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K9s is a terminal-based UI to interact with Kubernetes clusters, designed to make it easier to navigate, observe, and manage deployed applications. It watches Kubernetes resources in real time, supports both standard resources and CRDs, and includes commands for logs, scaling, port-forwards, restarts, as well as plugin support, aliases, and hotkeys. Additional features include real-time resource metrics, RBAC viewing, benchmarking, resource graph traversals, and customizable skins and views.
Parse Score
#57 of 85 in Infrastructure Monitoring and Observability Platforms
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AI reaches for excellent · fast · lightweight when it describes K9s.
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