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    derailed/k9s

    🐶 Kubernetes CLI To Manage Your Clusters In Style!

    kubernetes
    go
    golang
    k8s
    k8s-cluster
    k9s
    Go
    Apache-2.0
    34.9K stars
    2.3K forks
    34.9K GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 3, 2026
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    Where it stands

    Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.

    No releases in the last 90 days; the most recent was 150 days ago, with 400 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #45 in the weekly ranking the week of Oct 5, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides a terminal-based UI to interactively manage and observe Kubernetes clusters and resources.
    • Offers a live, continuously updated view of Kubernetes resources with intuitive navigation and command shortcuts.
    • Use for real-time monitoring and management of Kubernetes pods, deployments, and services via a terminal interface.
    • Use for debugging and viewing logs of Kubernetes workloads directly within a terminal without switching tools.
    • Use for administering multiple Kubernetes contexts and namespaces efficiently with customizable aliases and hotkeys.

    Should you depend on it?

    License terms, project hygiene and risks, from GitHub metadata and GStars' snapshots.

    License

    Apache 2.0

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

    Community files

    • README: present

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    From the README

    K9s provides a terminal UI to interact with your Kubernetes clusters. The aim of this project is to make it easier to navigate, observe and manage your applications in the wild. K9s continually watches Kubernetes for changes and offers subsequent commands to interact with your observed resources.

    K9s is not pimped out by a big corporation with deep pockets. It is a complex OSS project that demands a lot of my time to maintain and support. K9s will always remain OSS and therefore free! That said, if you feel k9s makes your day to day Kubernetes journey a tad brighter, saves you time and makes you more productive, please consider sponsoring us! Your donations will go a long way in keeping our servers lights on and beers in our fridge!

    Excerpt from the derailed/k9s README on GitHub (Apache-2.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

    Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots

    Aug 7: +5Aug 13: +5Sep 6: +9Oct 7: +4

    +631 stars over 90 days across 12 snapshot days; best day +9 on Sep 6.

    Forks

    2.3K+100

    Open issues

    105-22

    Compared with peers in Kubernetes

    Fastest-growing repositories GStars tracks in this cohort for the week of Nov 8, by 7-day star growth

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