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    ahmetb/kubectx

    Faster way to switch between clusters and namespaces in kubectl

    kubernetes
    kubectl
    kubectl-plugins
    kubernetes-clusters
    Go
    Apache-2.0
    20.1K stars
    1.4K forks
    130 GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 6, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    No releases in the last 90 days; the most recent was 225 days ago, with 66 contributors on GitHub.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides command-line tools to quickly switch between Kubernetes contexts and namespaces in kubectl.
    • Speeds up Kubernetes cluster and namespace management with intuitive commands and interactive fuzzy search.
    • Use for rapidly switching Kubernetes clusters during multi-cluster development or troubleshooting.
    • Use for easily changing namespaces within a cluster to manage resources without editing kubeconfig manually.
    • Use for launching isolated or read-only shells scoped to a specific Kubernetes context for safer operations.

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    License

    Apache 2.0

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution; includes an explicit patent grant from contributors.

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    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present

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    From the README

    This repository provides both kubectx and kubens tools. Install →

    kubectx is a tool to switch between contexts (clusters) on kubectl faster, and launch readonly shells for each context.

    kubens is a tool to switch between Kubernetes namespaces (and configure them for kubectl) easily.

    Excerpt from the ahmetb/kubectx README on GitHub (Apache-2.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

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    Forks

    1.4K+7

    Open issues

    41+3

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