# kite-org/kite

🪁 A lightweight, modern Kubernetes dashboard that unifies multi-cluster and resource management, enterprise-grade user governance (OAuth, RBAC, and audit logs), and AI agents in one workspace. Not just a tool, but more like a platform.

Repository: https://github.com/kite-org/kite
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kite-org-kite
Homepage: https://kite.zzde.me
Language: TypeScript
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: dashboard, kubernetes, kubernetes-addons, cloud-native, monitoring, multi-cluster, prometheus, ai-agent, helm-manager
Last push: 2026-08-26T02:26:47+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 85/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 98, longevity 31
- inputs: {"age_days": 442, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 18, "gap_med": 8.5, "n_releases_24m": 31}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3096, forks 301 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:43.383244+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: monitoring, auth, authorization, web-framework, search-engine, chatbot, logging
- domain: cloud-computing, monitoring, self-hosted, developer-tools
- platform: self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: kubernetes-dashboard, multi-cluster, rbac, oauth, audit-logs, helm, prometheus, ai-assistant, observability, web-terminal, devops, containers, docker, kubernetes, web-server

## Member repositories
- kite-org/kite (main) score 85

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:43.383244+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 2026-08-29T18:46:22.906109+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/kite-org/kite (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:43.383244+00:00, sha a37f0079a3ac)
  - homepage: https://kite.zzde.me (fetched 2026-08-29T09:42:42.430718+00:00, sha 72a0c0583434)
  - site_page: https://kite.zzde.me/faq.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:42:42.439599+00:00, sha 790f606cd1c7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.