Real-time visibility into every cluster, pod, and event. WebSocket-powered. Single binary. Zero dependencies. Opens in your browser in seconds.
The alternative to Lens, k9s, kubectl, and Rancher Dashboard
$ brew install kubeglass/tap/kubeglass
A single binary that replaces your entire Kubernetes toolchain. Real-time. Zero config. Zero external dependencies.
WebSocket-powered live updates. Watch pods spin up, events fire, and metrics change in real-time. Not polling every 5 seconds like everyone else. Truly instant cluster visibility.
Pod exec, node shell, local shell. Split panes, broadcast mode, session recording, k9s-style colon commands — all in your browser.
Browse, search, and manage every resource type. CRD auto-discovery runs every 5 minutes. YAML editor with apply. No restarts needed.
Visual access matrix showing who can do what, across every namespace. Spot overprivileged secrets in seconds.
Native Prometheus integration. Resource heatmaps for CPU & memory. Active alert surface inline. No Grafana required.
Switch contexts seamlessly. Terminal sessions survive context switches and are color-coded per cluster. Open shells on prod and staging side-by-side without fear.
View, manage, and inspect Helm releases directly. See release history, values, and manifests without touching the CLI.
Keyboard-first with ⌘K. Quick commands, colon navigation, Vim-style pane switching. Feels like your IDE.
WebSocket-powered log tailing with regex filtering. Follow container logs across restarts. Search scrollback with match highlighting.
Every tool has tradeoffs. Here's what you leave behind — and what you gain.
Lens consumes 500MB+ of RAM. KubeGlass is a 30MB binary. No desktop app, no forced login, no subscription. Access from any browser on any device.
KubeGlass has the same colon commands and keyboard shortcuts you love. Plus RBAC visualization, Prometheus heatmaps, and a UI you can share with your team.
Stop piping kubectl output through grep and jq. Get real-time resource views, visual diffs, and one-click exec — without losing CLI access via the integrated terminal.
Rancher requires deploying an entire platform. KubeGlass is a single binary you point at your kubeconfig. Same cluster visibility, none of the infrastructure overhead.
Headlamp polls for updates. KubeGlass streams them via WebSocket. You also get an integrated terminal, Prometheus metrics, Helm management, and RBAC visualization built-in.
Octant was archived by VMware in 2023. KubeGlass is open-source with an active community. We're not going anywhere.
Feature-by-feature comparison with the tools you know.
Every decision — from the split-pane terminal to the command palette — was made for engineers who live in their clusters.
Real-time event stream, health checks, and resource graphs that surface issues before they page you. No manual refresh — everything updates via WebSocket.
Command palette (⌘K), regex filtering, CRD auto-discovery. Like Spotlight for your cluster — find any resource in milliseconds.
Split-pane terminals with broadcast mode — type once, send to all visible panes. Pod exec, node shell, local terminal. Session recording to asciicast. k9s-style colon commands.
RBAC access matrix visualization across all namespaces. Audit service accounts, roles, and bindings visually. The feature every other dashboard is missing.
What platform teams are saying about KubeGlass.
One command. That's all it takes. No account, no config, no infrastructure.
Free. Open source. One command to install.