Freelens Alternatives

Freelens is described as 'Free and open-source user interface designed for managing Kubernetes clusters. It provides a standalone application that is compatible with macOS, Windows, and Linux operating systems, making it accessible to a wide range of users' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Freelens for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Kubernetes and Self-Hosted apps. The best Freelens alternative is Seabird, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Freelens are Monokle, Aptakube, Kustomize and Lens Desktop.

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  1. Seabird icon
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    Seabird is a native cross-platform Kubernetes desktop client that makes it super easy to explore your cluster's resources. We aim to visualize all common resource types in a simple, bloat-free user interface.

    18 Seabird alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Flathub
     
    • Seabird is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Freelens.

    • Seabird is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Freelens.

    • Seabird is Free and Open SourceFreelens is also Free and Open Source
  2. Monokle icon
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    Monokle is a unified visual tool for authoring, analysis and deployment of Kubernetes YAML configurations, from manifest to live clusters, with policy validation.

    13 Monokle alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Monokle hasn't been updated since 2024 and it doesn't support K8S 1.30+ version.

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    • Monokle is Free and Open SourceFreelens is also Free and Open Source
  3. Aptakube icon
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    A modern, lightweight and multi-cluster desktop client for Kubernetes. Connect to multiple clusters simultaneously as if it was just one big cluster. View logs and manage all your resources from your machine!

    12 Aptakube alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • Aptakube is the most popular commercial alternative to Freelens.

    • Aptakube is Paid and ProprietaryFreelens is Free and Open Source
    • Aptakube is LightweightFreelens is not according to our users
  4. Kustomize icon
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    Kustomize introduces a template-free way to customize application configuration that simplifies the use of off-the-shelf applications. Now, built into kubectl as apply -k.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Kubernetes
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Homebrew
    • MacPorts
    • Chocolatey
    • Docker
     
  5. Lens Desktop icon
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    Lens is the most powerful Kubernetes IDE on the market. It is a standalone application, and it is available on macOS, Windows, and Linux.

    14 Lens Desktop alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
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    Kubernetic is a brand new Desktop Client for Kubernetes that lets developers and ops manage their Kubernetes cluster(s) through a UI interface in a very simple way.

    13 Kubernetic alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Kubernetes
     
    • Kubernetic is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Freelens.

    • Kubernetic is Paid and ProprietaryFreelens is Free and Open Source
  7. K8Studio icon
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    K8 Studio is a cross-platform client IDE to manage Kubernetes Clusters. You can deploy easily to EKS, GKE, AKS, IBM Cloud, or your own bare metal. Connect to your cluster and have a graphical representation of your nodes, pods, services, etc.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  8. K9s icon
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    K9s is a terminal based UI to interact with your Kubernetes clusters. The aim of this project is to make it easier to navigate, observe and manage your deployed applications in the wild.

    13 K9s alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. kubewall icon
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    A user-friendly Kubernetes UI Dashboard to manage your multi-cluster.

    13 kubewall alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • kubewall is the most popular Web-based & SaaS alternative to Freelens.

    • kubewall is Free and Open SourceFreelens is also Free and Open Source
  10. Octant icon
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    An open source developer-centric web interface for Kubernetes that lets you inspect a Kubernetes cluster and its applications.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. Kubethor icon
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    Kubethor is a user-friendly interface for managing Kubernetes resources, a platform for managing containerized applications. Basically, a GUI for Kubectl with extra functionality.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Kubernetes
     
  12. Edka icon
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    Enterprise Kubernetes management platform. Simplify cloud operations and accelerate application delivery on Kubernetes.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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