awesome-kubectl-plugins 
A curated list of awesome kubectl plugins inspired by the awesome list.
If you see a link that isn't a good fit, you can fix it by submitting a pull request to help improve the list. Likewise, if you'd like to add or fix something, click the README.md file to edit and submit a pull request. Thank you!
What are kubectl plugins?
Since version 1.12, kubectl includes a plugin mechanism that allows you to extend kubectl with custom commands. Extending
kubectlwith plugins greatly enhances the productivity while using the CLI.
Contents
Package Manager 📦
Resources
- Writing Kubectl Plugins for Everyone
- Podcast - kubectl Plugins and krew, with Ahmet Alp Balkan and Luk Burchard
Blog Posts
- How to write a kubectl plugin
- Extending kubectl with plugins
- Write your own kubectl subcommands
- Manage Kubernetes Plugins with Krew
- Boosting Your Kubectl Productivity
- Top 15 Kubectl plugins for security engineers
Use awesome-kubectl-plugins as a Custom Index via Krew
A notable feature custom index was added in krew's v0.4.0 release. This means you can now use custom indexes of your own to install the plugins via krew.
Was you plugin not accepted in default krew-index due to some reasons? No issues, you can still use that plugin manifest in your custom index and install it via krew.
Now, awesome-kubectl-plugins is not just a list of awesome kubectl plugins (without any centralised control), you can actually use this to add your own plugins like you did for krew-index and install them locally.
Note: This does not mean you can install plugins without a valid plugins.yaml for your plugin. You still need to have a plugin manifest.
How to add your plugin to awesome-kubectl-plugins
- Add your plugin's name, description and category to the below kubectl Plugins list.
- Add
plugin-name.yamlmanifest to./pluginsdirectory. - And, you're done.
Installing plugins via awesome-kubectl-plugins
- Add the custom index to krew:
$ kubectl krew index add awesome-kubectl-plugins https://github.com/ishantanu/awesome-kubectl-plugins.git - Install a plugin from the custom index by running:
kubectl krew install awesome-kubectl-plugins/access-matrix
kubectl Plugins
| No. | Plugin | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rakkess | Review Access - kubectl plugin to show an access matrix for k8s server resources | RBAC |
| 2 | kubectl-who-can | Show who has RBAC permissions to perform actions on different resources in Kubernetes | RBAC |
| 3 | kubectl-lint | A kubectl plugin to perform linting | Linting |
| 4 | kubectl-neat | Clean up Kuberntes yaml and json output to make it readable | Linting |
| 5 | ksort | Sort manifest files in a proper order by Kind | Linting |
| 6 | kubectl-debug | Debug your pod by a new container with every troubleshooting tools pre-installed | Debugging |
| 7 | kube-profefe | continuous profiling made easy in Kubernetes with profefe | Debugging |
| 8 | ksniff | Kubectl plugin to ease sniffing on kubernetes pods using tcpdump and wireshark | Networking |
| 9 | kubectl-swiftnp | A kubectl plugin for rendering details of Network Policies. | Networking |
| 10 | kubectl-trace | Schedule bpftrace programs on your kubernetes cluster using the kubectl | Networking |
| 11 | kubectl-capture | A kubectl plugin which triggers a Sysdig capture https://sysdig.com/opensource/inspect/ | Networking |
| 12 | kubectl-plugin-pvc | A simple kubectl binary plugin for PVC operations | Storage |
| 13 | kubectl-dfi | List and show disk resources of images on Kubernetes nodes. | Storage |
| 14 | kubectl-unbound-pvc | List and show disk resources of images on Kubernetes nodes. | Storage |
| 15 | kubectl-df-pv | giving admins df (disk free) like utility for persistent volumes | Storage |
| 16 | kubectl-sudo | Run kubernetes commands with the security privileges of another user | Security |
| 17 | outdated | Find and report outdated images running in a Kubernetes cluster | Security |
| 18 | kubectl-kubesec | Security risk analysis for Kubernetes resources https://kubesec.io | Security |
| 19 | kubectl-enter | Exec into node via kubectl | Exec |
| 20 | kubectl-cssh | A kubectl plugin to ssh into Kubernetes nodes within separate tmux panes | Exec |
| 21 | kubectl-iexec | Kubectl plugin to interactively exec into a pod | Exec |
| 22 | kubectl-ssh | A kubectl plugin to ssh into a pod's node | Exec |
| 23 | kubectl-kcn | A script and kubectl plugin which makes it easier to ssh into nodes within your cluster. | Exec |
| 24 | duyguserbest kubectl-iexec | A script and kubectl plugin which makes it easier to ssh into nodes within your cluster. | Exec |
| 25 | kubectl-exec-all | kubectl plugin to execute a command in all running pods of a resource. | Exec |
| 26 | kubectl-nsenter | Simple kubectl plugin to take pod name, SSH onto node and spawn an nsenter shell | Exec |
| 27 | kvaps kubectl-ssh | Tiny plugin for connecting to node in the cluster over SSH | Exec |
| 28 | kubectl-warp | Kubernetes CLI plugin for syncing and executing local files in Pod on Kubernetes | Exec |
| 29 | kubectl-plugin-ssh-jump | A kubectl plugin to SSH into Kubernetes nodes using a SSH jump host Pod | Exec |
| 30 | kubectl-texec | Attach to the pod matching the label with Tmux | Exec |
| 31 | kubectl-dig | Deep kubernetes visibility from the kubectl | Visibility |
| 32 | kubectl-utility | Utility tool for observing k8s resources. | Visibility |
| 33 | kubectl-graph | A kubectl plugin to visualize Kubernetes resources and relationships. | Visibility |
| 34 | kubectl-tree | A kubectl plugin to browse Kubernetes object hierarchies as a tree | Visibility |
| 35 | kubectl-topology | A kubectl plugin that provides insight into the topology of a Kubernetes cluster. | Visibility |
| 36 | Pod-Dive | A kubectl plugin to dive into your Kubernetes nodes pods, and inspect them. | Visibility |
| 37 | kubectl-dashboard | Instantly get a Kubernetes dashboard | Visibility |
| 38 | kubelogin | kubectl plugin for Kubernetes OpenID Connect authentication (kubectl oidc-login) | Authn/Authz |
| 39 | k8s-pixy-auth | k8s plugin to authenticate against an OIDC compatible issuer using PKCE (pixy) flow | Authn/Authz |
| 40 | kubectl-login | Kubectl plugin for re-authenticate into OpenID Connect Provider via CLI | Authn/Authz |
| 41 | zjj2wry kubectl-login | The kubectl plugin is used to login to the kubernetes cluster by oidc authentication. | Authn/Authz |
| 42 | kubectl-pass | kubectl plugin for integration with pass (the standard unix password manager) | Authn/Authz |
| 43 | kubectl-ssm-secret | A kubectl plugin to allow import/export of kubernetes secrets to/from AWS SSM Parameter Store path. | Secrets |
| 44 | kubectl-decode-secret | A kubectl plugin to decode Kubernetes secrets | Secrets |
| 45 | kubectl-gopass | Plugin for kubectl to support reading and writing secrets directly from/to gopass | Secrets |
| 46 | kubectl-modify-secret | kubectl-modify-secrets allows user to directly modify the secret without worrying about base64 encoding/decoding | Secrets |
| 47 | weibeld kubectl-ctx | A kubectl plugin for interactively changing the kubeconfig context | Context/Namespace Switching |
| 48 | weibeld kubectl-ns | A kubectl plugin for interactively switching between namespaces in your cluster | Context/Namespace Switching |
| 49 | postfinance kubectl-ctx | Simple kubectl plugin to display/switch contexts | Context/Namespace Switching |
| 50 | kubectl-select-context | light kubectl plugin that prompts user to select config context | Context/Namespace Switching |
| 51 | kubectl-use | Plugin for simple switch kubernetes contexts and namespaces | Context/Namespace Switching |
| 52 | kubectx | Switch faster between clusters and namespaces in kubectl https://kubectx.dev | Context/Namespace Switching |
| 53 | kubectl-ns | Simple kubectl plugin to display/switch namespaces | Context/Namespace Switching |
| 54 | kubectl-use | Plugin for simple switch kubernetes contexts and namespaces | Context/Namespace Switching |
| 55 | kubectl-switch | Kubernetes multi-cluster command-line management tool | Context/Namespace Switching |
| 56 | caas-one kubectl-switch | Kubernetes multi-cluster command-line management tool | Context/Namespace Switching |
| 57 | juanvallejo kubectl-ns | Quickly view or change the current namespace via kubectl | Context/Namespace Switching |
| 58 | km | EKS MFA kubeconfig management tool. Thin wrapper for kubectl. | Context/Namespace Switching |
| 59 | ketall | Like kubectl get all, but get really all resources |
Resource CRUDs |
| 60 | kubectl-grep | Filter Kubernetes resources by matching their names | Resource CRUDs |
| 61 | kubectl-all | kubectl plugin to list all resources in given namespace | Resource CRUDs |
| 62 | kubectl-watch | Watches Kubernetes resources | Resource CRUDs |
| 63 | kubectl-custom-cols | a kubectl plugin that help you customize output columns like a boss ! | Resource CRUDs |
| 64 | kubepod | Search pods faster in kubectl | Resource CRUDs |
| 65 | kubectl-resources | Plugin to access Kubernetes resource requests, limits, and usage. | Resource CRUDs |
| 66 | kubectl-free | Show various requested resources on Kubernetes nodes | Resource CRUDs |
| 67 | kubectl-match-name | regex matching for resource names | Resource CRUDs |
| 68 | kubectl-eksporter | A simple Ruby-script to export k8s resources | Resource CRUDs |
| 69 | kube-capacity | A simple CLI that provides an overview of the resource requests, limits, and utilization in a Kubernetes cluster | Resource CRUDs |
| 70 | kubectl-rotate-pods | kubectl plugin to easily restart all pods of a deployment | Resource CRUDs |
| 71 | kubectl-terminate | kubectl-terminate, a kubectl plugin to remove finalizers and finally delete k8s resources | Resource CRUDs |
| 72 | kubectl-extension-versions | Filter Kubernetes resources by matching their names | Controller/Operator |
| 73 | kudo | A kubectl plugin to use kudo via kubectl CLI | Controller/Operator |
| 74 | ipick | A kubectl wrapper for interactive resource selection | Controller/Operator |
| 75 | kubectl-tmux-logs | A kubectl plugin to display container logs within separate tmux panes | Logging |
| 76 | kubectl-clogs | kubectl plugin to follow logs of multiple running pods | Logging |
| 77 | kubectl-mtail | Kubectl helper to get logs from multiple pods | Logging |
| 78 | kubectl-open-svc-plugin | kubectl open-svc plugin makes services accessible via their ClusterIP from outside your cluster | Uncategorized |
| 79 | kubectl-doctor | k8s cluster triage plugin - scan your cluster for anomalies (brew doctor equivalent) | Uncategorized |
| 80 | kubectl-view-serviceaccount-kubeconfig-plugin | A kubectl plugin that show a kubeconfig to access the apiserver with a specified serviceaccount. | Uncategorized |
| 81 | unfork | Kubectl plugin to find forked Helm Charts and other K8s resources and unfork them https://www.unfork.io | Uncategorized |
| 82 | kubectl-config-merge | A kubectl plugin for merging multiple kubeconfig files. A cli-runtime example. | Uncategorized |
| 83 | konfig | konfig helps to merge, split or import kubeconfig files | Uncategorized |
| 84 | kubectlsafe | Safe operations in kubectl with plugin kubectlsafe | Uncategorized |
| 85 | kubectl-rainbow | Simple binary to colorize output. | Uncategorized |
| 86 | kubectl-ansible | An ansible dynamic inventory plugin for kubernetes cluster nodes | Uncategorized |
| 87 | kubectl-server-version | A kubectl plugin for rendering the Kubernetes server version. | Uncategorized |
| 88 | kubectl-config-cleanup | A kubectl plugin for automatically cleaning up your kubeconfig | Uncategorized |
| 89 | kubectl-gitlab-bootstrap | Quickly add a Kubernetes cluster to a GitLab project | Uncategorized |
| 90 | kubectl-captain | kubectl plugin for captain | Uncategorized |
| 91 | kubectl preflight | Preflight Checks and Support Bundles Framework for Kubernetes Applications https://troubleshoot.sh | Uncategorized |
| 92 | kubectl support-bundle | Preflight Checks and Support Bundles Framework for Kubernetes Applications https://troubleshoot.sh | Uncategorized |
| 93 | kubectl-virt-plugin | Holds all scripts to create packages and manifest file required for publishing the virtctl binary as a krew package for kubectl. | Uncategorized |
| 94 | kcf | A CLI tool providing you with status & configuration of a Kubernetes cluster fleet | Uncategorized |
| 95 | kubepug | Kubernetes PreUpGrade (Checker) | Uncategorized |
| 96 | kubectl view-secret | Decode Kubernetes secrets | Secrets |
| 97 | kubectl-cilium | A kubectl plugin for interacting with Cilium. | Networking |
| 98 | kubectl-carbonetes-scan | Integrates container analysis directly into your cluster. | Container Security |
| 99 | kubectl-cyclonus | Analyze, explain, and probe network policies. | Networking |
| 100 | kubectl-view-webhook | Visualize your webhook configurations | Visibility |
| 101 | kubectl-translate | Helps migrate your app to run on Kubernetes. Generates K8s yamls, Helm chart, Operator, CI/CD pipeline, Kustomize overlays, etc. | Migration |
| 102 | kubectl-datree | Scan resources within your cluster for misconfigurations | Misconfiguration Detection |
| 103 | kubectl-irsa | Check the IAM capabilities of the serviceaccounts via AWS PolicySimulator | Security |
Collection of kubectl plugins
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collection of kubectl plugins - A Collection of Plugins for kubectl Integration (context switching, ssh / exec as any user, etc).
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kubectl-extras mini plugins - A collection of mini plugins for kubectl.
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collection - kubectl plugins - A list of plugins that enhance the kubectl CLI
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collection - kubectl plugins - It is a set of kubectl plugins.
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collection - kubectl plugins - These be collection of kubectl plugins!
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kubectl-everything - Various kubectl plugins to make life easier