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Kubus

Every cluster in one window.

Kubus is a free, open-source Kubernetes GUI that runs on your machine. It uses the kubeconfig you already have and puts resources, logs, shells, port forwards, metrics and Helm for all your clusters in one place.

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  • Runs on your machine
  • Your kubeconfig, your RBAC
  • Every CRD, discovered live
  • Windows, macOS and Linux

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The Kubus overview dashboard The Kubus overview dashboard

Where Kubus fits

kubectl is fast, but it shows you one thing at a time and you have to know what to ask for. Dashboards give you a picture, but they live inside a cluster and need RBAC, an ingress and a login before you see anything. Kubus is a desktop app instead. It reads the kubeconfig you already have, connects to as many clusters as you select, and keeps everything on your machine.

  • Every cluster at once

    Select any number of kubeconfig contexts. Lists merge into one view with a cluster column, so you stop switching contexts to compare things.

    Connecting clusters

  • Every resource kind

    Built-in workloads, networking, config, storage and RBAC, plus every CRD in the cluster. CRDs are discovered live and their printer columns become real columns.

    Browsing resources

  • Aggregated logs

    Stream logs from many pods at once, colour-coded per pod. Filter with a regex, follow the tail, show timestamps, read the previous container and download the lot.

    Logs

  • Shells & debugging

    A real terminal into any container, ephemeral debug containers for distroless pods, and a privileged node shell that runs nsenter on the host.

    Shell & debug

  • Metrics & health

    CPU and memory history from metrics-server, and an overview dashboard that flags failing pods, unavailable workloads, restarts and warnings.

    Metrics & health

  • Helm without the binary

    List releases, inspect user and computed values, read manifests, browse history, roll back and uninstall. The server decodes release secrets itself.

    Helm releases

  • Command palette

    Ctrl+K searches resources, kinds and pages and runs actions on anything, so you can drive the whole app from the keyboard.

    Command palette

  • Local & private

    Kubus binds to 127.0.0.1 only, guards every request with a per-run token and redacts Secret values by default. Nothing leaves your laptop.

    Security model

Kubus in one minute

Get Kubus

  • Install Kubus

    Grab the desktop installer for Windows, macOS or Linux, or run it from source.

    Installation

  • Quickstart

    From zero to browsing your first cluster in about five minutes.

    Quickstart

Kubus is a local tool

Kubus runs on your machine against clusters you already have credentials for. It is not a hosted, multi-tenant dashboard. The security model spells out exactly what that means.

Made by

Kubus is built by me (FloSch), in the open and in my spare time. It is free and stays free. If it saves you time, a coffee keeps the releases coming. More about me.

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