# freelensapp/freelens

Free IDE for Kubernetes

Repository: https://github.com/freelensapp/freelens
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/freelens
Homepage: https://freelens.app
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: cloud-native, containers, devops, kubernetes, kubernetes-dashboard, kubernetes-ui
Last push: 2026-08-26T22:04:30+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 88/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 92, longevity 57
- inputs: {"age_days": 805, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 57, "gap_med": 12.0, "n_releases_24m": 29}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5488, forks 324 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:19.753413+00:00)

## What it is
Freelens is a free, open-source graphical IDE for managing and monitoring Kubernetes clusters. It provides a desktop UI available for macOS, Windows, and Linux, maintained by the community as a fork-style successor to Lens.

## Use cases
- manage kubernetes clusters with a gui
- visualize kubernetes workloads and resources
- monitor pods and nodes in a k8s cluster
- free alternative to lens kubernetes ide
- browse kubernetes logs and terminal from desktop
- inspect kubernetes deployments and services

## When to choose
- you want a free, open-source desktop UI for Kubernetes instead of kubectl alone
- you need cross-platform cluster management with active community maintenance
- you prefer a Lens-like IDE without commercial licensing

## When to avoid
- you only need lightweight CLI-based cluster access
- you require fully automated GitOps-style cluster management rather than interactive UI
- you need a web-based multi-tenant dashboard for teams

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, monitoring, container-orchestration, developer-tools
- domain: cloud-computing, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: kubernetes, kubernetes-dashboard, kubernetes-ide, electron, cluster-management, open-source, devops, containers, macos, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- freelensapp/freelens (main) score 88

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:19.753413+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:56:22.058809+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/freelensapp/freelens (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:19.753413+00:00, sha 03f8ec9adf5f)
  - homepage: https://freelens.app (fetched 2026-08-29T08:51:49.544826+00:00, sha 69c9641112fe)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.