Accès aux identifiants
Reads kubeconfig, cluster tokens, and pod/secret views allowed by the current context.
brew
Installer k9s avec Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper, scoop, winget
Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de k9s pour les workflows d'agents IA.
sécurité des agents
Réponse sur la sécurité des agents
k9s is an interactive Kubernetes UI with cluster read and mutation capability.
Modification distante
Can delete, edit, scale, and exec into Kubernetes resources.
Risque de publication ou d'artéfact
Can change live workloads and configuration.
Contrôle recommandé
Gate launch in privileged contexts and commands that mutate resources.
Conseils d'utilisation par les agents
Use read-only contexts for agents; require approval before interactive cluster mutation.
installation
Commandes d'installation supplémentaires
macOS
Homebrewvérifié · 100%
brew install k9slocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsvérifié · 94%
sudo port install k9sMacPorts ports tree · sysutils/k9s/Portfile · Source: api.github.com
Linux
Alpine Linux apkvérifié · 92%
sudo apk add k9sAlpine Linux edge package indexes · k9s · Source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Fedora dnfvérifié · 92%
sudo dnf install k9sFedora Rawhide package metadata · k9s · Source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixvérifié · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#k9snixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/k9/k9s/package.nix · Source: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacmanvérifié · 92%
sudo pacman -S k9sArch Linux sync databases · k9s · Source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zyppervérifié · 92%
sudo zypper install k9sopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · k9s · Source: download.opensuse.org
Windows
Chocolateyvérifié · 92%
choco install k9sChocolatey community package catalog · k9s · Source: community.chocolatey.org
Scoopvérifié · 92%
scoop install main/k9sScoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/k9s.json · Source: api.github.com
Windows Package Managervérifié · 92%
winget install --id Derailed.k9s -eWindows Package Manager source index · Derailed.k9s · Source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com
aperçu
Résumé du paquet
Kubernetes CLI To Manage Your Clusters In Style!
Liens du projet
Commandes et alias
- k9s
historique
Historique du projet et usages
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.
Historique du projet
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.
Historique d'adoption
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.
Modes d'utilisation
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.
Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent
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.
Chronologie
- 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.
Sources
posture de sécurité
Niveau de risque : orange
infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.
Classificateur de risque
risque orange · confiance moyen · infrastructure
Pourquoi
- infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal
Signaux
- text:kubernetes,cluster
Comportement d'installation
- Aucun hook post-install Homebrew n’est enregistré dans les métadonnées de formule.
- Les métadonnées de bottle Homebrew sont disponibles pour 6 plateformes.
- Les métadonnées de compilation listent 1 dépendances de compilation.
Revue recommandée
Avant une utilisation sans surveillance par un agent, vérifiez si l'outil lit des identifiants en clair, écrit un état distant, publie des artefacts ou lance des plugins.
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
exécutables
Exécutables installés
| Commande | Type | Exposition | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
k9s | cli | exécutable global |
fraîcheur
Version et fraîcheur
Ces signaux séparent l'âge de génération de la page, l'activité du gestionnaire de paquets et la comparaison avec les versions amont. Un retard de version n'est signalé que lorsqu'une URL de preuve et des versions comparables sont présentes.
page générée2026-07-25
version du gestionnaire0.51.0
gestionnaire mis à jour2026-06-06
données localesOK
amontnot checked
dernière version détectéenon détecté
https://github.com/derailed/k9s
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/derailed/k9sconfiance none
métadonnées d'installation
Métadonnées du paquet
| Clé du paquet | brew:k9s |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.51.0 |
| Gestionnaire de paquets | Homebrew |
| Page du gestionnaire de paquets | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/k9s |
| Page d'accueil | https://k9scli.io/ |
| Dépôt | https://github.com/derailed/k9s |
| Docs amont | https://k9scli.io/ |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 |
| Archive source | https://github.com/derailed/k9s.git |
| Dernière mise à jour | 2026-06-06T20:47:06Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dépendances de compilation | go |
| Bouteille | disponible (sur arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| post-install Homebrew | non défini |
| Service | aucun déclaré |
faits du registre
Détails de la base source
| 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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correspondances dans les bases sources
Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets
Les correspondances proviennent d’index externes de gestionnaires de paquets et restent séparées des liens de paquets Automic Vault locaux.
Nix95%
k9s
nix profile install nixpkgs#k9s- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : K9s
apk95%
k9s 0.50.18-r5
Kubernetes TUI
sudo apk add k9s- License: Apache-2.0
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: k9s
- 1 Dépendances
- 1 fournit
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : 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
- Correspondance par : 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
- Correspondance par : 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
- Correspondance par : 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 Dépendances
- 2 fournit
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : 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 Dépendances
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : 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 fournit
- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : K9s
MacPorts95%
k9s
sudo port install k9s- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : K9s
Chocolatey95%
k9s
choco install k9s- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : K9s
Scoop95%
main/k9s
scoop install main/k9s- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : K9s
winget95%
Derailed.k9s
winget install --id Derailed.k9s -e- normalized package name match
- Correspondance par : K9s
piste source
Généré depuis les données du dépôt
Cette page est servie par av-web depuis l'artéfact SQLite privé des paquets généré par scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Sources utilisées
- 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