Alternatives to kubelogin
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. kubelogin itself: install kubelogin.
kubectl-tree
kubectl plugin to browse Kubernetes object hierarchies as a tree 🎄 (star the repo if you are using)
kube-bench
Checks whether Kubernetes is deployed according to security best practices as defined in the CIS Kubernetes Benchmark
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
kubeseal
A Kubernetes controller and tool for one-way encrypted Secrets
mapscii
🗺 MapSCII is a Braille & ASCII world map renderer for your console - enter => telnet mapscii.me <= on Mac (brew install telnet) and Linux, connect wi
pyenv-virtualenv
a pyenv plugin to manage virtualenv (a.k.a. python-virtualenv)
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
zsh-vi-mode
💻 A better and friendly vi(vim) mode plugin for ZSH
kubeconform
A FAST Kubernetes manifests validator, with support for Custom Resources!
kubespy
Tools for observing Kubernetes resources in real time, powered by Pulumi
protoc-gen-doc
Documentation generator plugin for Google Protocol Buffers
SeKey
Use Touch ID / Secure Enclave for SSH Authentication!
ProvisionQL
Quick Look plugin for mobile apps and provisioning profiles
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
chaoskube
chaoskube periodically kills random pods in your Kubernetes cluster
kubeaudit
kubeaudit helps you audit your Kubernetes clusters against common security controls
kor
A Golang Tool to discover unused Kubernetes Resources
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
llnode
An lldb plugin for Node.js and V8, which enables inspection of JavaScript states for insights into Node.js processes and their core dumps
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 kubelogin — 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.
kubelogin 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.