Alternatives to kube-bench
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. kube-bench itself: install kube-bench.
ansible-lint
ansible-lint checks playbooks for practices and behavior that could potentially be improved and can fix some of the most common ones for you
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
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
dnsgen
DNSGen is a powerful and flexible DNS name permutation tool designed for security researchers and penetration testers. It generates intelligent domain
trivy
Find vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, secrets, SBOM in containers, Kubernetes, code repositories, clouds and more
nebula
A scalable overlay networking tool with a focus on performance, simplicity and security
ChatALL
Concurrently chat with ChatGPT · Bing Chat · discover the best answers
kubeseal
A Kubernetes controller and tool for one-way encrypted Secrets
bandit
Bandit is a tool designed to find common security issues in Python code
redshift
Redshift adjusts the color temperature of your screen according to your surroundings. This may help your eyes hurt less if you are working in front of
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)
xdg-ninja
A shell script which checks your $HOME for unwanted files and directories
kubeconform
A FAST Kubernetes manifests validator, with support for Custom Resources!
kubespy
Tools for observing Kubernetes resources in real time, powered by Pulumi
weggli
weggli is a fast and robust semantic search tool for C and C++ codebases. It is designed to help security researchers identify interesting functionali
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
TidGi
TidGi is an privacy · automated · deployed knowledge management Desktop note app · based on Tiddlywiki · with REST API for web
HuggingChat
Making the community's best AI chat models available to everyone
chaoskube
chaoskube periodically kills random pods in your Kubernetes cluster
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 kube-bench — 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.
kube-bench 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.