Alternatives to kubectl-tree
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. kubectl-tree itself: install kubectl-tree.
kubelogin
kubectl plugin for Kubernetes OpenID Connect authentication (kubectl oidc-login)
kube-bench
Checks whether Kubernetes is deployed according to security best practices as defined in the CIS Kubernetes Benchmark
dep-tree
Tool for helping developers keep their code bases clean and decoupled. It allows visualising a code base complexity using a 3d force-directed graph of
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
kubectx
Faster way to switch between clusters and namespaces in kubectl
git-extras
GIT utilities -- repo summary, repl, changelog population, author commit percentages and more
git-filter-repo
Quickly rewrite git repository history (filter-branch replacement)
kubeseal
A Kubernetes controller and tool for one-way encrypted Secrets
confd
Manage local application configuration files using templates and data from etcd or consul
pyenv-virtualenv
a pyenv plugin to manage virtualenv (a.k.a. python-virtualenv)
cjdns
An encrypted IPv6 network using public-key cryptography for address allocation and a distributed hash table for routing
helmfile
Declaratively deploy your Kubernetes manifests, Kustomize configs, and Charts as Helm releases. Generate all-in-one manifests for use with ArgoCD
forgit
:zzz: A utility tool powered by fzf for using git interactively
stern
⎈ Multi pod and container log tailing for Kubernetes -- Friendly fork of https://github.com/wercker/stern
zsh-vi-mode
💻 A better and friendly vi(vim) mode plugin for ZSH
dura
You shouldn't ever lose your work if you're using Git
Reminders MenuBar
Simple macOS menu bar application to view and interact with reminders. Developed with SwiftUI and using Apple Reminders as a source
kubeconform
A FAST Kubernetes manifests validator, with support for Custom Resources!
bluepill
Bluepill is a reliable iOS testing tool that runs UI tests using multiple simulators on a single machine
kubespy
Tools for observing Kubernetes resources in real time, powered by Pulumi
uncover
Quickly discover exposed hosts on the internet using multiple search engines
Asset Catalog Tinkerer
An app that lets you open .car files and browse/extract their images
protoc-gen-doc
Documentation generator plugin for Google Protocol Buffers
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 kubectl-tree — 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.
kubectl-tree 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.