devspace-sh/devspace
DevSpace - The Fastest Developer Tool for Kubernetes ⚡ Automate your deployment workflow with DevSpace and develop software directly inside Kubernetes. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
88/100
- Activity 98
- Release rhythm 68
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 46.0
- age_days: 2938
- days_rel: 132
- days_push: 16
- n_releases_24m: 9
Adoption not part of the score
5154 stars · 421 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
DevSpace is a client-only, open-source CLI tool for Kubernetes that automates image building and deployment workflows and lets developers build, test, and debug applications directly inside a cluster. It uses a declarative devspace.yaml config to standardize workflows across teams, with hot reloading that updates running containers without rebuilding images.
Use cases
- deploy my app to kubernetes with one command
- hot reload code in a running kubernetes container
- standardize deployment workflows across my team
- build and push docker images automatically as part of deployment
- debug an application running inside kubernetes
- share dev environment setup with teammates via git
- develop microservices directly inside a kubernetes cluster
When to choose
- your team deploys microservices to Kubernetes and wants repeatable, versioned workflows
- you want hot reloading during development without rebuilding container images
- you want a client-only tool that works with any cluster using your existing kube-context
- you need to orchestrate Helm, kubectl, or kustomize deployments with image building and tagging
When to avoid
- you don't use Kubernetes and just need simple docker-compose local development
- you prefer GitOps-style deployment with no local CLI involvement
- you need a server-side platform with centralized management rather than a per-developer CLI
- your project is a simple static site or serverless function with no containers
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
deployment developer-tools cli container-runtime workflow-automation cloud-computing developer-tools microservices backend cli cross-platform go kubernetes helm hot-reload devx cnfc image-building declarative-config remote-development devops containers docker
7 sources
- readme: https://github.com/devspace-sh/devspace · fetched 2026-08-28 · 1a8e12d16463
- homepage: https://devspace.sh · fetched 2026-08-29 · 5900d7e5ec8d
- site_page: https://devspace.sh/cli/docs/introduction · fetched 2026-08-29 · 83a4554e52bb
- site_page: https://devspace.sh/cli/docs/getting-started/installation · fetched 2026-08-29 · 83a4554e52bb
- site_page: https://www.devspace.sh/docs/cli/devspace_logs · fetched 2026-08-29 · 9e1fdd1dd11a
- site_page: https://www.devspace.sh/docs/cli/devspace_enter · fetched 2026-08-29 · 63c2ca22897c
- site_page: https://www.devspace.sh/docs/getting-started/initialize-project · fetched 2026-08-29 · 4da62a0f88d2
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| devspace-sh/devspace | main | 88 |
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