hcavarsan/kftray

kubectl port-forward manager and reverse tunnel (ngrok-like) for exposing local services publicly, with TLS termination, HTTP traffic inspection, UDP forwarding, multi-hop proxy routing through k8s clusters, stateful config via filesystem or git - GUI and TUI available observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/hcavarsan/kftray · homepage · Rust · GPL-3.0 (copyleft) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

84/100

Activity 99
Release rhythm 71
Longevity 72

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: 1
age_days: 1012
days_rel: 113
days_push: 7
n_releases_24m: 88

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1554 stars · 77 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

kftray is a cross-platform Kubernetes port-forward manager with a desktop tray GUI (Tauri) and a companion terminal UI (kftui), built in Rust. It auto-reconnects dropped forwards via the Kubernetes watch API, supports TCP/UDP forwarding, HTTP traffic logging, proxy and multi-hop routing, and Git-synced team configuration sharing.

Use cases

manage multiple kubectl port-forward configs from a system tray
automatically reconnect port-forwards when pods restart
forward UDP ports to Kubernetes services
inspect and log HTTP traffic through port-forwards
expose local services publicly via reverse tunnel with TLS termination
share team port-forward configurations through a Git repo
run port-forwards headlessly in scripts or CI

When to choose

you lose kubectl port-forward sessions whenever pods restart or reschedule
you need many simultaneous forwards managed from one interface
you need UDP forwarding or proxy-based routing through clusters
you want team-shared, version-controlled forward configs

When to avoid

you only need a one-off quick forward and kubectl suffices
you need production ingress or a full API gateway rather than dev tunneling
you require a non-Rust/non-GPL toolchain or proprietary licensing

Facets

application · maturity active

networking proxy developer-tools gui terminal-ui cli monitoring developer-tools networking self-hosted cross-platform windows cli rust kubernetes port-forwarding system-tray tui udp-forwarding http-traffic-inspection git-sync reverse-tunnel tls-termination tauri ratatui devops macos linux desktop

3 sources

readme: https://github.com/hcavarsan/kftray · fetched 2026-08-28 · 7218cd12b587
homepage: https://kftray.app/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6965f7008190
site_page: https://kftray.app/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · d4ed3a845db3

Member repositories

Repository	Role	Health v2
hcavarsan/kftray	main	84

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