k9s

Project Overview

K9s provides a terminal UI to interact with your Kubernetes clusters. It continually watches Kubernetes for changes and offers commands to interact with observed resources.

Key Features

• Terminal UI for Kubernetes cluster management
• Continual resource change monitoring
• Multiple resource views (Pods, Deployments, etc.)
• Built-in log viewing

Target Audience

• Kubernetes administrators and developers
• Users wanting terminal-based cluster management
• DevOps engineers

Quick Start

1. Download the tarball for your platform from GitHub Releases
2. Extract and install
3. Run k9s to launch the terminal UI
4. Use keyboard shortcuts to navigate and manage resources

Core Advantages

• Terminal UI, no need to leave the command line
• Continuous cluster change monitoring
• Open-source and free, community-sponsored
• Cross-platform support

System Requirements

• OS: Linux, macOS, Windows
• Architectures: x86_64, arm64
• Additional Dependencies: kubectl, Kubernetes cluster access

Notes

• A valid kubeconfig is required
• Full documentation at k9scli.io