vmware-archive/octant
Highly extensible platform for developers to better understand the complexity of Kubernetes clusters. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 2632
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1322
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
6241 stars · 485 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Octant is a developer-centric web interface for inspecting and visualizing Kubernetes clusters, offering resource graphs, log streaming, port forwarding, and object management. It is extensible via a gRPC-based plugin system, but VMware has ended active development and the repository is archived.
Use cases
- visualize relationships between kubernetes objects
- debug pods with port forwarding
- stream container logs without kubectl
- inspect kubernetes cluster state in a web ui
- extend kubernetes dashboard views with plugins
- switch between kubeconfig contexts and namespaces
When to choose
- you need a graphical alternative to kubectl for cluster introspection
- you want to visualize object relationships and workload status
- you need a plugin-extensible kubernetes dashboard
When to avoid
- you need actively maintained software - the project is archived and unsupported
- you need production cluster administration rather than developer debugging
- you rely on compatibility with the latest kubernetes versions
Facets
application · maturity abandoned
developer-tools gui monitoring plugin-system logging developer-tools monitoring windows cross-platform go kubernetes-dashboard kubernetes-visualization cluster-inspection port-forwarding log-streaming grpc-plugins vmware archived containers devops linux macos web-server
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/vmware-archive/octant · fetched 2026-08-28 · 9af0cdd14898
- homepage: https://octant.dev · fetched 2026-08-29 · a500ac1faaed
- site_page: https://octant.dev/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · 5f8247d62735
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| vmware-archive/octant | main | 10 |
For agents
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