kite-org/kite

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3096 stars · 301 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Kite is a lightweight, modern web-based Kubernetes dashboard that unifies multi-cluster management, resource operations, observability, enterprise user governance (OAuth, MFA, passkeys, RBAC, audit logs), and AI agents in one workspace. It is a self-hosted server-side application with a TypeScript frontend, supporting SQLite, MySQL, or PostgreSQL backends.

Use cases

• manage multiple kubernetes clusters from one dashboard
• view pod logs and metrics without kubectl
• edit kubernetes yaml in a browser
• install and upgrade helm charts from a ui
• add rbac and audit logging to cluster access
• give teams oauth login to kubernetes
• troubleshoot clusters with an ai assistant
• replace kubectl port-forward with a web proxy

When to choose

• you need a modern, lightweight alternative to the official Kubernetes dashboard
• you manage several clusters and want unified observability and governance
• you want enterprise features like OAuth, MFA, RBAC, and audit logs in a dashboard
• you want built-in Helm management and CRD support in a UI

When to avoid

• you only need raw kubectl or CLI-based workflows
• you require deep GitOps or CI/CD pipeline management rather than a dashboard
• you need a fully mature enterprise product with long-term vendor support

Facets

application · maturity active

monitoring auth authorization web-framework search-engine chatbot logging cloud-computing monitoring self-hosted developer-tools self-hosted cross-platform kubernetes-dashboard multi-cluster rbac oauth audit-logs helm prometheus ai-assistant observability web-terminal devops containers docker kubernetes web-server

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