vladimirvivien/ktop

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1104 stars · 25 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

ktop is a top-like terminal tool that displays real-time metrics for nodes, pods, and containers in a Kubernetes cluster. It runs locally using your kubeconfig with no server-side components, supporting Prometheus, Metrics-Server, or fallback metrics sources.

Use cases

• monitor kubernetes cluster resource usage from the terminal
• view cpu and memory metrics for nodes and pods in real time
• drill down from cluster overview to pod and container logs
• stream container logs with filtering and timestamps
• inspect cluster workloads without installing agents
• use prometheus as an enhanced metrics source for kubernetes monitoring

When to choose

• you want a htop/top-style live view of kubernetes cluster metrics
• you need zero-install monitoring that works anywhere kubectl works
• you want to browse and stream container logs alongside metrics
• you prefer a single binary with no server-side components

When to avoid

• you need long-term metrics storage, dashboards, or alerting
• you require multi-cluster aggregated monitoring
• you need a web-based or GUI monitoring solution

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

monitoring cli developer-tools monitoring developer-tools windows cli cross-platform kubernetes kubectl-plugin terminal-ui metrics prometheus golang devops containers command-line linux macos

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