Kubus¶
A free, open-source Kubernetes GUI. Connect to all your clusters at once — browse and edit every resource (CRDs included), stream aggregated logs, open shells, forward ports, watch metrics and manage Helm — from one polished UI that runs entirely on your machine.
Why Kubus?¶
kubectl is fast but invisible — you can't see your clusters. Dashboards are pretty
but live in a pod and need RBAC, ingress and a login. Kubus sits in between: a desktop-grade
UI that runs as a local app, talks to your clusters with your existing kubeconfig, and
never sends a byte off your machine.
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Every cluster at once
Select any number of kubeconfig contexts and lists merge into one view with a cluster column. Stop juggling
kubectl config use-context. -
Every resource kind
Built-in workloads, networking, config, storage and RBAC — plus every CRD, discovered dynamically with its printer columns rendered as real columns.
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Aggregated logs
Stream logs from many pods at once, colour-coded per pod, with regex filter, follow, timestamps, previous-container logs and one-click download.
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Shells & debugging
A real terminal into any container, ephemeral debug containers for distroless pods, and a privileged node shell that
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Metrics & health
CPU/memory history charts from metrics-server, and an overview dashboard that flags failing pods, unavailable workloads, restarts and warnings.
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Helm, no binary
List releases, inspect user and computed values, read manifests, browse history, roll back and uninstall — the server decodes release secrets itself.
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Command palette
Ctrl+K searches resources, kinds and pages, runs actions on anything and drives the whole app from the keyboard.
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Local & private
Binds to
127.0.0.1only, guards every request with a per-run token, and redacts Secret values by default. Nothing leaves your laptop.
Kubus in one minute¶
Ready?¶
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Install Kubus
Grab the desktop installer for Windows, macOS or Linux — or run it from source.
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Quickstart
From zero to browsing your first cluster in about five minutes.
Kubus is a local tool
Kubus is meant to run on your machine against clusters you already have credentials for. It is not a hosted multi-tenant dashboard. See the security model for exactly what that means.