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okteto/okteto

Develop your applications directly in your Kubernetes Cluster observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/okteto/okteto · homepage · Go · Apache-2.0 (permissive) 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

Full methodology

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

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