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Kubetools - Curated List of Kubernetes Tools
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- URL: https://collabnix.github.io/kubetools/
- Owner: collabnix
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- Created: 2020-01-11T09:03:22.000Z (over 4 years ago)
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README
# Kubetools - A Curated List of Kubernetes Tools
There are more than 450+ [Kubernetes Certified Service Providers](https://www.cncf.io/certification/kcsp/) and [tons of Kubernetes Certified distributions](https://kubernetes.io/partners/). Choosing a right distribution can be a daunting task. [Kubetools](https://kubetools.io) is built with a purpose to build a curated list of popular Kubernetes tools. It is actively maintained by [Collabnix Slack Community](https://collabnix.com).
Follow the Kubetools [Twitter](https://twitter.com/kubetools) account for updates on new list additions.
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## Top Featured Kubernetes Tools( March 2024)
- [K8s-insider](https://www.kubetools.io/kubernetes/streamlining-kubernetes-networking-with-k8s-insider/)
- [Stern](https://www.kubetools.io/kubernetes/stern-simplifying-kubernetes-log-tailing/)
- [Node Problem Detector](https://www.kubetools.io/kubernetes/monitoring-node-health-with-node-problem-detector-in-kubernetes/)
- [Karpenter](https://www.kubetools.io/kubernetes/supercharge-your-kubernetes-cluster-with-karpenter/)
- [Kubestalk](https://www.kubetools.io/kubernetes/kubestalk-uncovering-hidden-security-risks-in-your-kubernetes-clusters/)
- [K8sGPT](https://www.kubetools.io/kubernetes/k8sgpt-simplifying-kubernetes-diagnostics-with-natural-language-processing/)
- [Kubeshark](https://www.kubetools.io/kubernetes/mastering-kubernetes-debugging-and-troubleshooting-with-kubeshark-real-time-visibility-query-language-service-map-and-integrations/)
- [Monokle](https://www.kubetools.io/kubernetes/streamline-your-kubernetes-manifest-management-with-monokle/)
- [Numaflow](https://www.kubetools.io/kubernetes/numaflow-a-way-to-handle-stream-processing-tasks/)
- [Otterize](https://www.kubetools.io/kubernetes/securely-scaling-microservices-on-kubernetes-with-otterize/)
- [Botkube](https://www.kubetools.io/kubernetes/botkube-the-ultimate-tool-for-kubernetes-alerts-and-notifications/)
- [K9s](https://www.kubetools.io/kubernetes/why-k9s-should-be-your-go-to-tool-for-kubernetes-management/)
## Table of Contents
- [Categories](#categories)
- 🌐 [Pods](#Pods)
- 🧰 [Cluster Management](#cluster-management)
- 🧑💻 [Cluster with Core CLI tools](#cluster-with-core-cli-tools)
- 🫙 [Alert and Monitoring](#alert-and-monitoring)
- 🌐 [Logging and Tracing](#logging-and-tracing)
- 🗄️ [Troubleshooting / Debugging](#troubleshooting--debugging)
- 💾 [Developement Tools/Kit](#developement-toolskit)
- 🔒 [Alternative Tools for Development](#alternative-tools-for-development)
- 🪵 [CI/CD integration Tools](#cicd-integration-tools)
- 🎮 [Security Tools](#security-tools)
- 🧪 [Network Policies](#network-policies)
- 🏗️ [Testing Tools](#testing-tools)
- ⚙️ [Service Mesh](#service-mesh)
- 🇼 [Observability](#observability)
- 🧰 [Machine Learning/Deep Learning](#machine-learningdeep-learning)
- 🧑💻 [Compute Edge Tools](#compute-edge-tools)
- 🫙 [Kubernetes Tools for Specific Cloud](#kubernetes-tools-for-specific-cloud)
- 🌐 [Storage Providers](#storage-providers)
- 🏗️ [Backup Tools](#backup-tools)
- 🗄️ [Multiple Tools Repo](#multiple-tools-repo)
- 💾 [Cost Optimisation](#cost-optimisation)
- ⚙️ [Function as a Service FaaS](#function-as-a-service-faas)
- 🚀 [Artificial Intelligence](#artificial-intelligence)
- ⚡ [Caching](#caching)
- 🐋 [Clients](#clients)
- 🧹 [Cleanup](#cleanup)
- 🔒 [Non-Categorize](#non-categorize)
## Pods
| Sr No | Tool Name | Description with URL | GitHub Popularity |
| ---------- | --------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------ |
| 1 | kubetail | [ Bash script to tail Kubernetes logs from multiple pods at the same time](https://github.com/johanhaleby/kubetail) |  |
| 2 | kube-s3 | [ Kubernetes pods used shared S3 storage](https://github.com/freegroup/kube-s3) |  |
| 3 | kubectl-ports-rs | [ A kubectl krew plugin to provide a list of exposed ports on kubernetes Pod resources](https://github.com/widnyana/kubectl-ports-rs) |  |
## Cluster Management
| Sr No | Tool Name | Description with URL | GitHub Popularity |
| ---------- | --------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------ |
| 1 | Monokle | [ Desktop unified visual tool for authoring, analysis and deployment of Kubernetes configurations](https://github.com/kubeshop/monokle) |  |
| 2 | kops | [ Production Grade K8s Installation, Upgrades, and Management](https://github.com/kubernetes/kops) |  |
| 3 | silver-surfer | [ Check ApiVersion compatibility and provide Migration path for Kubernetes objects when upgrading Kubernetes to latest versions](https://github.com/devtron-labs/silver-surfer) |  |
| 4 | Kube-ops-view | [ Kubernetes Operational View - read-only system dashboard for multiple K8s clusters](https://github.com/hjacobs/kube-ops-view) |  |
| 5 | kubeprompt | [ Kubernetes prompt info](https://github.com/jlesquembre/kubeprompt) |  |
| 6 | Metalk8s | [ An opinionated Kubernetes distribution with a focus on long-term on-prem deployments](https://github.com/scality/metalk8s) |  |
| 7 | kind | [ Kubernetes IN Docker - local clusters for testing Kubernetes](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind) |  |
| 8 | Clusterman | [ Cluster Autoscaler for Kubernetes and Mesos](https://github.com/Yelp/clusterman) |  |
| 9 | Cert-manager | [ Automatically provision and manage TLS certificates](https://github.com/jetstack/cert-manager) |  |
| 10 | Goldilocks | [ Get your resource requests "Just Right"](https://github.com/FairwindsOps/goldilocks) |  |
| 11 | katafygio | [ Dump, or continuously backup Kubernetes objets as yaml files in git](https://github.com/bpineau/katafygio) |  |
| 12 | Rancher | [ Complete container management platform](https://github.com/rancher/rancher) |  |
| 13 | Sealed Secrets | [ A Kubernetes controller and tool for one-way encrypted Secrets](https://github.com/bitnami-labs/sealed-secrets) |  |
| 14 | OpenKruise/Kruise | [ Automate application workloads management on Kubernetes https://openkruise.io](https://github.com/openkruise/kruise) |  |
| 15 | kubectl snapshot | [ Take Cluster Snapshots](https://github.com/fbrubbo/kubectl-snapshot) |  |
| 16 | kapp | [ simple deployment tool focused on the concept of "Kubernetes application" — a set of resources with the same label https://get-kapp.io](https://github.com/k14s/kapp) |  |
| 17 | KEDA | [ Event-driven autoscaler for Kubernetes](https://keda.sh/) |  |
| 18 | Octant | [ To better understand the complexity of Kubernetes clusters](https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/octant) |  |
| 19 | Portainer | [ Portainer inside a Kubernetes environment](https://github.com/portainer/k8s) |  |
| 20 | Gardener | [ Deliver fully-managed clusters at scale everywhere with your own Kubernetes-as-a-Service](https://gardener.cloud/) | - |
| 21 | xlskubectl | [ xlskubectl — a spreadsheet to control your Kubernetes cluster](https://github.com/learnk8s/xlskubectl) |  |
| 22 | Kubefirst | [ Fully-automated OSS delivery & infrastructure management gitops platforms](https://github.com/kubefirst/kubefirst) |  |
| 23 | Kamaji | [ Build and operate Kubernetes at scale with a fraction of operational burden](https://github.com/clastix/kamaji) |  |
| 24 | kustomizer | [ An experimental package manager for distributing Kubernetes configuration as OCI artifacts](https://github.com/stefanprodan/kustomizer) |  |
| 25 | Kudo | [ declarative approach to building production-grade Kubernetes Operators ](https://github.com/kudobuilder/kudo) |  |
| 26 | node-problem-detector | [ This is a place for various problem detectors running on the Kubernetes nodes ](https://github.com/kubernetes/node-problem-detector) |  |
| 27 | k0s | [k0s is an all-inclusive Kubernetes distribution, which is configured with all of the features needed to build a Kubernetes cluster and packaged as a single binary for ease of use](https://github.com/k0sproject/k0s) |  |
| 28 | k0smotron | [Deploy and run Kubernetes control planes powered by k0s on any existing cluster](https://github.com/k0sproject/k0smotron) |  |
| 29 | ClusterPedia | [ The Encyclopedia of Kubernetes clusters ](https://github.com/clusterpedia-io/clusterpedia) |  |
| 30 | kubean | [ 🌱 Kubernetes lifecycle management operator based on kubespray. ](https://github.com/kubean-io/kubean) |  |
| 31 | punq | [ Self-hosted Kubernetes workload manager with team collaboration ](https://github.com/mogenius/punq) |  |
| 32 | Claudie | [ Deploy and operate Kubernetes clusters with each nodepool in a different provider or on-prem](https://github.com/berops/claudie) |  |
| 33 | Kubemarine | [ Management tool for Kubernetes cluster deployment and maintenance](https://github.com/Netcracker/KubeMarine) |  |
| 34 | k8s-duplicator | [Kubernetes controller that copies secrets into other namespaces](https://github.com/Nick-Triller/k8s-duplicator) |  |
| 35 | k0smotron | [run Kubernetes control planes within a management cluster and with the integration of Cluster API](https://github.com/k0sproject/k0smotron) |  |
| 36 | KubeStellar | [a flexible solution for challenges associated with multi-cluster configuration management for edge, multi-cloud, and hybrid cloud ](https://github.com/kubestellar/kubestellar) |  |
| 37 | Trolley | [ Trolley is a multi cloud Kubernetes management system ](https://github.com/Trolley-MGMT/trolleymgmt) |  |
| 38 | Cyclops | [ a powerful user interface for managing and interacting with Kubernetes clusters ](https://github.com/cyclops-ui/cyclops) |  |
| 39 | Liqo | [ an open-source project that enables dynamic and seamless Kubernetes multi-cluster topologies, supporting heterogeneous on-premise, cloud and edge infrastructures ](https://github.com/liqotech/liqo) |  |
| 40 | Guard | [ 🔑 Kubernetes Authentication & Authorization WebHook Server ](https://github.com/kubeguard/guard) |  |
| 41 | Meshery | [ Meshery is a Multi-cluster management tool for Kubernetes and Clouds ](https://github.com/meshery/meshery) |  |
| 42 | cluster-template | [ A template for deploying a Kubernetes cluster with k3s or Talos ](https://github.com/onedr0p/cluster-template) |  |
| 43 | Punq | [ A slim open-source workload manager for Kubernetes with team collaboration, WebApp, and CLI. ](https://github.com/mogenius/punq) |  |
| 44 | vCluster | [ Create fully functional virtual Kubernetes clusters - Each vcluster runs inside a namespace of the underlying k8s cluster. It's cheaper than creating separate full-blown clusters and it offers better multi-tenancy and isolation than regular namespaces. ](https://github.com/loft-sh/vcluster) |  |
## Cluster with Core CLI tools
| Sr No | Tool Name | Description with URL | GitHub Popularity |
| ---------- | --------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------|
| 1 | Bootkube | [ bootkube - Launch a self-hosted Kubernetes cluster](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/bootkube) |  |
| 2 | kubectx + kubens | [ Switch faster between clusters and namespaces in kubectl](https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectx) |  |
| 3 | kube-shell | [ Kubernetes shell: An integrated shell for working with the Kubernetes](https://github.com/cloudnativelabs/kube-shell) |  |
| 4 | kuttle: kubectl wrapper for sshuttle without SSH | [ Kubernetes wrapper for sshuttle](https://github.com/kayrus/kuttle) |  |
| 5 | kubectl sudo | [ Run kubernetes commands with the security privileges of another user](https://github.com/postfinance/kubectl-sudo) |  |
| 6 | K9s | [ Kubernetes CLI To Manage Your Clusters In Style!](https://github.com/derailed/k9s) |  |
| 7 | Ktunnel | [ A cli that exposes your local resources to kubernetes](https://github.com/omrikiei/ktunnel) |  |
| 8 | KubeOperator | [ Run kubectl command in Web Browser. https://kubeoperator.io/](https://github.com/KubeOperator/webkubectl) |  |
| 9 | Vimkubectl | [ Manage any Kubernetes resource from Vim https://www.vim.org/scripts/script.ph](https://github.com/rottencandy/vimkubectl) |  |
| 10 | KubeHelper | [ KubeHelper - simplifies many daily Kubernetes cluster tasks through a web interface.](https://github.com/KubeHelper/kubehelper) |  |
| 11 | kubecolor | [ colorizes kubectl output](https://github.com/hidetatz/kubecolor) |  |
| 12 | Krew | [ Krew is the package manager for kubectl plugins](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew) |  |
| 13 | Kueue | [ Kueue is a set of APIs and controller for job queueing](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kueue) |  |
| 14 | fubectl | [ Reduces repetitive interactions with kubectl](https://github.com/kubermatic/fubectl) |  |
| 15 | kube-ps1 | [ Kubernetes prompt for bash and zsh](https://github.com/jonmosco/kube-ps1) |  |
| 16 | Conftest | [ Write tests against structured configuration data using the Open Policy Agent Rego query language](https://github.com/open-policy-agent/conftest) |  |
| 17 | Kube-capacity | [ A CLI that provides an overview of the resource requests, limits, and utilization in a k8s cluster](https://github.com/robscott/kube-capacity) |  |
| 18 | Karpenter | [ Kubernetes Node Autoscaler built for flexibility, performance, and simplicity](https://github.com/aws/karpenter) |  |
| 19 | Autoscaler | [ autoscaler Autoscaling components for Kubernetes]( https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler) |  |
| 20 | Kured | [ Kubernetes Reboot Daemon](https://github.com/kubereboot/kured) |  |
| 21 | Kube-prompt | [ An interactive kubernetes client featuring auto-complete](https://github.com/c-bata/kube-prompt) |  |
| 22 | Click | [ Command Line Interactive Controller for Kubernetes](https://github.com/databricks/click) |  |
| 23 | Kubie | [ A more powerful alternative to kubectx and kubens](https://github.com/sbstp/kubie) |  |
| 24 | Pluto | [ A cli tool to help discover deprecated apiVersions in Kubernetes](https://github.com/FairwindsOps/pluto) |  |
| 25 | ksync | [ Sync files between your local system and a kubernetes cluster](https://github.com/ksync/ksync) |  |
| 26 | fleet | [ Manage large fleets of Kubernetes clusters](https://github.com/rancher/fleet) |  |
| 27 | stash | [ Backup your Kubernetes Stateful Applications](https://github.com/stashed/stash) |  |
| 28 | Finch | [ The Finch CLI an open source client for container development](https://github.com/runfinch/finch) |  |
| 29 | KubeView | [Kubernetes cluster visualiser and graphical explorer](https://github.com/benc-uk/kubeview) |  |
| 30 | Descheduler | [ Descheduler for Kubernetes ](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/descheduler) |  |
| 31 | cloudtty | [ A Friendly Kubernetes CloudShell (Web Terminal) ! ](https://github.com/cloudtty/cloudtty) |  |
| 32 | kor | [ A Tool to discover unused Kubernetes Resources ](https://github.com/yonahd/kor) |  |
| 33 | Kubernetes Image Puller | [ Caching images on a cluster by creating a DaemonSet downloading and running the container images on each node ](https://github.com/che-incubator/kubernetes-image-puller) |  |
## Alert and Monitoring
| Sr No | Tool Name | Description with URL | GitHub Popularity |
| ---------- | --------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------|
| 1 | Thanos | [ Highly available Prometheus setup with long term storage capabilities. CNCF Sandbox project. https://thanos.io](https://github.com/thanos-io/thanos) |  |
| 2 | Prometheus | [ The Prometheus monitoring system and time series database.](https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus) |  |
| 3 | Grafana | [ The tool for beautiful monitoring and metric analytics & dashboards for Graphite, InfluxDB & Prometheus & More](https://github.com/grafana/grafana) |  |
| 4 | Kubetail | [ Bash script to tail Kubernetes logs from multiple pods at the same time](https://github.com/johanhaleby/kubetail) |  |
| 5 | Searchlight | [ Alerts for Kubernetes](https://github.com/searchlight/searchlight) |  |
| 6 | linkerd2 Monitoring Mixin for Grafana | [ Grafana dashboards for linkerd2 monitoring and can work in standalone (default) or in multi cluster setup](https://github.com/andrew-waters/linkerd2-mixin) |  |
| 7 | kuberhaus | [ Kubernetes resource dashboard with node/pod layout and resource requests](https://github.com/stevelacy/kuberhaus) |  |
| 8 | Kubernetes Job/CronJob Notifier | [ This tool sends an alert to slack whenever there is a Kubernetes cronJob/Job failure/success](https://github.com/sukeesh/k8s-job-notify) |  |
| 9 | Argus | [ This tool monitors changes in the filesystem on specified paths](https://clustergarage.io/argus/docs/overview) | - |
| 10 | Kube-Scout | [ Scout for alarming issues across your Kubernetes clusters](https://github.com/ReallyLiri/kubescout) |  |
| 11 | Kwatch | [ monitor & detect crashes in your Kubernetes(K8s) cluster instantly](https://github.com/abahmed/kwatch) |  |
| 12 | Scope | [ Monitoring, visualisation & management for Docker & Kubernetes](https://github.com/weaveworks/scope) |  |
| 13 | Kubeshark | [ TCPDump and Wireshark re-invented for Kubernetes](https://github.com/kubeshark/kubeshark) |  |
| 14 | Ksniff | [ Kubectl plugin to ease sniffing on kubernetes pods using tcpdump and wireshark](https://github.com/eldadru/ksniff) |  |
| 15 | Kube-Prometheus-Top [ kptop ] | [ Monitoring for Kubernetes Nodes, Pods, Containers, and PVCs resources on the terminal through Prometheus metircs](https://github.com/eslam-gomaa/kptop) |  |
| 16 | ktop | [ A top-like tool for your Kubernetes clusters](https://github.com/vladimirvivien/ktop) |  |
| 17 | Kuberhealthy | [A Kubernetes operator for running synthetic checks as pods. Works great with Prometheus!](https://github.com/kuberhealthy/kuberhealthy) |  |
| 18 | kurt | [ A Kubernetes plugin that gives context to what is restarting in your Kubernetes cluster ](https://github.com/soraro/kurt) |  |
| 19 | KlusterView | [ Get instant insights on your Kubernetes clusters with our lightweight, plug-and-play performance monitoring tool ](https://github.com/oslabs-beta/KlusterView) |  |
## Logging and Tracing
| Sr No | Tool Name | Description with URL | GitHub Popularity |
| ---------- | --------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------|
| 1 | Jaeger | [ CNCF Jaeger, a Distributed Tracing Platform](https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger) |  |
| 2 | Kiali | [ Kiali project, observability for the Istio service mesh](https://github.com/kiali/kiali) |  |
| 3 | ELK | [ Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana](https://github.com/elastic) |  |
| 4 | fluentbit | [ Fast and Lightweight Log processor and forwarder for Linux, BSD and OSX](https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit) |  |
| 5 | Loki | [ Like Prometheus, but for logs](https://github.com/grafana/loki) |  |
| 6 | kubectl-mtail | [ tail logs from multiple pods matching label selector](https://gitlab.com/grzesuav/kubectl-mtail) | 
| 7 | k8spacket | [ packets traffic visualization for kubernetes](https://github.com/k8spacket/k8spacket) | 
| 8 | goldpinger | [ Debugging tool for Kubernetes which tests and displays connectivity between nodes in the cluster](https://github.com/bloomberg/goldpinger) | 
| 9 | Otterize network mapper | [ Map Kubernetes in-cluster traffic and export as text, intents, or an image](https://github.com/otterize/network-mapper) |  |
| 10 | kube-audit-rest | [ Kubernetes audit logging, when you don't control the control plane ](https://github.com/RichardoC/kube-audit-rest) |  |
| 11 | kail | [ kubernetes log viewer ](https://github.com/boz/kail) |  |
| 12 | network mapper | [ Map Kubernetes in-cluster traffic and export as text, intents, or an image ](https://github.com/otterize/network-mapper) |  |
## Troubleshooting / Debugging
| Sr No | Tool Name | Description with URL | GitHub Popularity |
| ---------- | --------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------|
| 1 | Monokle | [ Desktop unified visual tool for authoring, analysis and deployment of Kubernetes configurations](https://github.com/kubeshop/monokle) |  |
| 2 | Kubectl-debug | [ Allows you to run a new container with all the troubleshooting tools installed in running pod for debugging purposed](https://github.com/aylei/kubectl-debug) |  |
| 3 | PowerfulSeal | [ A powerful testing tool for Kubernetes clustersd](https://github.com/bloomberg/powerfulseal) |  |
| 4 | Crash-diagnostic | [ Crash-Diagnostics is a tool to help investigate, analyze, and troubleshoot unresponsive or crashed Kubernetes clustersd](https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/crash-diagnostics) |  |
| 5 | K9s | [ Kubernetes CLI To Manage Your Clusters In Style!d](https://github.com/derailed/k9s) |  |
| 6 | Kubernetes CLI Plugin - Doctor | [ kubectl cluster triage plugin for k8s - 🏥 (brew doctor equivalent)d](https://github.com/emirozer/kubectl-doctor) |  |
| 7 | Knative Inspect | [ A light-weight debugging tool for Knative's system componentsd](https://github.com/nimakaviani/knative-inspect) |  |
| 8 | Kubeman | [ To find information from Kubernetes clusters, and to investigate issues related to Kubernetes and Istiod](https://github.com/walmartlabs/kubeman) |  |
| 9 | kpexec | [ kpexec is a kubernetes cli that runs commands in a container with high privileges](https://github.com/ssup2/kpexec) |  |
| 10 | Koolkits | [ 🧰 Opinionated, language-specific, batteries-included debug container images for Kubernetes](https://github.com/lightrun-platform/koolkits) |  |
| 11 | kubespy | [ pod debugging tool for kubernetes clusters with docker runtimes](https://github.com/huazhihao/kubespy) |  |
| 12 | Inspektor Gadget | [ A collection of eBPF-based tools to debug and inspect Kubernetes resources and applications ](https://github.com/inspektor-gadget/inspektor-gadget) |  |
| 13 | KubeSkoop | [ kubernetes networking diagnose tool for different CNI plug-ins and IAAS providers](https://github.com/alibaba/kubeskoop) |  |
| 14 | kubent | [ Easily check your clusters for use of deprecated APIs](https://github.com/doitintl/kube-no-trouble) |  |
## Developement Tools/Kit
| Sr No | Tool Name | Description with URL | GitHub Popularity |
| ---------- | --------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------|
| 1 | Okteto: A Tool for Cloud Native Developers | [ Build better applications by developing and testing your code directly in Kubernetes](https://github.com/okteto/okteto) |  |
| 2 | Tilt: Tilt manages local development instances for teams that deploy to Kubernetes | [ Local Kubernetes development with no stress](https://github.com/windmilleng/tilt) |  |
| 3 | Garden: Kubernetes from source to finish | [ Development orchestrator for Kubernetes, containers and functions.](https://github.com/garden-io/garden) |  |
| 4 | KuberNix | [ Single dependency Kubernetes clusters for local testing, experimenting and development](https://github.com/saschagrunert/kubernix) |  |
| 5 | Copper | [ A configuration file validator for Kubernetes](https://github.com/cloud66-oss/copper) |  |
| 6 | ko | [ Build and deploy Go applications on Kubernetes](https://github.com/google/ko) |  |
| 7 | Dekorate | [ Java annotation processors for Kubernetes](https://github.com/dekorateio/dekorate) |  |
| 8 | Lens IDE | [ A powerful interface and toolkit for managing, visualizing, and interacting with multiple Kubernetes clusters](https://k8slens.dev/) | - |
| 9 | Kosko | [ Organize Kubernetes manifests in JavaScript](https://kosko.dev/) | - |
| 10 | Telepresence | [ Fast, local development for Kubernetes and Openshift microservices](https://www.telepresence.io/) | - |
| 11 | Monokle | [ Desktop unified visual tool for authoring, analysis and deployment of Kubernetes configurations](https://github.com/kubeshop/monokle) |  |
| 12 | KuberEz | [ Graphical modeling tool for Kubernetes manifest](https://github.com/uengine-oss/kuber-ez) |  |
| 13 | mirrord | [ Run your local process in the context of your cloud cluster](https://github.com/metalbear-co/mirrord) |  |
| 14 | Aptakube | [ A modern, lightweight and multi-cluster desktop client for Kubernetes](https://aptakube.com) | - |
| 15 | Kubes | [ Kubernetes App Deploy Tool: build docker image, compile Kubernetes YAML files, and apply them](https://github.com/boltops-tools/kubes) |  |
| 16 | Kaniko | [ Build Container Images In Kubernetes](https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kaniko) |  |
| 17 | Python client for kuberenetes | [ Official Python client library for kubernetes](https://github.com/kubernetes-client/python) |  |
| 18 | eclipse che IDE for k8s | [ The Kubernetes-Native IDE for Developer Teams](https://github.com/eclipse/che) |  |
| 19 | Kubebuilder | [ SDK for building Kubernetes APIs using CRDs](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubebuilder) |  |
| 20 | Operator-sdk | [ SDK for building Kubernetes applications. Provides high level APIs, useful abstractions, and project scaffolding](https://github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk) |  |
| 21 | cdk8s | [ Kubernetes native apps and abstractions using object-oriented programming](https://github.com/cdk8s-team/cdk8s) |  |
| 22 | Gitkube | [ Build and deploy docker images to Kubernetes using git push](https://github.com/hasura/gitkube) |  |
| 23 | Arkade | [ Open Source Marketplace For Kubernetes](https://github.com/alexellis/arkade) |  |
| 24 | k2tf | [ k2tf - Kubernetes YAML to Terraform HCL converters](https://github.com/sl1pm4t/k2tf) |  |
| 25 | Terraformer | [ CLI tool to generate terraform files from existing infrastructure (reverse Terraform). Infrastructure to Code](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/terraformer) |  |
| 26 | Atomix | [ A Kubernetes toolkit for building distributed applications using cloud native principles](https://github.com/atomix/atomix) |  |
| 27 | Brigade | [ Event-driven scripting for Kubernetes](https://github.com/brigadecore/brigade) |  |
| 28 | Spread | [ Docker to Kubernetes in one command](https://github.com/redspread/spread) |  |
| 29 | Kompose | [ convert docker compose to kubernetes resources](https://github.com/kubernetes/kompose) |  |
| 30 | Helmfile | [ Declaratively deploy your Kubernetes manifests, Kustomize configs, and Charts as Helm releases. Generate all-in-one manifests for use with ArgoCD.](https://github.com/helmfile/helmfile) |  |
| 31 | validkube | [ ValidKube combines the best open-source tools to help ensure Kubernetes YAML best practices, hygiene & security.]( https://github.com/komodorio/validkube) |  |
| 32 | Config Syncer | [ Config Syncer by AppsCode keeps ConfigMaps and Secrets synchronized across namespaces and/or clusters.](https://github.com/kubeops/config-syncer) |  |
| 33 | Gefyra | [ Gefyra: Blazingly-fast, rock-solid, local application development with Kubernetes](https://github.com/gefyrahq/gefyra) |  |
| 34 | Kubernetes ConfigMap Reload | [ Simple binary to trigger a reload when a Kubernetes ConfigMap is updated](https://github.com/jimmidyson/configmap-reload) |  |
| 35 | RELOADER | [ A Kubernetes controller to watch changes in ConfigMap and Secrets and do rolling upgrades on Pods](https://github.com/stakater/Reloader) |  |
| 36 | Ingress Monitor Controller | [ A Kubernetes controller to watch ingresses and create liveness alerts for your apps/microservices in UptimeRobot, StatusCake, Pingdom, etc](https://github.com/stakater/IngressMonitorController) |  |
| 37 | odo | [ Developer-focused CLI for fast & iterative application development on Kubernetes and Podman](https://odo.dev/) |  |
| 38 | configmap-reload | [Simple binary to trigger a reload when a Kubernetes ConfigMap is updated](https://github.com/jimmidyson/configmap-reload) |  |
| 39 | k8tz | [Kubernetes admission controller and a CLI tool to inject timezones into Pods and CronJobs](https://github.com/k8tz/k8tz) |  |
| 40 | KDash | [A simple and fast dashboard for Kubernetes ](https://github.com/kdash-rs/kdash) |  |
| 41 | DevSpace | [An open-source developer tool for Kubernetes that lets you develop and deploy cloud-native software faster](https://www.devspace.sh/) |  |
| 42 | K8Studio | [K8 Studio is a cross-platform client IDE to manage Kubernetes Clusters](https://github.com/guiqui/k8Studio) |  |
| 43 | Radius | [Radius is a cloud-native, portable application platform that makes app development easier for teams building cloud-native apps](https://github.com/radius-project/radius) |  |
| 44 | Kubefirst | [The Kubefirst CLI creates instant GitOps platforms that integrate some of the best tools in cloud native from scratch in minutes](https://github.com/kubefirst/kubefirst) |  |
| 45 | k'exp | [Understand Kubernetes - the visual way Not yet another attempt to manage production clusters in the browser](https://github.com/iximiuz/kexp) |  |
| 46 | k8s-insider | [A zero-config way to access you kubernetes cluster network](https://github.com/TrueGoric/k8s-insider) |  |
| 47 | Cyclops | [Developer friendly Kubernetes 👁️](https://github.com/cyclops-ui/cyclops) |  |
| 48 | Sablier | [Start your containers on demand, shut them down automatically when there's no activity. ](https://github.com/acouvreur/sablier) |  |
| 49 | kronic | [ The simple Kubernetes CronJob Admin UI ](https://github.com/mshade/kronic) |  |
| 50 | Kor | [ A Golang Tool to discover unused Kubernetes Resources ](https://github.com/yonahd/kor) |  |
| 51 | Docketeer | [ Docketeer is a developer-friendly application that provides a single interface for container and network management as well as metric visualization. ](https://github.com/open-source-labs/Docketeer) |  |
| 52 | Helmify | [ Creates Helm chart from Kubernetes yaml ](https://github.com/arttor/helmify) |  |
| 53 | Kueue | [ Kubernetes-native Job Queueing ](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kueue) |  |
| 54 | Reckoner | [ Declaratively install and manage multiple Helm chart releases ](https://github.com/FairwindsOps/reckoner) |  |
| 55 | Katenary | [ Convert docker-compose to a configurable helm chart ](https://github.com/metal3d/katenary) |  |
| 56 | kubernetes-replicator | [ Kubernetes controller for synchronizing secrets & config maps across namespaces ](https://github.com/mittwald/kubernetes-replicator) |  |
| 57 | node-gizmo | [ A CLI utility for your Kubernetes nodes ](https://github.com/Kavinraja-G/node-gizmo) |  |
| 58 | KubeBlocks | [ open-source control plane that runs and manages databases, message queues and other data infrastructure on K8s. ](https://github.com/apecloud/kubeblocks) |  |
| 59 | KFtray | [ Manage and run multiple kubectl port-forward configurations directly in the menu bar, syncing configurations with git repositories. ](https://github.com/hcavarsan/kftray) |  |
| 60 | Tilt | [ Define your dev environment as code. For microservice apps on Kubernetes. ](https://github.com/tilt-dev/tilt) |  |
| 61 | Garden | [ Automation for Kubernetes development and testing. Spin up production-like environments for development, testing, and CI on demand. ](https://github.com/garden-io/garden) |  |
## Alternative Tools for Development
| Sr No | Tool Name | Description with URL | GitHub Popularity |
| ---------- | --------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------|
| 1 | Minikube | [ minikube implements a local Kubernetes clusterd](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube) |  |
| 2 | KubeSphere | [ Easy-to-use Production Ready Container Platform https://kubesphere.io](https://github.com/kubesphere/kubesphere) |  |
| 3 | skippbox | [ A Desktop application for k8sd](https://github.com/skippbox/skippbox) |  |
| 4 | kind | [ Kubernetes IN Docker - local clusters for testing Kubernetes https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/d](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind) |  |
| 5 | k3d | [ k3d is a lightweight wrapper to run k3s (Rancher Lab’s minimal Kubernetes distribution) in docker.d](https://k3d.io/) | -
| 6 | Systemk: virtual kubelet for systemd | [ Systemk is a systemd backend for the virtual-kubelet. Instead of starting containers, you start systemd units](https://github.com/virtual-kubelet/systemk) |  |
| 7 | mokbox | [ Build verifiably conformant multi-node kubernetes clusters in containers](https://github.com/bashtools/mokctl) |  |
| 8 | Otomi | [ Self-hosted PaaS for Kubernetes](https://github.com/redkubes/otomi-core) |  |
| 9 | Rainbond | [ offers a serverless experience, and allows you to easily manage containerized applications without needing to understand Kubernetes](https://github.com/goodrain/rainbond) |  |
## CI/CD integration Tools
| Sr No | Tool Name | Description with URL | GitHub Popularity |
| ---------- | --------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------|
| 1 | HybridK8s Droid | [ Intelligence foor your favourite Delivery Platform](https://hybridk8s.tech/) | - |
| 2 | Devtron | [ Software Delivery Workflow for Kubernetes](https://github.com/devtron-labs/devtron) |  |
| 3 | Skaffold | [ Easy and Repeatable Kubernetes Development](https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold) |  |
| 4 | Apollo | [ Apollo - The logz.io continuous deployment solution over kubernetes](https://github.com/logzio/apollo) |  |
| 5 | Helm Cabin | [ Web UI that visualizes Helm releases in a Kubernetes cluster](https://github.com/Nick-Triller/helm-cabin) |  |
| 6 | flagger | [ Progressive delivery Kubernetes operator (Canary, A/B Testing and Blue/Green deployments)](https://github.com/weaveworks/flagger) |  |
| 7 | Kubeform | [ Kubernetes CRDs for Terraform providers https://kubeform.com](https://github.com/kubeform/kubeform) |  |
| 8 | Spinnaker | [ Spinnaker is an open source, multi-cloud continuous delivery platform for releasing software changes with high velocity and confidence. http://www.spinnaker.io/](https://github.com/spinnaker/spinnaker) |  |
| 9 | werf | [ GitOps tool to deliver apps to Kubernetes and integrate this process with GitLab and other CI tools](https://github.com/werf/werf) |  |
| 10 | Flux | [ GitOps Kubernetes operator](https://github.com/fluxcd/flux) |  |
| 11 | Argo CD | [ Declarative continuous deployment for Kubernetes](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd) |  |
| 12 | Tekton | [ A cloud native continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) solution](https://github.com/tektoncd/pipeline) |  |
| 13 | Jenkins X | [ Jenkins X provides automated CI+CD for Kubernetes with Preview Environments on Pull Requests using Tekton, Knative, Lighthouse, Skaffold and Helm](https://github.com/jenkins-x/jx) |  |
| 14 | Drone | [ Drone is a Container-Native, Continuous Delivery Platform](https://github.com/harness/drone) |  |
| 15 | Helmwave | [ Helmwave is helm3-native tool for deploy your Helm Charts](https://github.com/helmwave/helmwave) |  |
| 16 | Helmsman | [ Helm Charts as Code ](https://github.com/Praqma/helmsman) |  |
| 17 | PipeCD | [ The One CD for All {applications, platforms, operations} ](https://github.com/pipe-cd/pipecd) |  |
| 18 | Kluctl | [ Kluctl implements templated declarative Kubernetes deployments, supporting push (CLI) and pull (kluctl-controller) based GitOps from the same source ](https://github.com/kluctl/kluctl) |  |
| 19 | kubedog | [ Library to watch and follow kubernetes resources in CI/CD deploy pipelines](https://github.com/werf/kubedog) |  |
| 20 | Kubefirst | [ GitOps Infrastructure & Application Delivery Platform](https://github.com/kubefirst/kubefirst) |  |
| 21 | autoapply | [ Automatically apply changes to a Kubernetes cluster](https://github.com/autoapply/autoapply) |  |
## Security Tools
| Sr No | Tool Name | Description with URL | GitHub Popularity |
| ---------- | --------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------|
| 1 | Kubevious CLI | [ Prevent cross-manifest errors and violations of best practicees in YAML files, Helm Charts and Kubernetes clusters](https://github.com/kubevious/cli) |  |
| 2 | TerraScan | [ Detect compliance and security violations across Infrastructure as Code to mitigate risk before provisioning cloud native infrastructure.](https://github.com/accurics/terrascan) |  |
| 3 | klum | [ Kubernetes Lazy User Manager](https://github.com/ibuildthecloud/klum) |  |
| 4 | kube2iam | [ IAM credentials to containers running inside a kubernetes cluster based on annotations.](https://github.com/jtblin/kube2iam) |  |
| 5 | Kyverno | [ Kubernetes Native Policy Management https://kyverno.io](https://github.com/nirmata/kyverno) |  |
| 6 | kiosk | [ kiosk office Multi-Tenancy Extension For Kubernetes - Secure Cluster Sharing & Self-Service Namespace Provisioning](https://github.com/kiosk-sh/kiosk) |  |
| 7 | kube-bench | [ CIS Kubernetes Benchmark tool](https://github.com/aquasecurity/kube-bench) |  |
| 8 | kube-hunter | [ Pentesting tool - Hunts for security weaknesses in Kubernetes clusters](https://github.com/aquasecurity/kube-hunter) |  |
| 9 | kube-who-can | [ Show who has RBAC permissions to perform actions on different resources in Kubernetes](https://github.com/aquasecurity/kubectl-who-can) |  |
| 10 | starboard | [ Kubernetes-native security toolkit](https://github.com/aquasecurity/starboard) |  |
| 11 | Simulator | [ Kubernetes Security Training Platform - Focussing on security mitigation](https://github.com/kubernetes-simulator/simulator) |  |
| 12 | RBAC Lookup | [ Easily find roles and cluster roles attached to any user, service account, or group name in your Kubernetes cluster https://fairwinds.com](https://github.com/FairwindsOps/rbac-lookup) |  |
| 13 | Kubeaudit | [ kubeaudit helps you audit your Kubernetes clusters against common security controls](https://github.com/Shopify/kubeaudit) |  |
| 14 | Gangway | [ An application that can be used to easily enable authentication flows via OIDC for a kubernetes cluster](https://github.com/heptiolabs/gangway) |  |
| 15 | Audit2rbac | [ Autogenerate RBAC policies based on Kubernetes audit logs](https://github.com/liggitt/audit2rbac) |  |
| 16 | Chartsec | [ Helm Chart security scanner](https://github.com/banzaicloud/chartsec) |  |
| 17 | kubestriker | [ Security Auditing tool](https://github.com/vchinnipilli/kubestriker) |  |
| 18 | Datree | [ CLI tool to prevent K8s misconfigurations by ensuring that manifests and Helm charts follow best practices as well as your organization’s policies](https://github.com/datreeio/datree) |  |
| 19 | Krane | [ Kubernetes RBAC static Analysis & visualisation tool](https://github.com/appvia/krane) |  |
| 20 | Falco | [ The Falco Project - Cloud-Native runtime security](https://falco.org/) | - |
| 21 | Clair | [ Vulnerability Static Analysis for Containers](https://github.com/quay/clair) |  |
| 22 | M9sweeper | [ Complete Kubernetes Security Platform](https://github.com/m9sweeper/m9sweeper) |  |
| 23 | Trivy | [ Find vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, secrets, SBOM in Kubernetes](https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy) |  |
| 24 | kubesec | [ Security risk analysis for Kubernetes resources]( https://github.com/controlplaneio/kubesec) |  |
| 25 | Vault-k8s | [ First-class support for Vault and Kubernetes](https://github.com/hashicorp/vault-k8s) |  |
| 26 | Hardeneks | [ Runs checks to see if an EKS cluster follows EKS Best Practices.](https://github.com/aws-samples/hardeneks) |  |
| 27 | Hubble | [ Network, Service & Security Observability for Kubernetes using eBPF]( https://github.com/cilium/hubble) |  |
| 28 | Kubeval | [ Validate your Kubernetes configuration files, supports multiple Kubernetes versions](https://github.com/instrumenta/kubeval) |  |
| 29 | Paralus | [ Paralus enables controlled, audited access to Kubernetes infrastructure and Zero trust Kubernetes with zero friction.](https://github.com/paralus/paralus) |  |
| 30 | Peirates | [ Kubernetes Penetration Testing tool](https://github.com/inguardians/peirates) |  |
| 31 | Kubectl-kubesec | [ Security risk analysis for Kubernetes resources](https://github.com/controlplaneio/kubectl-kubesec) |  |
| 32 | jsPolicy | [ jsPolicy is a policy engine for Kubernetes that allows you to write policies in JavaScript or TypeScript](https://github.com/pavan-kumar-99/medium-manifests/tree/jsPolicy) | - |
| 33 | Netchecks | [ Set of tools for testing network conditions and asserting that they are as expected.](https://github.com/hardbyte/netchecks/) |  |
| 34 | KubeLinter | [ KubeLinter is a static analysis tool that checks Kubernetes YAML files and Helm charts to ensure the applications represented in them adhere to best practices](https://github.com/stackrox/kube-linter) |  |
| 35 | IceKube | [ IceKube is a tool to help find attack paths within a Kubernetes cluster from a low privileged point, to a preferred location, typically cluster-admin](https://github.com/WithSecureLabs/IceKube) |  |
| 36 | kube-rebac-authorizer | [ Beyond RBAC: Implementing Relation-based Access Control for Kubernetes with OpenFGA ](https://github.com/luxas/kube-rebac-authorizer) |  |
| 37 | MTKPI | [ 🧰 Multi Tool Kubernetes Pentest Image ](https://github.com/r0binak/MTKPI) |  |
| 38 | KubeZoo | [ a lightweight kubernetes multi-tenancy gateway ](https://github.com/kubewharf/kubezoo) |  |
| 39 | kubectl-modify-secrets | [ allows user to directly modify the secret without worrying about base64 encoding/decoding ](https://github.com/rajatjindal/kubectl-modify-secret) |  |
## Network Policies
| Sr No | Tool Name | Description with URL | GitHub Popularity |
| ---------- | --------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------|
| 1 | Calico | [ Cloud native connectivity and network policy](https://github.com/projectcalico/calico) |  |
| 2 | kokotap | [ Tools for kubernetes pod network tapping](https://github.com/redhat-nfvpe/kokotap) |  |
| 3 | Submariner | [ Connect all your Kubernetes clusters, no matter where they are in the world](https://github.com/submariner-io/submariner) |  |
| 4 | egress-operator | [ An operator to produce egress gateway pods and control access to them with network policies](https://github.com/monzo/egress-operator) |  |
| 5 | kubefwd (Kube Forward) | [ Bulk port forwarding Kubernetes services for local development](https://github.com/txn2/kubefwd) |  |
| 6 | Kilo (k8s + wg) | [ A multi-cloud network overlay built on WireGuard and designed for Kubernetes](https://github.com/squat/kilo) |  |
| 7 | Cilium | [ eBPF-based Networking, Security, and Observability ](https://github.com/cilium/cilium) |  |
| 8 | MetalLB | [MetalLB is a load-balancer implementation for bare metal Kubernetes clusters, using standard routing protocols](https://github.com/metallb/metallb) |  |
| 9 | Spiderpool | [ underlay network solution of cloud native, for bare metal, VM and public cloud ](https://github.com/spidernet-io/spiderpool) |  |
| 10 | LoxiLB | [ eBPF based cloud-native load-balancer. Powering K8s,Edge,5G,IoT,XaaS Apps ](https://github.com/loxilb-io/loxilb) |  |
| 11 | submariner | [ Networking component for interconnecting Pods and Services across Kubernetes clusters ](https://github.com/submariner-io/submariner) |  |
| 12 | netfetch | [ Scan k8s clusters for network policies and identifying unprotected workloads. ](https://github.com/deggja/netfetch) |  |
| 13 | Network Policy API | [ A further work involving Kubernetes network security beyond the NetworkPolicy v1 resource. ](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/network-policy-api) |  |
## Testing Tools
| Sr No | Tool Name | Description with URL | GitHub Popularity |
| ---------- | --------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------|
| 1 | Testkube | [ Kubernetes-native testing framework for testers and developers](https://github.com/kubeshop/testkube) |  |
| 2 | k6d | [ A modern load testing tool, using Go and JavaScript](https://github.com/loadimpact/k6) |  |
| 3 | Network bandwith and load testingd - | [ Test suite for Kubernetes](https://github.com/mrahbar/k8s-testsuite) |  |
| 4 | test-infrad | [ Test infrastructure for the Kubernetes project](https://github.com/kubernetes/test-infra) |  |
| 5 | kube-scored | [ Kubernetes object analysis with recommendations for improved reliability and security](https://github.com/zegl/kube-score) |  |
| 6 | Litmusd | [ Cloud-Native Chaos Engineering; Kubernetes-Native Chaos Engineering; Chaos Engineering for Kubernetes](https://github.com/litmuschaos/litmus) |  |
| 7 | PowerfulSeald | [ A powerful testing tool for Kubernetes clusters](https://github.com/bloomberg/powerfulseal) |  |
| 8 | kube-burnerd | [ Kube-burner is a tool aimed at stressing kubernetes clusters](https://kube-burner.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) | - |
| 9 | Tracetest | [ Generate end-to-end and integration tests automatically from your OpenTelemetry traces](https://github.com/kubeshop/tracetest) |  |
| 10 | Microcks | [ Kubernetes native tool for mocking and testing API and micro-services](https://github.com/microcks/microcks) |  |
| 11 | KWOK | [ Kubernetes WithOut Kubelet - Simulates thousands of Nodes and Clusters.](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kwok) |  |
| 12 | Keploy | [ Open source Tool for converting user-traffic to Test Cases and Data Stubs.](https://github.com/keploy/keploy) |  |
| 13 | Netchecks | [Tool to validate assumptions about the network](https://github.com/hardbyte/netchecks) |  |
| 14 | Nighthawk | [ Nighthawk is Layer5's versatile HTTP load tester. Drills deep with constant & adaptive rates, revealing performance insights ](https://github.com/layer5io/getnighthawk) |  |
| 15 | perf-tests | [ Performance tests and benchmarks ](https://github.com/kubernetes/perf-tests) |  |
## Service Mesh
| Sr No | Tool Name | Description with URL | GitHub Popularity |
| ---------- | --------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------|
| 1 | Istio | [ Connect, secure, control, and observe services](https://github.com/istio/istio) |  |
| 2 | Traefik | [ The Cloud Native Edge Router](https://github.com/containous/traefik) |  |
| 3 | NGINX Ingress Controller | [ NGINX and NGINX Plus Ingress Controllers for Kubernetes](https://github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress) |  |
| 4 | Autopilot | [ THE SERVICE MESH SDK](https://docs.solo.io/autopilot/latest) | - |
| 5 | linkerd-config | [ A Kubernetes controller that knows how to reconcile the Linkerd configuration](https://github.com/ihcsim/linkerd-config) |  |
| 6 | Kong | [ Kong for Kubernetes: the official Ingress Controller for Kubernetes](https://github.com/Kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller) |  |
| 7 | OSM | [ Open Service Mesh (OSM) is a lightweight, extensible, cloud native service mesh](https://github.com/openservicemesh/osm) |  |
| 8 | Gloo Mesh | [ The Service Mesh Orchestration Platform](https://github.com/solo-io/gloo-mesh) |  |
| 9 | APISIX | [ Apache APISIX is a dynamic, real-time, high-performance API gateway.](https://github.com/apache/apisix) |  |
| 10 | Contour | [ High performance ingress controller for Kubernetes](https://projectcontour.io/) | - |
| 11 | Kusk Gateway | [ OpenAPI-driven Ingress Controller for Kubernetes](https://kusk.io/kusk-gateway) | - |
| 12 | MerBridge | [ Use eBPF to speed up your Service Mesh like crossing an Einstein-Rosen Bridge.](https://github.com/merbridge/merbridge) |  |
## Observability
| Sr No | Tool Name | Description with URL | GitHub Popularity |
| ---------- | --------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------|
| 1 | Kubespy | [ Tools for observing Kubernetes resources in real time](https://github.com/pulumi/kubespy) |  |
| 2 | Popeye | [ A Kubernetes cluster resource sanitizer](https://github.com/derailed/popeye) |  |
| 3 | Stern | [ Multi pod and container log tailing for Kubernetes](https://github.com/stern/stern) |  |
| 4 | Cri-tools | [ CLI and validation tools for Kubelet Container Runtime Interface (CRI)](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cri-tools) |  |
| 5 | Kubebox | [ Terminal and Web console for Kubernetes](https://github.com/astefanutti/kubebox) |  |
| 6 | Kubewatch | [ Watch k8s events and trigger Handlers](https://github.com/bitnami-labs/kubewatch) |  |
| 7 | kube-state-metrics | [ Add-on agent to generate and expose cluster-level metrics](https://github.com/kubernetes/kube-state-metrics) |  |
| 8 | Sloop | [ Kubernetes History Visualization](https://github.com/salesforce/sloop?utm_sq=g90yo8t8s1) |  |
| 9 | kubectl tree 🎄 | [ Kubectl plugin to observe object hierarchies through ownerReferences](https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectl-tree) |  |
| 10 | chaoskube | [ chaoskube periodically kills random pods in your Kubernetes cluster](https://github.com/linki/chaoskube) |  |
| 11 | BotKube | [ Helps you monitor your Kubernetes cluster(s), debug critical deployments and gives recommendations for standard practices](https://www.botkube.io/) | - |
| 12 | Kubestone | [ Kubestone is a benchmarking Operator that can evaluate the performance of Kubernetes installations](https://kubestone.io/en/latest) | - |
| 13 | Chaos Mesh | [ A Chaos Engineering Platform for Kubernetes](https://github.com/pingcap/chaos-mesh) |  |
| 14 | Lemur | [ LEMUR: Observability and Context](https://github.com/turbonomic/lemur) |  |
| 15 | kubernetes-event-exporter | [ Export Kubernetes events to multiple destinations with routing and filtering](https://github.com/opsgenie/kubernetes-event-exporter) |  |
| 16 | Kubevious | [ Kubevious is an app-centric assurance, validation, and introspection platform for Kubernetes](https://kubevious.io/) | - |
| 17 | OpenTelemetry | [ High-quality, ubiquitous, and portable telemetry to enable effective observability](https://opentelemetry.io/) | - |
| 18 | Grafana Tempo | [ Grafana Tempo is a high volume, minimal dependency distributed tracing backend](https://github.com/grafana/tempo) |  |
| 19 | Tracetest | [ Generate end-to-end and integration tests automatically from your OpenTelemetry traces](https://github.com/kubeshop/tracetest) |  |
| 20 | Pumba | [ Chaos testing, network emulation, and stress testing tool for containers](https://github.com/alexei-led/pumba) |  |
| 21 | Robusta | [ Kubernetes observability and automation, with an awesome Prometheus integration](https://github.com/robusta-dev/robusta) |  |
| 22 | kubeinvaders | [ Gamified Chaos Engineering Tool for Kubernetes](https://github.com/lucky-sideburn/kubeinvaders) |  |
| 23 | Headlamp | [ An easy-to-use and extensible web UI for Kubernetes](https://github.com/headlamp-k8s/headlamp) |  |
## Machine Learning/Deep Learning
| Sr No | Tool Name | Description with URL | GitHub Popularity |
| ---------- | --------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------|
| 1 | Nos | [ nos is an open-source platform to efficiently run AI workloads on Kubernetes, increasing GPU utilization and reducing infrastructure and operational costs](https://github.com/nebuly-ai/nos) |  |
| 2 | Kubeflow | [ Machine Learning Toolkit for Kubernetes](https://github.com/kubeflow/kubeflow) |  |
| 3 | Volcano | [ A Kubernetes Native Batch System](https://github.com/volcano-sh/volcano) |  |
## Compute Edge Tools
| Sr No | Tool Name | Description with URL | GitHub Popularity |
| ---------- | --------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------|
| 1 | KubeEdge | [ Kubernetes Native Edge Computing Framework](https://github.com/kubeedge/kubeedge) |  |
| 2 | OpenYurt | [ Extending your native Kubernetes to edge](https://github.com/openyurtio/openyurt) |  |
| 3 | Akri | [ A Kubernetes Resource Interface for the Edge](https://github.com/project-akri/akri) |  |
| 4 | SuperEdge | [ An edge-native container management system for edge computing](https://github.com/superedge/superedge) |  |
| 5 | Keylime | [ A CNCF Project to Bootstrap & Maintain Trust on the Edge / Cloud and IoT](https://github.com/keylime/keylime) |  |
| 6 | Microk8s | [ A small, fast, single-package Kubernetes for developers, IoT and edge](https://github.com/canonical/microk8s) |  |
| 7 | Shifu | [ Kubernetes native IoT software development framework](https://github.com/Edgenesis/shifu) |  |
| 8 | kairos | [ The immutable Linux meta-distribution for edge Kubernetes](https://github.com/kairos-io/kairos) |  |
## Kubernetes Tools for Specific Cloud
| Sr No | Tool Name | Description with URL | GitHub Popularity |
| ---------- | --------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------|
| 1 | Kubernetes on AWS (kube-aws) | [ A command-line tool to declaratively manage Kubernetes clusters on AWS](https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/kube-aws) |  |
| 2 | Draft: Streamlined Kubernetes Development | [ A tool for developers to create cloud-native applications on Kubernetes](https://github.com/azure/draft) |  |
| 3 | helm-ssm | [ A low dependency tool for retrieving and injecting secrets from AWS SSM into Helm](https://github.com/totango/helm-ssm) |  |
| 4 | Skupper | [ Multicloud communication for Kubernetes](https://skupper.io/) | - |
| 5 | AWS workshop for kubernetes | [ AWS workshop for kubernetes](https://github.com/aws-samples/aws-workshop-for-kubernetes) |  |
| 6 | Sealos | [ A Kubernetes distribution, a general-purpose Cloud Operating System designed for managing cloud-native applications](https://github.com/labring/sealos) |  |
| 7 | Porter | [ Kubernetes-powered PaaS that runs in your own cloud.](https://github.com/porter-dev/porter) |  |
| 8 | Kubicorn | [ Create, manage, snapshot, and scale Kubernetes infrastructure in the public cloud](https://github.com/kubicorn/kubicorn) |  |
| 9 | eksdemo | [ The easy button for learning, testing and demoing Amazon EKS ](https://github.com/awslabs/eksdemo) |  |
## Storage Providers
| Sr No | Tool Name | Description with URL | GitHub Popularity |
| ---------- | --------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------|
| 1 | ChubaoFS | [ distributed file system and object storage](https://github.com/chubaofs/chubaofs) |  |
| 2 | Longhorn | [ Cloud-Native distributed block storage built on and for Kubernetes](https://github.com/longhorn/longhorn) |  |
| 3 | OpenEBS | [ Kubernetes native - hyperconverged block storage with multiple storage engines](https://github.com/openebs/openebs) |  |
| 4 | Rook | [ Storage Orchestration for Kubernetes](https://github.com/rook/rook) |  |
| 5 | SeaweedFS | [ Distributed file system supports read-write many volumes](https://github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs) |  |
| 6 | TiKV | [ Distributed transactional key-value database](https://github.com/tikv/tikv) |  |
| 7 | TopoLVM | [ Capacity-aware CSI plugin for Kubernetes](https://github.com/topolvm/topolvm) |  |
| 8 | velero | [ Backup and migrate Kubernetes applications and their persistent volumes](https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero) |  |
| 9 | Vitess | [ Vitess is a database clustering system for horizontal scaling of MySQL](https://github.com/vitessio/vitess) |  |
| 10 | kaDalu | [ A lightweight Persistent storage solution for Kubernetes / OpenShift using GlusterFS in background](https://github.com/kadalu/kadalu) |  |
| 11 | hwameistor | [ Hwameistor is an HA local storage system for cloud-native stateful workloads.](https://github.com/hwameistor/hwameistor) |  |
## Backup Tools
| Sr No | Tool Name | Description with URL | GitHub Popularity |
| ---------- | --------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------|
| 1 | Stash | [ 🛅 Backup your Kubernetes Stateful Applications](https://github.com/stashed/stash) | 
| 2 | kube-dump | [ Backup a Kubernetes cluster as a yaml manifest](https://github.com/WoozyMasta/kube-dump) | 
| 3 | VolSync | [ Asynchronous data replication for Kubernetes volumes](https://github.com/backube/volsync) | 
| 4 | Reflector | [ Custom Kubernetes controller that can be used to replicate secrets, configmaps and certificates.](https://github.com/emberstack/kubernetes-reflector) | 
| 5 | Reflector | [ Scheduled snapshots for Kubernetes persistent volumes.](https://github.com/backube/snapscheduler) | |
| 6 | K8up Backup Operator | [ K8up is a Kubernetes backup operator based on Restic that will handle PVC and application backups on a Kubernetes or OpenShift cluster](https://github.com/k8up-io/k8up) | 
## Multiple Tools Repo
| Sr No | Tool Name | Description with URL | GitHub Popularity |
| ---------- | --------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------|
| 1 | Chaos Toolkit Kubernetes Support | [ Kubernetes driver extension of the Chaos Toolkit probes and actions API](https://github.com/chaostoolkit/chaostoolkit-kubernetes) |  |
| 2 | k14s | [ Kubernetes Tools that follow Unix philosophy to be simple and composable](https://github.com/k14s) |  |
| 3 | Pulumi | [ Pulumi - Modern Infrastructure as Code. Any cloud, any language. Give your team cloud superpowers rocket https://www.pulumi.com](https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi) |  |
| 4 | Gvisor | [ Application Kernel for Containers](https://github.com/google/gvisor) |  |
| 5 | Colima | [ Container runtimes on macOS (and Linux) with minimal setup](https://github.com/abiosoft/colima) |  |
| 6 | Krateo Platformops | [ Open source platform to manage infrastructure, resources and applications via YAML files](https://github.com/krateoplatformops/krateo) |  |
| 7 | Kamus | [ An open source, git-ops, zero-trust secret encryption and decryption solution for Kubernetes applications](https://github.com/Soluto/kamus) |  |
| 8 | korb | [ Move Kubernetes PVCs between Storage Classes and Namespaces](https://github.com/BeryJu/korb) |  |
## Cost Optimisation
| Sr No | Tool Name | Description with URL | GitHub Popularity |
| ---------- | --------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------|
| 1 | Kubecost | [ Cross-cloud cost allocation models for workloads running on Kubernetes](https://github.com/kubecost/cost-model) |  |
| 2 | PerfectScale | [ Reduce Kubernetes costs while improving performance and resilience with data-driven intelligence built for continuous optimization](https://www.perfectscale.io) | - |
| 3 | OpenCost | [ OpenCost — your favorite open source cost monitoring tool for Kubernetes](https://github.com/opencost/opencost) |  |
| 4 | kube-green | [kube-green is a simple k8s addon that automatically shuts down (some of) your resources when you don't need them](https://github.com/kube-green/kube-green) |  |
## Function as a Service FaaS
| Sr No | Tool Name | Description with URL | GitHub Popularity |
| ---------- | --------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------|
| 1 | Knative Serving | [ Kubernetes-based, scale-to-zero, request-driven compute ](https://github.com/knative/serving) |  |
| 2 | OpenFaaS | [ OpenFaaS - Serverless Functions Made Simple](https://github.com/openfaas/faas) |  |
| 3 | Kubeless | [ Kubernetes Native Serverless Framework](https://github.com/vmware-archive/kubeless) |  |
| 4 | Fission | [ Fast and Simple Serverless Functions for Kubernetes ](https://github.com/fission/fission) |  |
| 5 | Nuclio | [ High-Performance Serverless event and data processing platform ](https://github.com/nuclio/nuclio) |  |
## Artificial Intelligence
| Sr No | Tool Name | Description with URL | GitHub Popularity |
| ---------- | --------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------|
| 1 | k8sgpt | [ Giving Kubernetes SRE superpowers to everyone ](https://github.com/k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt) |  |
| 2 | kubectl-ai | [ Kubectl plugin for OpenAI GPT ](https://github.com/sozercan/kubectl-ai) |  |
| 3 | kopilot | [ Your AI Kubernetes Expert ](https://github.com/knight42/kopilot) |  |
| 4 | kopylot | [ An AI-Powered assistant for Kubernetes developers ](https://github.com/avsthiago/kopylot) |  |
| 5 | aiac | [ Artificial Intelligence K8s manifest and package generator](https://github.com/gofireflyio/aiac) |  |
| 6 | mico | [ An AI assisted kubectl helper](https://github.com/tahtaciburak/mico) |  |
| 7 | kserve | [ Standardized Serverless ML Inference Platform on Kubernets](https://github.com/kserve/kserve) | |
| 8 | kubectl-assistant | [ This tool uses OpenAI's GPT3 API to generate Kubernetes kubectl commands to run against a cluster ](https://github.com/dkoshkin/kubectl-assistant) |  |
## Caching
| Sr No | Tool Name | Description with URL | GitHub Popularity |
| ---------- | --------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------|
| 1 | kube-fledged | [ A kubernetes operator for creating and managing a cache of container images directly on the cluster worker nodes ](https://github.com/senthilrch/kube-fledged) |  |
| 2 | kubernetes-image-puller | [ It is used for caching images on a cluster. It creates a DaemonSet downloading and running the relevant container images on each node. ](https://github.com/che-incubator/kubernetes-image-puller) |  |
| 3 | Tugger | [ Kubernetes Admission Webhook to enforce pulling of Docker images from the private registry. ](https://github.com/jainishshah17/tugger) |  |
| 4 | kube-image-keeper (kuik) | [ kuik is a container image caching system for Kubernetes](https://github.com/enix/kube-image-keeper) |  |
| 5 | harbor | [ A trusted cloud native registry project that stores,caches, signs, and scans content. ](https://github.com/goharbor/harbor) |  |
## Clients
| Sr No | Tool Name | Description with URL | GitHub Popularity |
| ---------- | --------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------|
| 1 | Go Client for Kubernetes | [ Official Golang client library for kubernetes ](https://github.com/kubernetes-client/go) |  |
| 2 | Python Client for Kubernetes | [ Official Python client library for kubernetes ](https://github.com/kubernetes-client/python) |  |
| 3 | Java Client for Kubernetes | [ Official Java client library for kubernetes ](https://github.com/kubernetes-client/java) |  |
| 4 | Javascript Client for Kubernetes | [ Official Javascript client library for kubernetes ](https://github.com/kubernetes-client/javascript) |  |
| 5 | csharp Client for Kubernetes | [ Official dotnet client library for kubernetes ](https://github.com/kubernetes-client/csharp) |  |
| 6 | Dapr | [ Dapr is a portable, event-driven, runtime for building distributed applications across cloud and edge ](https://github.com/dapr/dapr) |  |
| 7 | DevPod | [ client-only tool to create reproducible developer environments based on a devcontainer.json on any backend ](https://github.com/loft-sh/devpod) |  |
## Cleanup
| Sr No | Tool Name | Description with URL | GitHub Popularity |
| ---------- | --------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------|
| 1 | kube-fencing | [cleaning resources from the failed nodes that's blocks any further operation and recovery](https://github.com/kvaps/kube-fencing) |  |
| 2 | k8s-cleaner | [Cleaner is a Kubernetes controller that helps you maintain a clean and efficient Kubernetes environment by proactively identifying, removing, or updating stale resources](https://github.com/gianlucam76/k8s-cleaner) |  |
| 3 | CRI-Purge | [CRI Purge - Cleanup of Cached Kubernetes CRI Images](https://github.com/reefland/cri-purge) |  |
## Non-Categorize
| Sr No | Tool Name | Description with URL | GitHub Popularity |
| ---------- | --------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------|
| 1 | Rudr | [ A Kubernetes implementation of the Open Application Model specification](https://github.com/oam-dev/rudr) |  |
| 2 | Keel | [ Kubernetes Operator to automate Helm, DaemonSet, StatefulSet & Deployment updates](https://keel.sh/) | - |
| 3 | Cabin, the mobile app for Kubernetes - | [ The Mobile Dashboard for Kubernetes](https://github.com/bitnami-labs/cabin) |  |
| 4 | Funktion | [ CLI tool for working with funktion](https://github.com/funktionio/funktion) |  |
| 5 | Alterant | [ A simple Kubernetes configuration modifier](https://github.com/cloud66-oss/alterant) |  |
| 6 | BUCK | [ Brigade Universal Controller for Kubernetes](https://github.com/brigadecore/buck) |  |
| 7 | kube-fledged | [ A kubernetes add-on for creating and managing a cache of container images directly on the cluster worker nodes, so application pods start almost instantly](https://github.com/senthilrch/kube-fledged) |  |
| 8 | kpt | [ toolkit to help you manage, manipulate, customize, and apply Kubernetes Resource configuration](https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kpt) |  |
| 9 | capsule | [ Capsule helps to implement a multi-tenancy and policy-based environment in your Kubernetes cluster](https://github.com/clastix/capsule) |  |
| 10 | KubeSlice | [ KubeSlice enables Kubernetes pods and services to communicate seamlessly across clusters, clouds, edges, and data centers by creating logical application boundaries known as Slices](https://github.com/kubeslice) |  |
| 11 | routernetes | [ Use Kubernetes to make a home router!](https://github.com/routernetes/routernetes) |  |
| 12 | Symbiosis | [ Symbiosis is a cloud service provider optimized for Kubernetes. Launch clusters in <2 min with better tools and lower costs](https://symbiosis.host/) | - |
| 13 | Projectsveltos | [ Kubernetes add-on controller for hundreds of clusters that automatically discovers and classifies clusters, making it easy to manage add-ons at scale](https://github.com/projectsveltos/addon-controller) |  |
| 14 | MayFly | [Mayfly is a Kubernetes operator that enables you to create temporary resources on the cluster that will expire after a certain period of time](https://github.com/NCCloud/mayfly) |  |
| 15 | yupd | [ Yupd is a command-line tool that allows updating YAML files the GitOps way](https://github.com/srozange/yupd) |  |
| 16 | kube-job | [ Run one off job on kubernetes from the command line tool](https://github.com/h3poteto/kube-job) |  |
## Maintainer
- [Apurva Bhandari](https://www.linkedin.com/in/apurvabhandari-linux/)
- [Ajeet Singh Raina](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajeetsraina)