Alternatives to kor
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. kor itself: install kor.
kube-bench
Checks whether Kubernetes is deployed according to security best practices as defined in the CIS Kubernetes Benchmark
kubeconform
A FAST Kubernetes manifests validator, with support for Custom Resources!
kubespy
Tools for observing Kubernetes resources in real time, powered by Pulumi
nelm
Nelm is a Helm 4 alternative. It is a Kubernetes deployment tool that manages Helm Charts and deploys them to Kubernetes. The Nelm goal is to provide
trivy
Find vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, secrets, SBOM in containers, Kubernetes, code repositories, clouds and more
ChatALL
Concurrently chat with ChatGPT · Bing Chat · discover the best answers
kubeseal
A Kubernetes controller and tool for one-way encrypted Secrets
helmfile
Declaratively deploy your Kubernetes manifests, Kustomize configs, and Charts as Helm releases. Generate all-in-one manifests for use with ArgoCD
stern
⎈ Multi pod and container log tailing for Kubernetes -- Friendly fork of https://github.com/wercker/stern
kubectl-tree
kubectl plugin to browse Kubernetes object hierarchies as a tree 🎄 (star the repo if you are using)
uncover
Quickly discover exposed hosts on the internet using multiple search engines
sslscan
sslscan tests SSL/TLS enabled services to discover supported cipher suites
go-rice
go.rice is a Go package that makes working with resources such as html,js,css,images,templates, etc very easy
kubelogin
kubectl plugin for Kubernetes OpenID Connect authentication (kubectl oidc-login)
aws-iam-authenticator
A tool to use AWS IAM credentials to authenticate to a Kubernetes cluster
Monokle
Monokle is a set of OSS tools designed to help create and maintain high-quality Kubernetes configurations throughout the application lifecycle
inframap
Read your tfstate or HCL to generate a graph specific for each provider, showing only the resources that are most important/relevant
chaoskube
chaoskube periodically kills random pods in your Kubernetes cluster
kubeaudit
kubeaudit helps you audit your Kubernetes clusters against common security controls
sofka
A Kubernetes TUI, reimagined in Rust - built on kube-rs and ratatui, async-first from the ground up
lazyjournal
TUI for viewing logs from journald, auditd, file system, Docker and Podman containers, Compose stacks and Kubernetes pods with support for log highlig
tfk8s
A tool for converting Kubernetes YAML manifests to Terraform HCL
scrcpy
Display and control your Android device
go
The Go programming language
How we picked these
We match on what the tool does and how it installs, then order by how widely each project is used. We're not saying these are better or worse than kor — that depends on what you're building. We're saying they're the projects people reach for in the same situations, and each one has an install command we checked against its documentation.
kor is developed by its own authors and this page is an independent reference; we are not affiliated with or sponsored by any project listed, and nothing here is a paid placement.