# nocalhost/nocalhost

Nocalhost is Cloud Native Dev Environment.

Repository: https://github.com/nocalhost/nocalhost
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/nocalhost
Homepage: https://nocalhost.dev
Language: Go
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: kubernetes, microservices, cloud-environment, cloudnative
Last push: 2026-08-19T02:53:30+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 82/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 52, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2123, "days_push": 14, "days_rel": 323, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 4}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1895, forks 157 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:50.921840+00:00)

## What it is
Nocalhost is a cloud-native development tool consisting of a CLI (nhctl) and IDE extensions for VS Code and JetBrains that lets developers build, test, and debug applications directly inside Kubernetes clusters. It instantly synchronizes code changes from the IDE to remote containers without rebuilding images, shortening the development feedback loop.

## Use cases
- develop kubernetes applications directly in the cluster from my ide
- sync code changes to a remote container without rebuilding docker images
- debug a microservice running in kubernetes with vscode or jetbrains
- set up shared cloud development environments for a team
- avoid configuring complex local dev environments for cloud-native apps
- hot reload code in a kubernetes pod while developing

## When to choose
- your team develops microservices deployed on kubernetes and wants fast feedback loops
- local machines lack resources to run the full application stack
- you want development environments that closely match production
- you need collaborative or on-demand dev environments on a shared cluster

## When to avoid
- you develop simple applications that run fine locally without kubernetes
- your team has no kubernetes cluster or kubernetes expertise
- you need a fully offline development workflow without cluster access
- you require a permissively licensed tool (license is non-standard)

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, deployment, microservices, cli, workflow-automation
- domain: developer-tools, cloud-computing, microservices
- platform: cross-platform, editor-plugin, cli, go
- tags: cloud-native-development, remote-debugging, hot-reload, file-synchronization, ide-extension, kubernetes-dev-environment, nhctl, devops, containers, kubernetes, docker

## Member repositories
- nocalhost/nocalhost (main) score 82

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:50.921840+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 2026-08-30T03:12:51.797174+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nocalhost/nocalhost (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:50.921840+00:00, sha 5ae04afdfe50)
  - homepage: https://nocalhost.dev (fetched 2026-08-29T10:51:47.944811+00:00, sha ea31abf94848)
  - site_page: https://nocalhost.dev/docs/introduction (fetched 2026-08-29T10:51:47.947445+00:00, sha 254da5a168c9)
  - site_page: https://nocalhost.dev/docs/quick-start (fetched 2026-08-29T10:51:47.949773+00:00, sha ba57f8fb5402)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.