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# Kubetools - A Curated List of Kubernetes Tools

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There are more than 500+ [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).

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## Top Featured Kubernetes Tools( Sep 2024)

- [Krs](https://github.com/kubetoolsca/krs)
- [Kuberay](https://collabnix.com/deploying-ray-on-kubernetes/)
- [K8s-insider](https://collabnix.com/streamlining-kubernetes-networking-with-k8s-insider/)
- [Stern](https://collabnix.com/tail-kubernetes-with-stern/)
- [Node Problem Detector](https://kubetools.io/monitoring-node-health-with-node-problem-detector-in-kubernetes/)
- [Karpenter](https://kubetools.io/supercharge-your-kubernetes-cluster-with-karpenter/)
- [Kubestalk](https://kubetools.io/kubestalk-uncovering-hidden-security-risks-in-your-kubernetes-clusters/)
- [K8sGPT](https://kubetools.io/k8sgpt-simplifying-kubernetes-diagnostics-with-natural-language-processing/)
- [Kubeshark](https://kubetools.io/mastering-kubernetes-debugging-and-troubleshooting-with-kubeshark-real-time-visibility-query-language-service-map-and-integrations/)
- [K9s](https://kubetools.io/why-k9s-should-be-your-go-to-tool-for-kubernetes-management/)

## Table of Contents

- [Categories](#categories)
- ๐ŸŒ [Pods](#Pods)
- ๐Ÿงฐ [Cluster Management](#cluster-management)
- ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป [Cluster with Core CLI tools](#cluster-with-core-cli-tools)
- ๐Ÿซ™ [Alert and Monitoring](#alert-and-monitoring)
- ๐ŸŒ [Logging and Tracing](#logging-and-tracing)
- ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ [Troubleshooting / Debugging](#troubleshooting--debugging)
- ๐Ÿ’พ [Developement Tools/Kit](#developement-toolskit)
- ๐Ÿ”’ [Alternative Tools for Development](#alternative-tools-for-development)
- ๐Ÿชต [CI/CD integration Tools](#cicd-integration-tools)
- ๐ŸŽฎ [Security Tools](#security-tools)
- ๐Ÿงช [Network Policies](#network-policies)
- ๐Ÿ—๏ธ [Testing Tools](#testing-tools)
- โš™๏ธ [Service Mesh](#service-mesh)
- ๐Ÿ‡ผ [Observability](#observability)
- ๐Ÿงฐ [Machine Learning/Deep Learning](#machine-learningdeep-learning)
- ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป [Compute Edge Tools](#compute-edge-tools)
- ๐Ÿซ™ [Kubernetes Tools for Specific Cloud](#kubernetes-tools-for-specific-cloud)
- ๐ŸŒ [Storage Providers](#storage-providers)
- ๐Ÿ—๏ธ [Backup Tools](#backup-tools)
- ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ [Multiple Tools Repo](#multiple-tools-repo)
- ๐Ÿ’พ [Cost Optimisation](#cost-optimisation)
- โš™๏ธ [Function as a Service FaaS](#function-as-a-service-faas)
- ๐Ÿš€ [Artificial Intelligence](#artificial-intelligence)
- โšก [Caching](#caching)
- ๐Ÿ‹ [Clients](#clients)
- ๐Ÿงน [Cleanup](#cleanup)
- ๐Ÿ”’ [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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/johanhaleby/kubetail) |
| 2 | kube-s3 | [ Kubernetes pods used shared S3 storage](https://github.com/freegroup/kube-s3) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kubeshop/monokle) |
| 2 | kops | [ Production Grade K8s Installation, Upgrades, and Management](https://github.com/kubernetes/kops) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/hjacobs/kube-ops-view) |
| 5 | kubeprompt | [ Kubernetes prompt info](https://github.com/jlesquembre/kubeprompt) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/jlesquembre/kubeprompt) |
| 6 | Metalk8s | [ An opinionated Kubernetes distribution with a focus on long-term on-prem deployments](https://github.com/scality/metalk8s) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/scality/metalk8s) |
| 7 | kind | [ Kubernetes IN Docker - local clusters for testing Kubernetes](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kubernetes-sigs/kind) |
| 8 | Clusterman | [ Cluster Autoscaler for Kubernetes and Mesos](https://github.com/Yelp/clusterman) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/Yelp/clusterman) |
| 9 | Cert-manager | [ Automatically provision and manage TLS certificates](https://github.com/jetstack/cert-manager) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/jetstack/cert-manager) |
| 10 | Goldilocks | [ Get your resource requests "Just Right"](https://github.com/FairwindsOps/goldilocks) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/FairwindsOps/goldilocks) |
| 11 | katafygio | [ Dump, or continuously backup Kubernetes objets as yaml files in git](https://github.com/bpineau/katafygio) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/bpineau/katafygio) |
| 12 | Rancher | [ Complete container management platform](https://github.com/rancher/rancher) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/rancher/rancher) |
| 13 | Sealed Secrets | [ A Kubernetes controller and tool for one-way encrypted Secrets](https://github.com/bitnami-labs/sealed-secrets) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/bitnami-labs/sealed-secrets) |
| 14 | OpenKruise/Kruise | [ Automate application workloads management on Kubernetes https://openkruise.io](https://github.com/openkruise/kruise) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/openkruise/kruise) |
| 15 | kubectl snapshot | [ Take Cluster Snapshots](https://github.com/fbrubbo/kubectl-snapshot) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/fbrubbo/kubectl-snapshot) |
| 16 | kapp | [ simple deployment tool focused on the concept of "Kubernetes application" โ€” a set of resources with the same label https://get-kapp.io](https://github.com/k14s/kapp) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/k14s/kapp) |
| 17 | KEDA | [ Event-driven autoscaler for Kubernetes](https://keda.sh/) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kedacore/keda) |
| 18 | Octant | [ To better understand the complexity of Kubernetes clusters](https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/octant) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/vmware-tanzu/octant) |
| 19 | Portainer | [ Portainer inside a Kubernetes environment](https://github.com/portainer/k8s) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/portainer/k8s) |
| 20 | Gardener | [ Deliver fully-managed clusters at scale everywhere with your own Kubernetes-as-a-Service](https://gardener.cloud/) | - |
| 21 | xlskubectl | [ xlskubectl โ€” a spreadsheet to control your Kubernetes cluster](https://github.com/learnk8s/xlskubectl) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/learnk8s/xlskubectl) |
| 22 | Kubefirst | [ Fully-automated OSS delivery & infrastructure management gitops platforms](https://github.com/kubefirst/kubefirst) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kubefirst/kubefirst) |
| 23 | Kamaji | [ Build and operate Kubernetes at scale with a fraction of operational burden](https://github.com/clastix/kamaji) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/clastix/kamaji) |
| 24 | kustomizer | [ An experimental package manager for distributing Kubernetes configuration as OCI artifacts](https://github.com/stefanprodan/kustomizer) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/stefanprodan/kustomizer) |
| 25 | Kudo | [ declarative approach to building production-grade Kubernetes Operators ](https://github.com/kudobuilder/kudo) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![GitHub Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/k0sproject/k0s) |
| 28 | k0smotron | [Deploy and run Kubernetes control planes powered by k0s on any existing cluster](https://github.com/k0sproject/k0smotron) | ![GitHub Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/k0sproject/k0smotron) |
| 29 | ClusterPedia | [ The Encyclopedia of Kubernetes clusters ](https://github.com/clusterpedia-io/clusterpedia) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/clusterpedia-io/clusterpedia) |
| 30 | kubean | [ ๐ŸŒฑ Kubernetes lifecycle management operator based on kubespray. ](https://github.com/kubean-io/kubean) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kubean-io/kubean) |
| 31 | punq | [ Self-hosted Kubernetes workload manager with team collaboration ](https://github.com/mogenius/punq) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/mogenius/punq) |
| 32 | Claudie | [ Deploy and operate Kubernetes clusters with each nodepool in a different provider or on-prem](https://github.com/berops/claudie) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/berops/claudie) |
| 33 | Kubemarine | [ Management tool for Kubernetes cluster deployment and maintenance](https://github.com/Netcracker/KubeMarine) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/Netcracker/KubeMarine) |
| 34 | k8s-duplicator | [Kubernetes controller that copies secrets into other namespaces](https://github.com/Nick-Triller/k8s-duplicator) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/Nick-Triller/k8s-duplicator) |
| 35 | KubeStellar | [a flexible solution for challenges associated with multi-cluster configuration management for edge, multi-cloud, and hybrid cloud ](https://github.com/kubestellar/kubestellar) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kubestellar/kubestellar) |
| 36 | Trolley | [ Trolley is a multi cloud Kubernetes management system ](https://github.com/Trolley-MGMT/trolleymgmt) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/Trolley-MGMT/trolleymgmt) |
| 37 | Cyclops | [ a powerful user interface for managing and interacting with Kubernetes clusters ](https://github.com/cyclops-ui/cyclops) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/cyclops-ui/cyclops) |
| 38 | 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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/liqotech/liqo) |
| 39 | Guard | [ ๐Ÿ”‘ Kubernetes Authentication & Authorization WebHook Server ](https://github.com/kubeguard/guard) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kubeguard/guard) |
| 40 | Meshery | [ Meshery is a Multi-cluster management tool for Kubernetes and Clouds ](https://github.com/meshery/meshery) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/meshery/meshery) |
| 41 | cluster-template | [ A template for deploying a Kubernetes cluster with k3s or Talos ](https://github.com/onedr0p/cluster-template) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/onedr0p/cluster-template) |
| 42 | 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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/loft-sh/vcluster) |
| 43 | KindScaler | [ Node Management for KinD Clusters. Modify the KinD cluster configuration by adding or removing nodes, whether they are control-planes or workers, without regenerating it from scratch. ](https://github.com/lobuhi/kindscaler) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/lobuhi/kindscaler) |
| 44 | buoy | [ A declarative Kubernetes dashboard in your terminal ](https://github.com/everettraven/buoy) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/everettraven/buoy) |
| 45 | Glasskube | [ Glasskube is a Kubernetes package manager that lets you install apps via an easy-to-use web interface or CLI ](https://github.com/glasskube/glasskube) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/glasskube/glasskube) |
| 46 | Karmada | [ Open, Multi-Cloud, Multi-Cluster Kubernetes Orchestration. ](https://github.com/karmada-io/karmada) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/karmada-io/karmada) |
| 47 | Kubeadmiral | [ Multi-Cluster Kubernetes Orchestration. ](https://github.com/kubewharf/kubeadmiral) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kubewharf/kubeadmiral) |
| 48 | RBAC Wizard | [ Helps to visualize and analyze the RBAC configurations of the Kubernetes cluster. ](https://github.com/pehlicd/rbac-wizard) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/pehlicd/rbac-wizard) |
| 49 | Kondense | [ Kondense is a tool designed for Kubernetes environments, specifically focused on optimizing memory and CPU usage in containers. ](https://github.com/unagex/kondense) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/unagex/kondense) |

## 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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kubernetes-sigs/bootkube) |
| 2 | kubectx + kubens | [ Switch faster between clusters and namespaces in kubectl](https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectx) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/ahmetb/kubectx) |
| 3 | kube-shell | [ Kubernetes shell: An integrated shell for working with the Kubernetes](https://github.com/cloudnativelabs/kube-shell) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/cloudnativelabs/kube-shell) |
| 4 | kuttle: kubectl wrapper for sshuttle without SSH | [ Kubernetes wrapper for sshuttle](https://github.com/kayrus/kuttle) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kayrus/kuttle) |
| 5 | kubectl sudo | [ Run kubernetes commands with the security privileges of another user](https://github.com/postfinance/kubectl-sudo) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/postfinance/kubectl-sudo) |
| 6 | K9s | [ Kubernetes CLI To Manage Your Clusters In Style!](https://github.com/derailed/k9s) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/derailed/k9s) |
| 7 | Ktunnel | [ A cli that exposes your local resources to kubernetes](https://github.com/omrikiei/ktunnel) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/omrikiei/ktunnel) |
| 8 | KubeOperator | [ Run kubectl command in Web Browser. https://kubeoperator.io/](https://github.com/KubeOperator/webkubectl) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/KubeOperator/webkubectl) |
| 9 | Vimkubectl | [ Manage any Kubernetes resource from Vim https://www.vim.org/scripts/script.ph](https://github.com/rottencandy/vimkubectl) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/rottencandy/vimkubectl) |
| 10 | KubeHelper | [ KubeHelper - simplifies many daily Kubernetes cluster tasks through a web interface.](https://github.com/KubeHelper/kubehelper) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/KubeHelper/kubehelper) |
| 11 | kubecolor | [ colorizes kubectl output](https://github.com/hidetatz/kubecolor) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/hidetatz/kubecolor) |
| 12 | Krew | [ Krew is the package manager for kubectl plugins](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kubernetes-sigs/krew) |
| 13 | Kueue | [ Kueue is a set of APIs and controller for job queueing](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kueue) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kubernetes-sigs/kueue) |
| 14 | fubectl | [ Reduces repetitive interactions with kubectl](https://github.com/kubermatic/fubectl) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kubermatic/fubectl) |
| 15 | kube-ps1 | [ Kubernetes prompt for bash and zsh](https://github.com/jonmosco/kube-ps1) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/robscott/kube-capacity) |
| 18 | Karpenter | [ Kubernetes Node Autoscaler built for flexibility, performance, and simplicity](https://github.com/aws/karpenter) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/aws/karpenter) |
| 19 | Autoscaler | [ autoscaler Autoscaling components for Kubernetes]( https://github.com/kubernetes/autoscaler) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/aws/karpenter) |
| 20 | Kured | [ Kubernetes Reboot Daemon](https://github.com/kubereboot/kured) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kubereboot/kured) |
| 21 | Kube-prompt | [ An interactive kubernetes client featuring auto-complete](https://github.com/c-bata/kube-prompt) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/c-bata/kube-prompt) |
| 22 | Click | [ Command Line Interactive Controller for Kubernetes](https://github.com/databricks/click) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/databricks/click) |
| 23 | Kubie | [ A more powerful alternative to kubectx and kubens](https://github.com/sbstp/kubie) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/sbstp/kubie) |
| 24 | Pluto | [ A cli tool to help discover deprecated apiVersions in Kubernetes](https://github.com/FairwindsOps/pluto) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/FairwindsOps/pluto) |
| 25 | ksync | [ Sync files between your local system and a kubernetes cluster](https://github.com/ksync/ksync) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/ksync/ksync) |
| 26 | fleet | [ Manage large fleets of Kubernetes clusters](https://github.com/rancher/fleet) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/rancher/fleet) |
| 27 | stash | [ Backup your Kubernetes Stateful Applications](https://github.com/stashed/stash) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/stashed/stash) |
| 28 | Finch | [ The Finch CLI an open source client for container development](https://github.com/runfinch/finch) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/runfinch/finch) |
| 29 | KubeView | [Kubernetes cluster visualiser and graphical explorer](https://github.com/benc-uk/kubeview) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/benc-uk/kubeview) |
| 30 | Descheduler | [ Descheduler for Kubernetes ](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/descheduler) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kubernetes-sigs/descheduler) |
| 31 | cloudtty | [ A Friendly Kubernetes CloudShell (Web Terminal) ! ](https://github.com/cloudtty/cloudtty) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/cloudtty/cloudtty) |
| 32 | kor | [ A Tool to discover unused Kubernetes Resources ](https://github.com/yonahd/kor) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/che-incubator/kubernetes-image-puller) |
| 34 | image-builder | [ A tool for building Kubernetes virtual machine images across multiple infrastructure providers. ](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/image-builder) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kubernetes-sigs/image-builder) |
| 35 | Kubed | [ Kubed with a intuitive interactive interface within Emacs help us work with our Kubernetes clusters and deployments with the full power of kubectl](https://github.com/eshelyaron/kubed) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/eshelyaron/kubed) |
| 36 | Duplik8s | [ Duplik8s is a kubectl plugin to duplicate resources in a Kubernetes cluster. ](https://github.com/Telemaco019/duplik8s) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/Telemaco019/duplik8s) |

## 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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/thanos-io/thanos) |
| 2 | Prometheus | [ The Prometheus monitoring system and time series database.](https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/prometheus/prometheus) |
| 3 | Grafana | [ The tool for beautiful monitoring and metric analytics & dashboards for Graphite, InfluxDB & Prometheus & More](https://github.com/grafana/grafana) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/grafana/grafana) |
| 4 | Kubetail | [ Bash script to tail Kubernetes logs from multiple pods at the same time](https://github.com/johanhaleby/kubetail) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/johanhaleby/kubetail) |
| 5 | Searchlight | [ Alerts for Kubernetes](https://github.com/searchlight/searchlight) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/andrew-waters/linkerd2-mixin) |
| 7 | kuberhaus | [ Kubernetes resource dashboard with node/pod layout and resource requests](https://github.com/stevelacy/kuberhaus) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/ReallyLiri/kubescout) |
| 11 | Kwatch | [ monitor & detect crashes in your Kubernetes(K8s) cluster instantly](https://github.com/abahmed/kwatch) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/abahmed/kwatch) |
| 12 | Scope | [ Monitoring, visualisation & management for Docker & Kubernetes](https://github.com/weaveworks/scope) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/weaveworks/scope) |
| 13 | Kubeshark | [ TCPDump and Wireshark re-invented for Kubernetes](https://github.com/kubeshark/kubeshark) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kubeshark/kubeshark) |
| 14 | Ksniff | [ Kubectl plugin to ease sniffing on kubernetes pods using tcpdump and wireshark](https://github.com/eldadru/ksniff) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/eslam-gomaa/kptop) |
| 16 | ktop | [ A top-like tool for your Kubernetes clusters](https://github.com/vladimirvivien/ktop) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/vladimirvivien/ktop) |
| 17 | Kuberhealthy | [A Kubernetes operator for running synthetic checks as pods. Works great with Prometheus!](https://github.com/kuberhealthy/kuberhealthy) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kuberhealthy/kuberhealthy) |
| 18 | kurt | [ A Kubernetes plugin that gives context to what is restarting in your Kubernetes cluster ](https://github.com/soraro/kurt) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/oslabs-beta/KlusterView) |
| 20 | X.509 Certificate Exporter | [ Watch certificates for expiration in Kubernetes Secrets and control-plane files. Alerts and dashboard available.](https://github.com/enix/x509-certificate-exporter/) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/enix/x509-certificate-exporter) |
| 21 | VpK | [VpK - Visually presented Kubernetes View k8s in graphical fashion ](https://github.com/k8svisual/vpk) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/k8svisual/vpk) |
| 22 | k8s-collector | [A Kubernetes Job to collect resources, logs and events from a Kubernetes cluster ](https://github.com/gianlucam76/k8s_collector) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/gianlucam76/k8s_collector) |

## 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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/jaegertracing/jaeger) |
| 2 | Kiali | [ Kiali project, observability for the Istio service mesh](https://github.com/kiali/kiali) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kiali/kiali) |
| 3 | ELK | [ Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana](https://github.com/elastic) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/elastic) |
| 4 | fluentbit | [ Fast and Lightweight Log processor and forwarder for Linux, BSD and OSX](https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/fluent/fluent-bit) |
| 5 | Loki | [ Like Prometheus, but for logs](https://github.com/grafana/loki) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/grafana/loki) |
| 6 | kubectl-mtail | [ tail logs from multiple pods matching label selector](https://gitlab.com/grzesuav/kubectl-mtail) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/grzesuav/kubectl-mtail)
| 7 | k8spacket | [ packets traffic visualization for kubernetes](https://github.com/k8spacket/k8spacket) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/k8spacket/k8spacket)
| 8 | goldpinger | [ Debugging tool for Kubernetes which tests and displays connectivity between nodes in the cluster](https://github.com/bloomberg/goldpinger) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/RichardoC/kube-audit-rest) |
| 11 | kail | [ kubernetes log viewer ](https://github.com/boz/kail) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/boz/kail) |
| 12 | network mapper | [ Map Kubernetes in-cluster traffic and export as text, intents, or an image ](https://github.com/otterize/network-mapper) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/otterize/network-mapper) |
| 13 | retina | [ eBPF distributed networking observability tool for Kubernetes. ](https://github.com/microsoft/retina) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microsoft/retina) |
| 14 | sablier | [ Starting containers on demand and close automatically when not in use. ](https://github.com/acouvreur/sablier) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/acouvreur/sablier) |

## 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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/aylei/kubectl-debug) |
| 3 | PowerfulSeal | [ A powerful testing tool for Kubernetes clustersd](https://github.com/bloomberg/powerfulseal) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/vmware-tanzu/crash-diagnostics) |
| 5 | K9s | [ Kubernetes CLI To Manage Your Clusters In Style!d](https://github.com/derailed/k9s) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/derailed/k9s) |
| 6 | Kubernetes CLI Plugin - Doctor | [ kubectl cluster triage plugin for k8s - ๐Ÿฅ (brew doctor equivalent)d](https://github.com/emirozer/kubectl-doctor) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/emirozer/kubectl-doctor) |
| 7 | Knative Inspect | [ A light-weight debugging tool for Knative's system componentsd](https://github.com/nimakaviani/knative-inspect) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/walmartlabs/kubeman) |
| 9 | kpexec | [ kpexec is a kubernetes cli that runs commands in a container with high privileges](https://github.com/ssup2/kpexec) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/ssup2/kpexec) |
| 10 | Koolkits | [ ๐Ÿงฐ Opinionated, language-specific, batteries-included debug container images for Kubernetes](https://github.com/lightrun-platform/koolkits) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/lightrun-platform/koolkits) |
| 11 | kubespy | [ pod debugging tool for kubernetes clusters with docker runtimes](https://github.com/huazhihao/kubespy) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/inspektor-gadget/inspektor-gadget) |
| 13 | KubeSkoop | [ kubernetes networking diagnose tool for different CNI plug-ins and IAAS providers](https://github.com/alibaba/kubeskoop) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/alibaba/kubeskoop) |
| 14 | kubent | [ Easily check your clusters for use of deprecated APIs](https://github.com/doitintl/kube-no-trouble) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/doitintl/kube-no-trouble) |
| 15 | kftray | [ A cross-platform system tray application for managing multiple kubectl port-forward commands, with support for UDP and proxy connections through k8s clusters ](https://github.com/hcavarsan/kftray) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/hcavarsan/kftray) |
| 16 | kuttl | [ Declarative approach to test Kubernetes Operators.](https://github.com/kudobuilder/kuttl) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kudobuilder/kuttl) |


## 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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/windmilleng/tilt) |
| 3 | Garden: Kubernetes from source to finish | [ Development orchestrator for Kubernetes, containers and functions.](https://github.com/garden-io/garden) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/garden-io/garden) |
| 4 | KuberNix | [ Single dependency Kubernetes clusters for local testing, experimenting and development](https://github.com/saschagrunert/kubernix) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/saschagrunert/kubernix) |
| 5 | Copper | [ A configuration file validator for Kubernetes](https://github.com/cloud66-oss/copper) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/cloud66-oss/copper) |
| 6 | ko | [ Build and deploy Go applications on Kubernetes](https://github.com/google/ko) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/google/ko) |
| 7 | Dekorate | [ Java annotation processors for Kubernetes](https://github.com/dekorateio/dekorate) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kubeshop/monokle) |
| 12 | KuberEz | [ Graphical modeling tool for Kubernetes manifest](https://github.com/uengine-oss/kuber-ez) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/uengine-oss/kuber-ez) |
| 13 | mirrord | [ Run your local process in the context of your cloud cluster](https://github.com/metalbear-co/mirrord) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/boltops-tools/kubes) |
| 16 | Kaniko | [ Build Container Images In Kubernetes](https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kaniko) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/GoogleContainerTools/kaniko) |
| 17 | Python client for kuberenetes | [ Official Python client library for kubernetes](https://github.com/kubernetes-client/python) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kubernetes-client/python) |
| 18 | eclipse che IDE for k8s | [ The Kubernetes-Native IDE for Developer Teams](https://github.com/eclipse/che) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/eclipse/che) |
| 19 | Kubebuilder | [ SDK for building Kubernetes APIs using CRDs](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubebuilder) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/operator-framework/operator-sdk) |
| 21 | cdk8s | [ Kubernetes native apps and abstractions using object-oriented programming](https://github.com/cdk8s-team/cdk8s) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/cdk8s-team/cdk8s) |
| 22 | Gitkube | [ Build and deploy docker images to Kubernetes using git push](https://github.com/hasura/gitkube) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/hasura/gitkube) |
| 23 | Arkade | [ Open Source Marketplace For Kubernetes](https://github.com/alexellis/arkade) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/alexellis/arkade) |
| 24 | k2tf | [ k2tf - Kubernetes YAML to Terraform HCL converters](https://github.com/sl1pm4t/k2tf) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/sl1pm4t/k2tf) |
| 25 | Terraformer | [ CLI tool to generate terraform files from existing infrastructure (reverse Terraform). Infrastructure to Code](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/terraformer) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/GoogleCloudPlatform/terraformer) |
| 26 | Atomix | [ A Kubernetes toolkit for building distributed applications using cloud native principles](https://github.com/atomix/atomix) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/atomix/atomix) |
| 27 | Brigade | [ Event-driven scripting for Kubernetes](https://github.com/brigadecore/brigade) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/brigadecore/brigade) |
| 28 | Spread | [ Docker to Kubernetes in one command](https://github.com/redspread/spread) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/redspread/spread) |
| 29 | Kompose | [ convert docker compose to kubernetes resources](https://github.com/kubernetes/kompose) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kubeops/config-syncer) |
| 33 | Gefyra | [ Gefyra: Blazingly-fast, rock-solid, local application development with Kubernetes](https://github.com/gefyrahq/gefyra) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/gefyrahq/gefyra) |
| 34 | Kubernetes ConfigMap Reload | [ Simple binary to trigger a reload when a Kubernetes ConfigMap is updated](https://github.com/jimmidyson/configmap-reload) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/stakater/IngressMonitorController) |
| 37 | odo | [ Developer-focused CLI for fast & iterative application development on Kubernetes and Podman](https://odo.dev/) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/redhat-developer/odo) |
| 38 | configmap-reload | [Simple binary to trigger a reload when a Kubernetes ConfigMap is updated](https://github.com/jimmidyson/configmap-reload) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/jimmidyson/configmap-reload) |
| 39 | k8tz | [Kubernetes admission controller and a CLI tool to inject timezones into Pods and CronJobs](https://github.com/k8tz/k8tz) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/k8tz/k8tz) |
| 40 | KDash | [A simple and fast dashboard for Kubernetes ](https://github.com/kdash-rs/kdash) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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/) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/devspace-sh/devspace) |
| 42 | K8Studio | [K8 Studio is a cross-platform client IDE to manage Kubernetes Clusters](https://github.com/guiqui/k8Studio) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/iximiuz/kexp) |
| 46 | k8s-insider | [A zero-config way to access you kubernetes cluster network](https://github.com/TrueGoric/k8s-insider) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/TrueGoric/k8s-insider) |
| 47 | Cyclops | [Developer friendly Kubernetes ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ](https://github.com/cyclops-ui/cyclops) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/cyclops-ui/cyclops) |
| 48 | Sablier | [Start your containers on demand, shut them down automatically when there's no activity. ](https://github.com/acouvreur/sablier) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/acouvreur/sablier) |
| 49 | kronic | [ The simple Kubernetes CronJob Admin UI ](https://github.com/mshade/kronic) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/mshade/kronic) |
| 50 | Kor | [ A Golang Tool to discover unused Kubernetes Resources ](https://github.com/yonahd/kor) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/open-source-labs/Docketeer) |
| 52 | Helmify | [ Creates Helm chart from Kubernetes yaml ](https://github.com/arttor/helmify) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/arttor/helmify) |
| 53 | Kueue | [ Kubernetes-native Job Queueing ](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kueue) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kubernetes-sigs/kueue) |
| 54 | Reckoner | [ Declaratively install and manage multiple Helm chart releases ](https://github.com/FairwindsOps/reckoner) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/FairwindsOps/reckoner) |
| 55 | Katenary | [ Convert docker-compose to a configurable helm chart ](https://github.com/metal3d/katenary) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/metal3d/katenary) |
| 56 | kubernetes-replicator | [ Kubernetes controller for synchronizing secrets & config maps across namespaces ](https://github.com/mittwald/kubernetes-replicator) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/mittwald/kubernetes-replicator) |
| 57 | node-gizmo | [ A CLI utility for your Kubernetes nodes ](https://github.com/Kavinraja-G/node-gizmo) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/hcavarsan/kftray) |
| 60 | Tilt | [ Define your dev environment as code. For microservice apps on Kubernetes. ](https://github.com/tilt-dev/tilt) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/garden-io/garden) |
| 62 | Kubectl-fields | [ A Kubernetes resources hierarchy parsing tool. ](https://github.com/rewanthtammana/kubectl-fields) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/rewanthtammana/kubectl-fields) |
| 63 | sleepcycles | [ Define sleep & wake up cycles for your Kubernetes resources. ](https://github.com/rekuberate-io/sleepcycles) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/rekuberate-io/sleepcycles) |
| 64 | scaf | [ scaf provides developers and DevOps engineers with a complete blueprint for a new project using Kubernetes . ](https://github.com/sixfeetup/scaf) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/sixfeetup/scaf) |
| 65 | KubePug | [ Deprecations AKA KubePug - Pre UpGrade (Checker) ](https://github.com/kubepug/kubepug) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kubepug/kubepug) |
| 66 | scaf | [ scaf provides developers and DevOps engineers with a complete blueprint for a new project using Kubernetes ](https://github.com/sixfeetup/scaf) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/sixfeetup/scaf) |
| 67 | mogenius | [ A self-service platform that enables developers to deploy and manage applications on Kubernetes with ease and safety ](https://mogenius.com) | - |
| 68 | Armada | [ A multi-cluster batch queuing system for high-throughput workloads on Kubernetes. ](https://github.com/armadaproject/armada) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/armadaproject/armada) |

## 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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kubernetes/minikube) |
| 2 | KubeSphere | [ Easy-to-use Production Ready Container Platform https://kubesphere.io](https://github.com/kubesphere/kubesphere) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kubesphere/kubesphere) |
| 3 | skippbox | [ A Desktop application for k8sd](https://github.com/skippbox/skippbox) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/skippbox/skippbox) |
| 4 | kind | [ Kubernetes IN Docker - local clusters for testing Kubernetes https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/d](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kubernetes-sigs/kind) |
| 5 | k3d | [ k3d is a lightweight wrapper to run k3s (Rancher Labโ€™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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/virtual-kubelet/systemk) |
| 7 | mokbox | [ Build verifiably conformant multi-node kubernetes clusters in containers](https://github.com/bashtools/mokctl) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/bashtools/mokctl) |
| 8 | Otomi | [ Self-hosted PaaS for Kubernetes](https://github.com/redkubes/otomi-core) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/goodrain/rainbond) |
| 10 | MyKube | [ k8s-installer - One-click k8s single-node cluster installation on your own device ](https://github.com/guyst16/mykube) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/guyst16/mykube) |


## 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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/devtron-labs/devtron) |
| 3 | Skaffold | [ Easy and Repeatable Kubernetes Development](https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold) |
| 4 | Apollo | [ Apollo - The logz.io continuous deployment solution over kubernetes](https://github.com/logzio/apollo) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/logzio/apollo) |
| 5 | Helm Cabin | [ Web UI that visualizes Helm releases in a Kubernetes cluster](https://github.com/Nick-Triller/helm-cabin) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/Nick-Triller/helm-cabin) |
| 6 | flagger | [ Progressive delivery Kubernetes operator (Canary, A/B Testing and Blue/Green deployments)](https://github.com/weaveworks/flagger) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/weaveworks/flagger) |
| 7 | Kubeform | [ Kubernetes CRDs for Terraform providers https://kubeform.com](https://github.com/kubeform/kubeform) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/werf/werf) |
| 10 | Flux | [ GitOps Kubernetes operator](https://github.com/fluxcd/flux) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/fluxcd/flux) |
| 11 | Argo CD | [ Declarative continuous deployment for Kubernetes](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/argoproj/argo-cd) |
| 12 | Tekton | [ A cloud native continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) solution](https://github.com/tektoncd/pipeline) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/jenkins-x/jx) |
| 14 | Drone | [ Drone is a Container-Native, Continuous Delivery Platform](https://github.com/harness/drone) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/harness/drone) |
| 15 | Helmwave | [ Helmwave is helm3-native tool for deploy your Helm Charts](https://github.com/helmwave/helmwave) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/helmwave/helmwave) |
| 16 | Helmsman | [ Helm Charts as Code ](https://github.com/Praqma/helmsman) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/Praqma/helmsman) |
| 17 | PipeCD | [ The One CD for All {applications, platforms, operations} ](https://github.com/pipe-cd/pipecd) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kluctl/kluctl) |
| 19 | kubedog | [ Library to watch and follow kubernetes resources in CI/CD deploy pipelines](https://github.com/werf/kubedog) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/werf/kubedog) |
| 20 | Kubefirst | [ GitOps Infrastructure & Application Delivery Platform](https://github.com/kubefirst/kubefirst) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kubefirst/kubefirst) |
| 21 | autoapply | [ Automatically apply changes to a Kubernetes cluster](https://github.com/autoapply/autoapply) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/accurics/terrascan) |
| 3 | klum | [ Kubernetes Lazy User Manager](https://github.com/ibuildthecloud/klum) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/ibuildthecloud/klum) |
| 4 | kube2iam | [ IAM credentials to containers running inside a kubernetes cluster based on annotations.](https://github.com/jtblin/kube2iam) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/jtblin/kube2iam) |
| 5 | Kyverno | [ Kubernetes Native Policy Management https://kyverno.io](https://github.com/nirmata/kyverno) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/nirmata/kyverno) |
| 6 | kiosk | [ kiosk office Multi-Tenancy Extension For Kubernetes - Secure Cluster Sharing & Self-Service Namespace Provisioning](https://github.com/kiosk-sh/kiosk) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kiosk-sh/kiosk) |
| 7 | kube-bench | [ CIS Kubernetes Benchmark tool](https://github.com/aquasecurity/kube-bench) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/aquasecurity/kube-bench) |
| 8 | kube-hunter | [ Pentesting tool - Hunts for security weaknesses in Kubernetes clusters](https://github.com/aquasecurity/kube-hunter) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/aquasecurity/kubectl-who-can) |
| 10 | starboard | [ Kubernetes-native security toolkit](https://github.com/aquasecurity/starboard) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/aquasecurity/starboard) |
| 11 | Simulator | [ Kubernetes Security Training Platform - Focussing on security mitigation](https://github.com/kubernetes-simulator/simulator) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/FairwindsOps/rbac-lookup) |
| 13 | Kubeaudit | [ kubeaudit helps you audit your Kubernetes clusters against common security controls](https://github.com/Shopify/kubeaudit) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/heptiolabs/gangway) |
| 15 | Audit2rbac | [ Autogenerate RBAC policies based on Kubernetes audit logs](https://github.com/liggitt/audit2rbac) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/liggitt/audit2rbac) |
| 16 | Chartsec | [ Helm Chart security scanner](https://github.com/banzaicloud/chartsec) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/banzaicloud/chartsec) |
| 17 | kubestriker | [ Security Auditing tool](https://github.com/vchinnipilli/kubestriker) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/vchinnipilli/kubestriker) |
| 18 | Datree | [ CLI tool to prevent K8s misconfigurations by ensuring that manifests and Helm charts follow best practices as well as your organizationโ€™s policies](https://github.com/datreeio/datree) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/datreeio/datree) |
| 19 | Krane | [ Kubernetes RBAC static Analysis & visualisation tool](https://github.com/appvia/krane) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/quay/clair) |
| 22 | M9sweeper | [ Complete Kubernetes Security Platform](https://github.com/m9sweeper/m9sweeper) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/m9sweeper/m9sweeper) |
| 23 | Trivy | [ Find vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, secrets, SBOM in Kubernetes](https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/aquasecurity/trivy) |
| 24 | kubesec | [ Security risk analysis for Kubernetes resources]( https://github.com/controlplaneio/kubesec) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/controlplaneio/kubesec) |
| 25 | Vault-k8s | [ First-class support for Vault and Kubernetes](https://github.com/hashicorp/vault-k8s) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/hashicorp/vault-k8s) |
| 26 | Hardeneks | [ Runs checks to see if an EKS cluster follows EKS Best Practices.](https://github.com/aws-samples/hardeneks) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/aws-samples/hardeneks) |
| 27 | Hubble | [ Network, Service & Security Observability for Kubernetes using eBPF]( https://github.com/cilium/hubble) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/cilium/hubble) |
| 28 | Kubeval | [ Validate your Kubernetes configuration files, supports multiple Kubernetes versions](https://github.com/instrumenta/kubeval) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/instrumenta/kubeval) |
| 29 | Paralus | [ Paralus enables controlled, audited access to Kubernetes infrastructure and Zero trust Kubernetes with zero friction.](https://github.com/paralus/paralus) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/paralus/paralus) |
| 30 | Peirates | [ Kubernetes Penetration Testing tool](https://github.com/inguardians/peirates) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/inguardians/peirates) |
| 31 | Kubectl-kubesec | [ Security risk analysis for Kubernetes resources](https://github.com/controlplaneio/kubectl-kubesec) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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/) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/WithSecureLabs/IceKube) |
| 36 | kube-rebac-authorizer | [ Beyond RBAC: Implementing Relation-based Access Control for Kubernetes with OpenFGA ](https://github.com/luxas/kube-rebac-authorizer) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/luxas/kube-rebac-authorizer) |
| 37 | MTKPI | [ ๐Ÿงฐ Multi Tool Kubernetes Pentest Image ](https://github.com/r0binak/MTKPI) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/r0binak/MTKPI) |
| 38 | KubeZoo | [ a lightweight kubernetes multi-tenancy gateway ](https://github.com/kubewharf/kubezoo) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/rajatjindal/kubectl-modify-secret) |
| 40 | rbac-tool | [ Rapid7 insightCloudSec Kubernetes RBAC Power Toys - Visualize, Analyze, Generate & Query ](https://github.com/alcideio/rbac-tool) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/alcideio/rbac-tool) |
| 41 | KubeClarity | [ KubeClarity is a tool for detection and management of Software Bill Of Materials (SBOM) and vulnerabilities of container images and filesystems. ](https://github.com/openclarity/kubeclarity) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/openclarity/kubeclarity) |
| 42 | MKAT | [ All-in-one auditing toolkit for identifying common security issues in managed Kubernetes environments. Currently supports Amazon EKS ](https://github.com/DataDog/managed-kubernetes-auditing-toolkit) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/DataDog/managed-kubernetes-auditing-toolkit) |

## Network Policies

| Sr No | Tool Name | Description with URL | GitHub Popularity |
| ---------- | --------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------|
| 1 | Calico | [ Cloud native connectivity and network policy](https://github.com/projectcalico/calico) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/projectcalico/calico) |
| 2 | kokotap | [ Tools for kubernetes pod network tapping](https://github.com/redhat-nfvpe/kokotap) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/redhat-nfvpe/kokotap) |
| 3 | Submariner | [ Connect all your Kubernetes clusters, no matter where they are in the world](https://github.com/submariner-io/submariner) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/monzo/egress-operator) |
| 5 | kubefwd (Kube Forward) | [ Bulk port forwarding Kubernetes services for local development](https://github.com/txn2/kubefwd) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/txn2/kubefwd) |
| 6 | Kilo (k8s + wg) | [ A multi-cloud network overlay built on WireGuard and designed for Kubernetes](https://github.com/squat/kilo) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/squat/kilo) |
| 7 | Cilium | [ eBPF-based Networking, Security, and Observability ](https://github.com/cilium/cilium) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/cilium/cilium) |
| 8 | MetalLB | [MetalLB is a load-balancer implementation for bare metal Kubernetes clusters, using standard routing protocols](https://github.com/metallb/metallb) | ![GitHub Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/metallb/metallb) |
| 9 | Spiderpool | [ underlay network solution of cloud native, for bare metal, VM and public cloud ](https://github.com/spidernet-io/spiderpool) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/spidernet-io/spiderpool) |
| 10 | LoxiLB | [ eBPF based cloud-native load-balancer. Powering K8s,Edge,5G,IoT,XaaS Apps ](https://github.com/loxilb-io/loxilb) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/loxilb-io/loxilb) |
| 11 | submariner | [ Networking component for interconnecting Pods and Services across Kubernetes clusters ](https://github.com/submariner-io/submariner) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/submariner-io/submariner) |
| 12 | netfetch | [ Scan k8s clusters for network policies and identifying unprotected workloads. ](https://github.com/deggja/netfetch) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kubernetes-sigs/network-policy-api) |
| 14 | KubeIP | [ Assign static public IPs to Kubernetes nodes (GKE, EKS) ](https://github.com/doitintl/kubeip) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/doitintl/kubeip) |


## 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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kubeshop/testkube) |
| 2 | k6d | [ A modern load testing tool, using Go and JavaScript](https://github.com/loadimpact/k6) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/loadimpact/k6) |
| 3 | Network bandwith and load testingd - | [ Test suite for Kubernetes](https://github.com/mrahbar/k8s-testsuite) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/mrahbar/k8s-testsuite) |
| 4 | test-infrad | [ Test infrastructure for the Kubernetes project](https://github.com/kubernetes/test-infra) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kubernetes/test-infra) |
| 5 | kube-scored | [ Kubernetes object analysis with recommendations for improved reliability and security](https://github.com/zegl/kube-score) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/zegl/kube-score) |
| 6 | Litmusd | [ Cloud-Native Chaos Engineering; Kubernetes-Native Chaos Engineering; Chaos Engineering for Kubernetes](https://github.com/litmuschaos/litmus) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/litmuschaos/litmus) |
| 7 | PowerfulSeald | [ A powerful testing tool for Kubernetes clusters](https://github.com/bloomberg/powerfulseal) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kubeshop/tracetest) |
| 10 | Microcks | [ Kubernetes native tool for mocking and testing API and micro-services](https://github.com/microcks/microcks) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/microcks/microcks) |
| 11 | KWOK | [ Kubernetes WithOut Kubelet - Simulates thousands of Nodes and Clusters.](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kwok) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kubernetes-sigs/kwok) |
| 12 | Keploy | [ Open source Tool for converting user-traffic to Test Cases and Data Stubs.](https://github.com/keploy/keploy) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/keploy/keploy) |
| 13 | Netchecks | [Tool to validate assumptions about the network](https://github.com/hardbyte/netchecks) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/layer5io/getnighthawk) |
| 15 | perf-tests | [ Performance tests and benchmarks ](https://github.com/kubernetes/perf-tests) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/istio/istio) |
| 2 | Traefik | [ The Cloud Native Edge Router](https://github.com/containous/traefik) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/containous/traefik) |
| 3 | NGINX Ingress Controller | [ NGINX and NGINX Plus Ingress Controllers for Kubernetes](https://github.com/nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/ihcsim/linkerd-config) |
| 6 | Kong | [ Kong for Kubernetes: the official Ingress Controller for Kubernetes](https://github.com/Kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/Kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller) |
| 7 | OSM | [ Open Service Mesh (OSM) is a lightweight, extensible, cloud native service mesh](https://github.com/openservicemesh/osm) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/openservicemesh/osm) |
| 8 | Gloo Mesh | [ The Service Mesh Orchestration Platform](https://github.com/solo-io/gloo-mesh) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/solo-io/gloo-mesh) |
| 9 | APISIX | [ Apache APISIX is a dynamic, real-time, high-performance API gateway.](https://github.com/apache/apisix) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/pulumi/kubespy) |
| 2 | Popeye | [ A Kubernetes cluster resource sanitizer](https://github.com/derailed/popeye) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/derailed/popeye) |
| 3 | Stern | [ Multi pod and container log tailing for Kubernetes](https://github.com/stern/stern) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/stern/stern) |
| 4 | Cri-tools | [ CLI and validation tools for Kubelet Container Runtime Interface (CRI)](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cri-tools) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kubernetes-sigs/cri-tools) |
| 5 | Kubebox | [ Terminal and Web console for Kubernetes](https://github.com/astefanutti/kubebox) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/astefanutti/kubebox) |
| 6 | Kubewatch | [ Watch k8s events and trigger Handlers](https://github.com/bitnami-labs/kubewatch) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/bitnami-labs/kubewatch) |
| 7 | kube-state-metrics | [ Add-on agent to generate and expose cluster-level metrics](https://github.com/kubernetes/kube-state-metrics) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kubernetes/kube-state-metrics) |
| 8 | Sloop | [ Kubernetes History Visualization](https://github.com/salesforce/sloop?utm_sq=g90yo8t8s1) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/salesforce/sloop?utm_sq=g90yo8t8s1) |
| 9 | kubectl tree ๐ŸŽ„ | [ Kubectl plugin to observe object hierarchies through ownerReferences](https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectl-tree) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/ahmetb/kubectl-tree) |
| 10 | chaoskube | [ chaoskube periodically kills random pods in your Kubernetes cluster](https://github.com/linki/chaoskube) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/pingcap/chaos-mesh) |
| 14 | Lemur | [ LEMUR: Observability and Context](https://github.com/turbonomic/lemur) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/turbonomic/lemur) |
| 15 | kubernetes-event-exporter | [ Export Kubernetes events to multiple destinations with routing and filtering](https://github.com/opsgenie/kubernetes-event-exporter) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/grafana/tempo) |
| 19 | Tracetest | [ Generate end-to-end and integration tests automatically from your OpenTelemetry traces](https://github.com/kubeshop/tracetest) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kubeshop/tracetest) |
| 20 | Pumba | [ Chaos testing, network emulation, and stress testing tool for containers](https://github.com/alexei-led/pumba) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/alexei-led/pumba) |
| 21 | Robusta | [ Kubernetes observability and automation, with an awesome Prometheus integration](https://github.com/robusta-dev/robusta) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/robusta-dev/robusta) |
| 22 | kubeinvaders | [ Gamified Chaos Engineering Tool for Kubernetes](https://github.com/lucky-sideburn/kubeinvaders) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/lucky-sideburn/kubeinvaders) |
| 23 | Headlamp | [ An easy-to-use and extensible web UI for Kubernetes](https://github.com/headlamp-k8s/headlamp) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/headlamp-k8s/headlamp) |
| 24 | Pixie | [ Instant Kubernetes-Native Application Observability. ](https://github.com/pixie-io/pixie) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/pixie-io/pixie) |

## 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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/nebuly-ai/nos) |
| 2 | Kubeflow | [ Machine Learning Toolkit for Kubernetes](https://github.com/kubeflow/kubeflow) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kubeflow/kubeflow) |
| 3 | Volcano | [ A Kubernetes Native Batch System](https://github.com/volcano-sh/volcano) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kubeedge/kubeedge) |
| 2 | OpenYurt | [ Extending your native Kubernetes to edge](https://github.com/openyurtio/openyurt) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/openyurtio/openyurt) |
| 3 | Akri | [ A Kubernetes Resource Interface for the Edge](https://github.com/project-akri/akri) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/project-akri/akri) |
| 4 | SuperEdge | [ An edge-native container management system for edge computing](https://github.com/superedge/superedge) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/superedge/superedge) |
| 5 | Keylime | [ A CNCF Project to Bootstrap & Maintain Trust on the Edge / Cloud and IoT](https://github.com/keylime/keylime) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/keylime/keylime) |
| 6 | Microk8s | [ A small, fast, single-package Kubernetes for developers, IoT and edge](https://github.com/canonical/microk8s) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/canonical/microk8s) |
| 7 | Shifu | [ Kubernetes native IoT software development framework](https://github.com/Edgenesis/shifu) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/Edgenesis/shifu) |
| 8 | kairos | [ The immutable Linux meta-distribution for edge Kubernetes](https://github.com/kairos-io/kairos) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/labring/sealos) |
| 7 | Porter | [ Kubernetes-powered PaaS that runs in your own cloud.](https://github.com/porter-dev/porter) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/porter-dev/porter) |
| 8 | Kubicorn | [ Create, manage, snapshot, and scale Kubernetes infrastructure in the public cloud](https://github.com/kubicorn/kubicorn) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kubicorn/kubicorn) |
| 9 | eksdemo | [ The easy button for learning, testing and demoing Amazon EKS ](https://github.com/awslabs/eksdemo) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/awslabs/eksdemo) |
| 10 | Claudie | [ Claudie allows users to manage Kubernetes clusters that span across multiple cloud providers and on-premise infrastructures ](https://github.com/berops/claudie) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/berops/claudie) |


## Storage Providers

| Sr No | Tool Name | Description with URL | GitHub Popularity |
| ---------- | --------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------|
| 1 | ChubaoFS | [ distributed file system and object storage](https://github.com/chubaofs/chubaofs) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/chubaofs/chubaofs) |
| 2 | Longhorn | [ Cloud-Native distributed block storage built on and for Kubernetes](https://github.com/longhorn/longhorn) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/longhorn/longhorn) |
| 3 | OpenEBS | [ Kubernetes native - hyperconverged block storage with multiple storage engines](https://github.com/openebs/openebs) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/openebs/openebs) |
| 4 | Rook | [ Storage Orchestration for Kubernetes](https://github.com/rook/rook) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/rook/rook) |
| 5 | SeaweedFS | [ Distributed file system supports read-write many volumes](https://github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/chrislusf/seaweedfs) |
| 6 | TiKV | [ Distributed transactional key-value database](https://github.com/tikv/tikv) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/tikv/tikv) |
| 7 | TopoLVM | [ Capacity-aware CSI plugin for Kubernetes](https://github.com/topolvm/topolvm) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/topolvm/topolvm) |
| 8 | velero | [ Backup and migrate Kubernetes applications and their persistent volumes](https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/vmware-tanzu/velero) |
| 9 | Vitess | [ Vitess is a database clustering system for horizontal scaling of MySQL](https://github.com/vitessio/vitess) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/vitessio/vitess) |
| 10 | kaDalu | [ A lightweight Persistent storage solution for Kubernetes / OpenShift using GlusterFS in background](https://github.com/kadalu/kadalu) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kadalu/kadalu) |
| 11 | hwameistor | [ Hwameistor is an HA local storage system for cloud-native stateful workloads.](https://github.com/hwameistor/hwameistor) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/hwameistor/hwameistor) |
| 11 | simplyblock | [ Simplyblock is a distributed block storage engine for Kubernetes persistent volumes](https://www.simplyblock.io/kubernetes-storage) | - |
| 12 | Veritas infoscale | [ Manage critical data and applications in Kubernetes environments.](https://www.veritas.com/availability/infoscale-kubernetes) | - |

## Backup Tools

| Sr No | Tool Name | Description with URL | GitHub Popularity |
| ---------- | --------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------|
| 1 | Stash | [ ๐Ÿ›… Backup your Kubernetes Stateful Applications](https://github.com/stashed/stash) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/stashed/stash)
| 2 | kube-dump | [ Backup a Kubernetes cluster as a yaml manifest](https://github.com/WoozyMasta/kube-dump) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/WoozyMasta/kube-dump)
| 3 | VolSync | [ Asynchronous data replication for Kubernetes volumes](https://github.com/backube/volsync) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/backube/volsync)
| 4 | Reflector | [ Custom Kubernetes controller that can be used to replicate secrets, configmaps and certificates.](https://github.com/emberstack/kubernetes-reflector) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/emberstack/kubernetes-reflector)
| 5 | SnapScheduler | [ Scheduled snapshots for Kubernetes persistent volumes.](https://github.com/backube/snapscheduler) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/chaostoolkit/chaostoolkit-kubernetes) |
| 2 | k14s | [ Kubernetes Tools that follow Unix philosophy to be simple and composable](https://github.com/k14s) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/pulumi/pulumi) |
| 4 | Gvisor | [ Application Kernel for Containers](https://github.com/google/gvisor) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/google/gvisor) |
| 5 | Colima | [ Container runtimes on macOS (and Linux) with minimal setup](https://github.com/abiosoft/colima) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/abiosoft/colima) |
| 6 | Krateo Platformops | [ Open source platform to manage infrastructure, resources and applications via YAML files](https://github.com/krateoplatformops/krateo) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/krateoplatformops/krateo) |
| 7 | Kamus | [ An open source, git-ops, zero-trust secret encryption and decryption solution for Kubernetes applications](https://github.com/Soluto/kamus) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/Soluto/kamus) |
| 8 | korb | [ Move Kubernetes PVCs between Storage Classes and Namespaces](https://github.com/BeryJu/korb) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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 โ€” your favorite open source cost monitoring tool for Kubernetes](https://github.com/opencost/opencost) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kube-green/kube-green) |
| 5 | kepler | [Kepler (Kubernetes-based Efficient Power Level Exporter) uses eBPF to probe performance counters and other system stats, use ML models to estimate workload energy consumption based on these stats, and exports them as Prometheus metrics](https://github/stars/sustainable-computing-io/kepler) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/sustainable-computing-io/kepler) |
| 6 | KBOM | [ KBOM - Kubernetes Bill of Materials ](https://github.com/rad-security/kbom) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/rad-security/kbom) |


## 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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/knative/serving) |
| 2 | OpenFaaS | [ OpenFaaS - Serverless Functions Made Simple](https://github.com/openfaas/faas) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/openfaas/faas) |
| 3 | Kubeless | [ Kubernetes Native Serverless Framework](https://github.com/vmware-archive/kubeless) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/vmware-archive/kubeless) |
| 4 | Fission | [ Fast and Simple Serverless Functions for Kubernetes ](https://github.com/fission/fission) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/fission/fission) |
| 5 | Nuclio | [ High-Performance Serverless event and data processing platform ](https://github.com/nuclio/nuclio) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt) |
| 2 | kubectl-ai | [ Kubectl plugin for OpenAI GPT ](https://github.com/sozercan/kubectl-ai) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/sozercan/kubectl-ai) |
| 3 | kopilot | [ Your AI Kubernetes Expert ](https://github.com/knight42/kopilot) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/knight42/kopilot) |
| 4 | kopylot | [ An AI-Powered assistant for Kubernetes developers ](https://github.com/avsthiago/kopylot) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/avsthiago/kopylot) |
| 5 | aiac | [ Artificial Intelligence K8s manifest and package generator](https://github.com/gofireflyio/aiac) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/gofireflyio/aiac) |
| 6 | mico | [ An AI assisted kubectl helper](https://github.com/tahtaciburak/mico) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/tahtaciburak/mico) |
| 7 | kserve | [ Standardized Serverless ML Inference Platform on Kubernets](https://github.com/kserve/kserve) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/dkoshkin/kubectl-assistant) |
| 9 | HolmesGPT | [ The only DevOps assistant that solves alerts like a human does - by looking at alerts and fetching missing data repeatedly until the alert can be solved ](https://github.com/robusta-dev/holmesgpt) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/robusta-dev/holmesgpt) |

## 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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/jainishshah17/tugger) |
| 4 | kube-image-keeper (kuik) | [ kuik is a container image caching system for Kubernetes](https://github.com/enix/kube-image-keeper) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/enix/kube-image-keeper) |
| 5 | harbor | [ A trusted cloud native registry project that stores,caches, signs, and scans content. ](https://github.com/goharbor/harbor) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/goharbor/harbor) |
| 6 | kuik | [ kuik is a container image caching system for Kubernetes ](https://github.com/enix/kube-image-keeper) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/enix/kube-image-keeper) |

## 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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kubernetes-client/go) |
| 2 | Python Client for Kubernetes | [ Official Python client library for kubernetes ](https://github.com/kubernetes-client/python) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kubernetes-client/python) |
| 3 | Java Client for Kubernetes | [ Official Java client library for kubernetes ](https://github.com/kubernetes-client/java) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kubernetes-client/java) |
| 4 | Javascript Client for Kubernetes | [ Official Javascript client library for kubernetes ](https://github.com/kubernetes-client/javascript) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kubernetes-client/javascript) |
| 5 | csharp Client for Kubernetes | [ Official dotnet client library for kubernetes ](https://github.com/kubernetes-client/csharp) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![GitHub Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/gianlucam76/k8s-cleaner) |
| 3 | CRI-Purge | [CRI Purge - Cleanup of Cached Kubernetes CRI Images](https://github.com/reefland/cri-purge) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/reefland/cri-purge) |
| 4 | Pred8tor | [ Pred8tor is a simple tool to clean up K8s objects that were tagged for expiration ](https://github.com/pavelzag/pred8tor) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/pavelzag/pred8tor) |
| 5 | Kubetrim | [ Kubetrim is a command-line tool designed to automatically clean up your Kubernetes configuration file (KUBECONFIG) ](https://github.com/alexellis/kubetrim) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/alexellis/kubetrim) |

## 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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/bitnami-labs/cabin) |
| 4 | Funktion | [ CLI tool for working with funktion](https://github.com/funktionio/funktion) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/funktionio/funktion) |
| 5 | Alterant | [ A simple Kubernetes configuration modifier](https://github.com/cloud66-oss/alterant) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/cloud66-oss/alterant) |
| 6 | BUCK | [ Brigade Universal Controller for Kubernetes](https://github.com/brigadecore/buck) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/senthilrch/kube-fledged) |
| 8 | kpt | [ toolkit to help you manage, manipulate, customize, and apply Kubernetes Resource configuration](https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kpt) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/GoogleContainerTools/kpt) |
| 9 | capsule | [ Capsule helps to implement a multi-tenancy and policy-based environment in your Kubernetes cluster](https://github.com/clastix/capsule) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kubeslice) |
| 11 | routernetes | [ Use Kubernetes to make a home router!](https://github.com/routernetes/routernetes) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/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) | ![GitHub Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/NCCloud/mayfly) |
| 15 | yupd | [ Yupd is a command-line tool that allows updating YAML files the GitOps way](https://github.com/srozange/yupd) | ![GitHub Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/srozange/yupd) |
| 16 | kube-job | [ Run one off job on kubernetes from the command line tool](https://github.com/h3poteto/kube-job) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/h3poteto/kube-job) |
| 17 | paster | [ This program base64 encodes a file, then pastes chunks it into an activated window using 'Ctrl+V' in the pod ](https://github.com/BuFuuu/paster/tree/main) | - |
| 18 | Mirror | [ A Kubernetes ConfigMap and Secrets reflector with a strong emphasis on security and performance ](https://github.com/lab42/mirror/tree/main) | ![Github Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/lab42/mirror) |

## Maintainer

- [Apurva Bhandari](https://www.linkedin.com/in/apurvabhandari-linux/)
- [Ajeet Singh Raina](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajeetsraina)