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, Flathub and Kubernetes apps. The best K9s alternative is Seabird, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like K9s are Freelens, Monokle, Aptakube and Kustomize.

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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 K9s.

    • Seabird is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to K9s.

    • Seabird is Free and Open SourceK9s is also Free and Open Source
  2. Freelens icon
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    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

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  3. 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
     
  4. 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 K9s.

    • Aptakube is Paid and ProprietaryK9s is Free and Open Source
    • Aptakube is LightweightK9s is not according to our users
  5. 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
     
  6. 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 K9s.

    • Kubernetic is Paid and ProprietaryK9s is Free and Open Source
  8. 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
     
  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 K9s.

    • kubewall is Free and Open SourceK9s 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
     
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    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
     
  12. Koreo icon
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    A new approach to Kubernetes configuration management and resource orchestration.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Python
    • Kubernetes
    • Visual Studio Code
     
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