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On January 26th, Mirantis made Lens closed source. I personally found it to be a useful tool, as it provided a good overview of existing Kubernetes clusters and easy access to them. Since I used OpenLens, I did not notice the license change and the removal of the source code until now.

Would love to hear about alternatives or best practices for cluster management below.




Are you specifically looking for a free Kubernetes GUI?

If you’re open to commercial options, have a look at what Aptakube (https://aptakube.com) can do.

One feature that sets it apart from other UIs is connecting to multiple clusters simultaneously and seeing all resources in a single table.

Disclaimer: I’m the author


I’m sold, just bought a license - we just deployed our first multi cluster application and constantly switching contexts has started to drive me up the wall. Thanks!


As an indie developer I celebrate every small win and this comment made me start the day with extra energy. Thank YOU!


Also interested in other tools. I don't mind working on the command line but Lens (and OpenLens later on) has been my tool of choice for keeping an eye and managing on our K8s stuff.


We have been working on an alternative project for several months, and will open its source on April 22nd. I truly believe this project will keep open source forever, it will be a project backed by CNCF Foundation, hope you can give a try after we open its source.


We have been working on an alternative project for several months, and will open its source on April 22nd. I truly believe this project will keep open source forever, it will be a project backed by CNCF Foundation, hope you can give a try after we open its source.


Sounds amazing! Do you have info material/ a landing page I can inspect?


Sure, we do have a live demo: https://karbour-demo.kusionstack.io/, please give a try, any suggestions or feedback is welcome :)

Kindly reminder: this live demo is read only.




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