# corneliusweig/rakkess

Review Access - kubectl plugin to show an access matrix for k8s server resources

Repository: https://github.com/corneliusweig/rakkess
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rakkess
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: kubectl-plugin, kubernetes, kubectl, kubectl-plugins, authorization, rbac-management, rbac, k8s
Last push: 2023-04-05T05:00:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2749, "days_push": 1246, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1401, forks 60 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:37.285250+00:00)

## What it is
rakkess is a kubectl plugin that displays an access matrix showing the current user's permissions across all Kubernetes server resources, similar to an extended `kubectl auth can-i --list`. It can also reverse the query to list which subjects (users, groups, service accounts) have access to a given resource.

## Use cases
- show all my permissions on a kubernetes cluster
- check which users can access a configmap
- audit rbac access matrix for k8s resources
- find who can delete deployments in a namespace
- verify service account permissions in kubernetes

## When to choose
- you need a complete overview of RBAC permissions rather than single `kubectl auth can-i` checks
- you want to find all subjects with access to a specific resource
- you need to audit name-restricted roles

## When to avoid
- you only need a simple single-resource permission check (use `kubectl auth can-i`)
- you need continuous RBAC compliance auditing or policy enforcement rather than ad-hoc inspection

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: authorization, cli, security
- domain: developer-tools, security
- platform: cli, go, cross-platform
- tags: kubectl-plugin, rbac, kubernetes, access-matrix, k8s, devops

## Member repositories
- corneliusweig/rakkess (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:37.285250+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 2026-08-30T04:39:01.795554+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/corneliusweig/rakkess (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:37.285250+00:00, sha 3f3e8946401b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.