k9s

Terminal UI to navigate, observe, and manage your Kubernetes clusters

k9s is a terminal-based UI that continuously watches Kubernetes resources and provides keyboard shortcuts to view logs, exec into pods, port-forward, scale, and delete resources without writing long kubectl commands.

Key features

Live view of cluster resources
Logs, shell, and port-forward shortcuts
Customizable skins and aliases
Pulse and XRay views

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