K9s Alternatives

K9s is described as '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' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to K9s for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Kubernetes and Flathub apps. The best K9s alternative is Seabird, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like K9s are Freelens, Kunobi, Monokle 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.

    19 Seabird alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Flathub
     
  2. Freelens icon
     5 likes

    Freelens is a 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.

    14 Freelens alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  3. Kunobi icon
     4 likes

    A desktop app for managing Kubernetes clusters and GitOps (FluxCD, ArgoCD) with real-time visibility across multiple clusters.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Kubernetes
     
  4. Monokle icon
     2 likes

    Monokle is a unified visual tool for authoring, analysis and deployment of Kubernetes YAML configurations, from manifest to live clusters, with policy validation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. Lens Desktop icon
     2 likes

    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 (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  6. Aptakube icon
     1 like

    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

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Kustomize icon
     1 like

    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.

    13 Kustomize alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Kubernetes
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Homebrew
    • MacPorts
    • Chocolatey
    • Docker
     
  8. 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.

    14 Kubernetic alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Kubernetes
     
  9. K8Studio icon
     1 like

    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.

    14 K8Studio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  10. kubewall icon
     1 like

    A user-friendly Kubernetes UI Dashboard to manage your multi-cluster.

    12 kubewall alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
     
  11. Kubeli icon
     1 like

    A modern, native Kubernetes management desktop app for macOS. Multi-cluster support, real-time monitoring, AI assistant, terminal access, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  12. KubeSwitch is a macOS application designed to help Kubernetes users quickly switch between Kubernetes clusters and namespaces via an intuitive menu bar interface and a Spotlight-style QuickSwitch search panel.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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