikube VS k3d

    Little helper to run CNCF's k3s in Docker

  14. microk8s

    74 minikube VS microk8s

    MicroK8s is a small, fast, single-package Kubernetes for datacenters and the edge.

  15. kubespray

    60 minikube VS kubespray

    Deploy a Production Ready Kubernetes Cluster

  16. devspace-plugin-loft

    Loft Plugin for DevSpace - adds commands like `devspace create space` or `devspace create vcluster` to DevSpace

  17. kops

    54 minikube VS kops

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

  18. devspace

    DevSpace - The Fastest Developer Tool for Kubernetes ⚡ Automate your deployment workflow with DevSpace and develop software directly inside Kubernetes.

  19. kubectx

    Faster way to switch between clusters and namespaces in kubectl

  20. kubetail

    10 minikube VS kubetail

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

  21. microk8s

    9 minikube VS microk8s

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

  22. k3s

    8 minikube VS k3s

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

  23. SaaSHub

    SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

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NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a better minikube alternative or higher similarity.

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kubernetes/minikube is an open source project licensed under Apache License 2.0 which is an OSI approved license.

The primary programming language of minikube is Go.


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