Kubelize – Free tool to manage multiple Kubernetes clusters

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kubelizeme — Free Native Desktop Kubernetes Manager for macOS, Linux & Windows

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A native desktop Kubernetes manager built for engineers who want a fast, beautiful,<br>and distraction-free way to manage their clusters — no browser, no subscription,<br>no limits.

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See features<br>100% Free

macOS<br>Universal (Apple Silicon & Intel)

Linux<br>.deb & .rpm

Windows<br>x86_64

Features<br>Every capability, organized

Built with Rust + Tauri for native performance. Click any category to explore.

Cluster & resources<br>18 features

Cluster management

Multi-cluster tabs — connect to unlimited clusters with instant switching via ⌘1–⌘9

Color-coded tab groups — organize clusters by environment with drag-to-reorder

Auto-reconnect — persistent connections survive app restarts

Service account token auth — connect via token without kubeconfig files

Multi-kubeconfig merge — auto-discovers KUBECONFIG env, ~/.kube/config, and user-added files

Cluster dashboard — pod phases, node health, resource usage, and warnings at a glance

Health monitoring — per-cluster latency ping with visual status indicators

Cloud provider detection — auto-detects EKS, AKS, GKE, DigitalOcean, OVH, Linode with version info and EOL support check

Context menus — right-click actions on tabs and resources, Ctrl+Click to open in new tab

Quick reconnect — reconnect to a cluster directly from the tab popover

Resource browser

30+ resource types — Pods, Deployments, StatefulSets, DaemonSets, Jobs, CronJobs, Services, Ingresses, ConfigMaps, Secrets, Nodes, Namespaces, HPAs, PDBs, NetworkPolicies, and more

Rich detail panels — click any resource for a kubectl-describe-style side panel with raw YAML view

Owner references — clickable "Owned By" chips to navigate resource hierarchies

CRD browser — discover and browse Custom Resource Definitions grouped by API group

Resource events — view events scoped to any resource directly in the detail panel

Sortable columns — click any table header to sort resources by name, status, age, and more

Inline filtering — type-ahead filter with passthrough from search and command palette

Copy resource names — one-click copy on any resource name across all views

Workloads & topology<br>13 features

Workload operations

Edit & apply YAML — in-app YAML editor with direct apply to the cluster

Scale deployments — quick scale dialog for instant replica changes

Rollout restart — one-click rolling restart for deployments and statefulsets

Rollout history — timeline view with live diff between revisions

Patch labels — add or remove labels inline on any resource

Node maintenance — cordon, uncordon, and drain actions

Namespace lifecycle — create and delete namespaces with resource counts and pin/hide

Read-only mode — toggle to prevent accidental mutations

Ephemeral debug containers — attach a debug container to any running pod for live troubleshooting

kubectl-neat YAML — clean YAML output across all resource views, stripping managed fields and defaults

Workload topology

Visual dependency graph — Deployments → ReplicaSets → Pods → Services → Ingresses

Per-row overlay — expand the topology graph directly from any deployment row

Theme-aware rendering — nodes, edges, and backgrounds adapt to light and dark mode

Logs, terminal & port forwarding<br>13 features

Log viewer

Multi-pod streaming — stream logs from multiple pods simultaneously, stern-style

Pod sidebar — per-pod color coding with Only / All / None filter controls

Previous container logs — view logs from crashed or restarted containers

Save to file — export logs for offline analysis

ANSI color support — full terminal color rendering in the log viewer

10,000-line buffer — smooth scrolling with high-performance ring buffer

Embedded terminal

Local shell — built-in terminal with kubectl context auto-injected

Exec into containers — one-click shell access to running containers

Quake-style panel — slide-down terminal toggled with backtick key

Nerd Font support — proper glyph rendering for powerline prompts

Ephemeral debug containers — attach debug containers to running pods with auto-exec into the session

Port forwarding

Services & Pods — forward ports with one click from any service or pod

Active session panel — manage all active port forwards in one place

Security<br>8 features

RBAC visualizer

Subject-first browser — explore permissions by user, group, or service account

Risk scoring — instantly identify overly permissive bindings

Interactive graph — visual RBAC relationship graph scoped to selected subjects

Color-coded roles — distinct colors for Role, ClusterRole, RoleBinding, ClusterRoleBinding

Secrets management

Masked by default — values hidden at the Rust backend level, never exposed to the UI

Explicit reveal — click to decode with per-key copy button

Auto-seal countdown — configurable timer re-masks secrets automatically

Download as .env — export secret key-value pairs as a .env...

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