Credential-Zugriff
Reads kubeconfig, cluster tokens, and pod/secret views allowed by the current context.
brew
k9s mit Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper, scoop, winget installieren
Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für k9s in AI-Agent-Workflows.
Agent-Sicherheit
Antwort zur Agent-Sicherheit
k9s is an interactive Kubernetes UI with cluster read and mutation capability.
Änderungen an Remote-Zustand
Can delete, edit, scale, and exec into Kubernetes resources.
Publish-/Artefakt-Risiko
Can change live workloads and configuration.
Empfohlene Kontrolle
Gate launch in privileged contexts and commands that mutate resources.
Hinweise für Agent-Nutzung
Use read-only contexts for agents; require approval before interactive cluster mutation.
Installation
Weitere Installationsbefehle
macOS
Homebrewverifiziert · 100%
brew install k9slocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverifiziert · 94%
sudo port install k9sMacPorts ports tree · sysutils/k9s/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverifiziert · 92%
sudo apk add k9sAlpine Linux edge package indexes · k9s · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Fedora dnfverifiziert · 92%
sudo dnf install k9sFedora Rawhide package metadata · k9s · Quelle: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverifiziert · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#k9snixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/k9/k9s/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacmanverifiziert · 92%
sudo pacman -S k9sArch Linux sync databases · k9s · Quelle: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zypperverifiziert · 92%
sudo zypper install k9sopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · k9s · Quelle: download.opensuse.org
Windows
Chocolateyverifiziert · 92%
choco install k9sChocolatey community package catalog · k9s · Quelle: community.chocolatey.org
Scoopverifiziert · 92%
scoop install main/k9sScoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/k9s.json · Quelle: api.github.com
Windows Package Managerverifiziert · 92%
winget install --id Derailed.k9s -eWindows Package Manager source index · Derailed.k9s · Quelle: cdn.winget.microsoft.com
Überblick
Paketzusammenfassung
Kubernetes CLI To Manage Your Clusters In Style!
Projektlinks
Befehle und Aliase
- k9s
Verlauf
Projektgeschichte und Nutzung
K9s is a terminal user interface for Kubernetes that turns cluster navigation, inspection, and common operations into a keyboard-driven local app. It became one of the recognizable post-kubectl tools for operators who wanted a faster view of resources without moving into a full graphical dashboard.
Projektgeschichte
The derailed/k9s repository was created in January 2019. The project describes K9s as a Kubernetes CLI for managing clusters in style and says it provides a terminal UI that continually watches Kubernetes resources for changes.
K9s evolved around the idea that many Kubernetes workflows are repetitive inspection loops: list pods, jump to logs, describe resources, edit manifests, switch namespaces, and watch status. Its documentation grew into topics for installation, configuration, skins, plugins, benchmarks, and operational commands.
Adoptionsgeschichte
K9s spread through the normal cross-platform CLI packaging routes. Its official install documentation lists Homebrew and MacPorts on macOS, Linuxbrew and Pacman on Linux, and Scoop or Chocolatey on Windows, which made it easy to add to existing Kubernetes workstations.
The project reached a scale visible in repository metadata: tens of thousands of GitHub stars and thousands of forks by July 2026. That level of attention is unusual for a single-purpose terminal UI and reflects the centrality of Kubernetes day-to-day operations.
Wie es verwendet wird
K9s is used as an interactive cluster console. Operators open it against a kubeconfig context, watch resource tables update, drill into pods and workloads, tail logs, and trigger common commands without repeatedly composing kubectl invocations.
It complements rather than replaces kubectl: kubectl remains the scriptable primitive, while K9s is the fast human interface for scanning, debugging, and moving around clusters.
Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren
K9s is package-nerd catnip because it packages a large Kubernetes workflow into one local binary with a memorable name, broad package-manager coverage, and obvious daily utility. It is also a marker of the TUI renaissance in infrastructure tooling, alongside projects that use terminal layouts as serious operational interfaces.
Its configuration paths differ across Linux, macOS, and Windows, which makes it a useful example for package databases that track real application state rather than only executable names.
Zeitleiste
- 2019-01: Public GitHub repository created.
- 2021: The release stream had reached the v0.24 and v0.25 series.
- 2026-07-01: Repository metadata showed more than 34,000 stars and more than 2,200 forks.
Related projects
- K9s sits beside kubectl, kubectx, kubens, Stern, Lens, OpenLens, Helm, and K8sGPT in the Kubernetes operator toolbox. Its closest conceptual relatives are terminal dashboards and resource browsers rather than deployment or package managers.
Quellen
Sicherheitslage
Risikostufe: orange
infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.
Risikoklassifikator
orange Risiko · mittel Konfidenz · infrastructure
Warum
- infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal
Signale
- text:kubernetes,cluster
Installationsverhalten
- In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
- Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 6 Plattformziele verfügbar.
- Build-Metadaten listen 1 Build-Abhängigkeiten.
Empfohlene Prüfung
Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Linux
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/k9s/config.yaml~/.config/k9s/config.yaml- macOS
~/Library/Application Support/k9s/config.yaml- Windows
%LOCALAPPDATA%\k9s\config.yaml
Executables
Installierte Executables
| Befehl | Art | Sichtbarkeit | Hinweis |
|---|---|---|---|
k9s | cli | globales Executable |
Aktualität
Version und Aktualität
Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.
Seite generiert2026-07-25
Manager-Version0.51.0
Manager aktualisiert2026-06-06
lokale DatenOK
Upstreamnot checked
neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt
https://github.com/derailed/k9s
- InfoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/derailed/k9snone Konfidenz
Installationsmetadaten
Paketmetadaten
| Paketschlüssel | brew:k9s |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.51.0 |
| Paketmanager | Homebrew |
| Paketmanager-Seite | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/k9s |
| Homepage | https://k9scli.io/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/derailed/k9s |
| Upstream-Dokumentation | https://k9scli.io/ |
| Lizenz | Apache-2.0 |
| Quellarchiv | https://github.com/derailed/k9s.git |
| Zuletzt aktualisiert | 2026-06-06T20:47:06Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Build-Abhängigkeiten | go |
| Bottle | verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | nicht definiert |
| Dienst | keiner deklariert |
Registry-Fakten
Details aus der Quelldatenbank
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | k9s |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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Source-Datenbank-Treffer
Andere Paketmanager-Einträge
Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.
Nix95%
k9s
nix profile install nixpkgs#k9s- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: K9s
apk95%
k9s 0.50.18-r5
Kubernetes TUI
sudo apk add k9s- License: Apache-2.0
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: k9s
- 1 Abhängigkeiten
- 1 stellt bereit
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: K9s
apk95%
k9s-bash-completion 0.50.18-r5
Bash completions for k9s
sudo apk add k9s-bash-completion- License: Apache-2.0
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: k9s
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: K9s
apk95%
k9s-fish-completion 0.50.18-r5
Fish completions for k9s
sudo apk add k9s-fish-completion- License: Apache-2.0
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: k9s
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: K9s
apk95%
k9s-zsh-completion 0.50.18-r5
Zsh completions for k9s
sudo apk add k9s-zsh-completion- License: Apache-2.0
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: k9s
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: K9s
dnf95%
k9s 0.51.0-1.fc45
Kubernetes CLI To Manage Your Clusters In Style
https://github.com/derailed/k9s
sudo dnf install k9s- License: 0BSD AND Apache-2.0 AND BSD-2-Clause AND BSD-3-Clause AND ISC AND LicenseRef-Fedora-Public-Domain AND MIT AND MPL-2.0 AND Unlicense AND (Apache-2.0 OR
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: k9s
- 3 Abhängigkeiten
- 2 stellt bereit
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: K9s
pacman95%
k9s 0.50.18-2
TUI for managing Kubernetes clusters and pods
https://github.com/derailed/k9s
sudo pacman -S k9s- License: Apache-2.0
- Architecture: x86_64
- 1 Abhängigkeiten
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: K9s
zypper95%
k9s 0.51.0-1.1
Curses based terminal UI for Kubernetes clusters
https://github.com/derailed/k9s
sudo zypper install k9s- License: Apache-2.0
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: k9s
- 1 stellt bereit
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: K9s
MacPorts95%
k9s
sudo port install k9s- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: K9s
Chocolatey95%
k9s
choco install k9s- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: K9s
Scoop95%
main/k9s
scoop install main/k9s- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: K9s
winget95%
Derailed.k9s
winget install --id Derailed.k9s -e- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: K9s
Quellspur
Aus Repository-Daten generiert
Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Verwendete Quellen
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated agent safety answer
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment