okteto/okteto
Develop your applications directly in your Kubernetes Cluster observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
98/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 96
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 21
- age_days: 2948
- days_rel: 29
- days_push: 8
- n_releases_24m: 38
Adoption not part of the score
3534 stars · 317 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Okteto is an open-source CLI and platform for developing, testing, and running applications directly inside Kubernetes clusters with production-like, isolated environments. It syncs local code changes to remote development containers instantly, eliminating the docker build/redeploy cycle, and now also provisions environments for AI coding agents.
Use cases
- develop kubernetes applications locally with instant code sync
- replace slow docker build and redeploy inner loop with remote dev containers
- spin up preview environments for every pull request
- run e2e and unit tests in a production-like kubernetes environment
- give AI coding agents isolated full-stack environments to verify changes
- remote debugging of applications running in a cluster
- standardize team development environments as code with okteto manifests
When to choose
- your team deploys to Kubernetes and local development diverges from production
- you want fast inner-loop development with hot reload against real cluster services
- you need ephemeral, isolated preview or test environments per pull request
- you want to give coding agents realistic environments on your own infrastructure
When to avoid
- your applications don't run on Kubernetes or containers
- you only need simple local development without cluster integration
- you want a fully free self-hosted platform - advanced features like RBAC, SSO, and cost controls are commercial
- you prefer lightweight tools like Tilt or Skaffold without a platform component
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
developer-tools deployment container-orchestration workflow-automation testing developer-tools cloud-computing cli cross-platform windows go kubernetes-development remote-development development-environments preview-environments hot-reload cloud-native ai-agent-environments helm devops containers kubernetes docker macos linux
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/okteto/okteto · fetched 2026-08-28 · 969d07b91f9c
- homepage: https://okteto.com · fetched 2026-08-29 · 560403e26871
- site_page: https://www.okteto.com/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3682b0c03c72
- site_page: https://www.okteto.com/platform-features · fetched 2026-08-29 · 4c6a2dbe90c1
- site_page: https://www.okteto.com/about-us · fetched 2026-08-29 · ebe6d41cc298
- site_page: https://www.okteto.com/docs/get-started/install-okteto-cli · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6d570b330082
- site_page: https://www.okteto.com/docs/get-started/overview · fetched 2026-08-29 · 9ac6b07dc6f8
- site_page: https://www.okteto.com/docs/manifest/overview-manifest · fetched 2026-08-29 · 381d0d88e69e
- site_page: https://www.okteto.com/docs/guides/samples/golang · fetched 2026-08-29 · 7671af694be8
- site_page: https://www.okteto.com/pricing · fetched 2026-08-29 · 118ef4bc634d
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| okteto/okteto | main | 98 |
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