Alternatives to tfk8s
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. tfk8s itself: install tfk8s.
helmfile
Declaratively deploy your Kubernetes manifests, Kustomize configs, and Charts as Helm releases. Generate all-in-one manifests for use with ArgoCD
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!
terraform_landscape
Improve Terraform's plan output to be easier to read and understand
cloudformation-guard
Guard offers a policy-as-code domain-specific language (DSL) to write rules and validate JSON- and YAML-formatted data such as CloudFormation Template
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
kubeseal
A Kubernetes controller and tool for one-way encrypted Secrets
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)
kubespy
Tools for observing Kubernetes resources in real time, powered by Pulumi
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
chaoskube
chaoskube periodically kills random pods in your Kubernetes cluster
kubeaudit
kubeaudit helps you audit your Kubernetes clusters against common security controls
dyff
/ˈdʏf/ - diff tool for YAML files, and sometimes JSON
kor
A Golang Tool to discover unused Kubernetes Resources
yamlresume
Resumes as code in YAML, brought to you with ❤️ by PPResume
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
tfmigrate
A Terraform / OpenTofu state migration tool for GitOps
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 tfk8s — 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.
tfk8s 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.