A keyboard-driven Kubernetes TUI for developers who live in the terminal.

KubeTile started as a personal tool to handle my daily Kubernetes workflow without leaving the terminal — browsing resources, streaming logs, exec-ing into pods, and debugging running containers, written in Rust.

Navigation & Layout

• Split panes (vertical / horizontal), tabs, fullscreen — all keyboard-driven
• Live resource lists for all standard K8s kinds: Pods, Deployments, Services, StatefulSets, DaemonSets, Jobs, CronJobs, ConfigMaps, Secrets, Ingresses, Nodes, Namespaces, PVs, PVCs
• Filter, sort columns, toggle all-namespaces, YAML view, describe view

Cluster Interaction

• Stream pod logs with follow, filter, wrap, save, and full export
• Interactive exec sessions inside containers
• Port-forwarding with a prompt UI and active-forwards panel
• Namespace and context switching overlays

Debug Workflows

• Debug mode (Ctrl+Alt+d on a Pod) — patches the owner Deployment to sleep infinity so you can exec in without the application interfering; restores the original command on exit
• Root debug mode (F5 on a Pod) — same as above with securityContext.runAsUser: 0 for root access; original securityContext restored on exit

Developer Experience

• Status bar with current cluster, namespace, and input mode
• Toast notifications, confirmation dialogs, context-sensitive help overlay
• Resource switcher command palette (:)
• Works gracefully without a cluster connection

Requirements: Rust ≥ 1.75, kubectl in PATH, a valid ~/.kube/config.

# Install from source
git clone https://github.com/gitavk/KubeTile
cd KubeTile
cargo install --path crates/kubetile-app

Or download a pre-built binary from the Releases page (Linux x86_64/aarch64, .deb, .rpm).

kubetile

KubeTile connects to your current kubeconfig context on launch. Press F1 for the keybinding reference at any time.

Full documentation is available in the KubeTile Book:

• Installation
• Keybindings
• Views & Workflows
• Configuration
• Demo Stand

MIT — see LICENSE.