# kubenetworks/kubevpn

KubeVPN offers a Cloud Native Dev Environment that connects to kubernetes cluster network.

Repository: https://github.com/kubenetworks/kubevpn
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kubevpn
Homepage: https://kubevpn.dev
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: kubernetes, network, tunnel, envoy, cloud-native, developer-tools, k8s, kubevpn, control-plane, mesh, proxy, service-mesh, tools, kt-connect, nocalhost, telepresence, local-development, minikube, docker, devops
Last push: 2026-08-23T14:59:33+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 94/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 83, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1866, "days_push": 10, "days_rel": 33, "gap_med": 4, "n_releases_24m": 74}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1367, forks 73 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:31.503397+00:00)

## What it is
KubeVPN is a Go-based CLI tool that creates a network tunnel between your local machine and a Kubernetes cluster, letting you access cluster services by name or Pod/Service IP via a TUN device. It also supports intercepting inbound traffic from remote cluster services to your local PC and running pods locally in Docker with identical environment, volumes, and networking.

## Use cases
- connect local machine to kubernetes cluster network
- access kubernetes services by name from localhost
- intercept remote k8s service traffic to local pc for debugging
- run kubernetes pod locally in docker with same environment
- develop microservices locally against a remote cluster
- debug pods in a remote cluster without deploying
- telepresence alternative for kubernetes local development

## When to choose
- you need bidirectional connectivity between local dev environment and a k8s cluster
- you want to intercept and debug traffic to remote cluster services on your local machine
- you want to run a pod locally in Docker with identical env, volumes, and network
- you need to connect to multiple clusters simultaneously or use SOCKS5 proxy mode

## When to avoid
- you only need port-forwarding for a single service without full network access
- you cannot run privileged operations or create TUN devices on your machine
- your environment cannot pull the kubevpn traffic-manager image from ghcr.io and you cannot mirror it

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: networking, proxy, developer-tools, deployment, vpn
- domain: developer-tools, cloud-computing, self-hosted
- platform: windows, cli, go
- tags: kubernetes, vpn, tunnel, service-mesh, local-development, tun-device, gvisor, dns, telepresence-alternative, cloud-native, devops, containers, macos, linux, docker

## Member repositories
- kubenetworks/kubevpn (main) score 94

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:31.503397+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 2026-08-30T04:41:07.704263+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/kubenetworks/kubevpn (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:31.503397+00:00, sha 80c07564bc06)
  - homepage: https://kubevpn.dev (fetched 2026-08-29T11:58:15.998535+00:00, sha d69a5c30e7fe)
  - site_page: https://kubevpn.dev/docs/quickstart (fetched 2026-08-29T11:58:16.007797+00:00, sha 97e665e4309b)
  - site_page: https://kubevpn.dev/docs/commands/global_options (fetched 2026-08-29T11:58:16.009720+00:00, sha f7278991f4e8)
  - site_page: https://kubevpn.dev/docs/functions/connect_to_k8s_cluster_network (fetched 2026-08-29T11:58:16.011378+00:00, sha 2450dde46405)
  - site_page: https://kubevpn.dev/docs/architecture/connect (fetched 2026-08-29T11:58:16.013000+00:00, sha 08cc72dc4df4)
  - site_page: https://kubevpn.dev/docs/faq/1 (fetched 2026-08-29T11:58:16.014749+00:00, sha 52ad03a8b772)
  - site_page: https://kubevpn.dev/docs/donate (fetched 2026-08-29T11:58:16.016345+00:00, sha dfeec6ceadd4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.