txn2/kubefwd

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4164 stars · 234 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

kubefwd is a Go CLI utility that bulk port-forwards Kubernetes services to a local workstation, assigning each service a unique 127.x.x.x loopback IP and updating /etc/hosts so in-cluster connection strings work unchanged. It offers an interactive TUI, a REST API, and an MCP server, with auto-reconnect, multi-namespace and multi-cluster support.

Use cases

• forward all services in a Kubernetes namespace to my laptop for local development
• access cluster services by their in-cluster hostnames like db:5432 without changing config
• avoid port conflicts when forwarding many services that use the same port
• keep local development connections alive across pod restarts and rescheduling
• script or automate port forwarding via a REST API
• let an AI assistant manage Kubernetes port forwards through MCP

When to choose

• you develop locally against services running in a Kubernetes dev cluster
• you need many services forwarded simultaneously without port conflicts
• you want zero environment-specific connection configuration in your code
• you need automatic reconnection as pods churn
• you want TUI, API, or AI-assistant-driven control of forwards

When to avoid

• you only need to forward a single pod or service occasionally (kubectl port-forward suffices)
• you cannot run with sudo/admin privileges on your workstation
• you need to expose local services into the cluster rather than the reverse
• you are on a network where modifying /etc/hosts or loopback interfaces is restricted

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

networking proxy developer-tools cli terminal-ui http-server mcp developer-tools cloud-computing networking windows cli go kubernetes port-forwarding local-development k8s bulk-forwarding etc-hosts tui rest-api mcp-server multi-cluster devops containers command-line macos linux docker

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