k9sight
A fast, keyboard-driven TUI for debugging Kubernetes workloads.
Features
- Browse deployments, statefulsets, daemonsets, jobs, cronjobs
- View pod logs with search, time filtering, and container selection
- Execute into pods, port-forward, and describe directly from TUI
- Scale and restart workloads
- Monitor events and resource metrics
- Debug helpers for common issues (CrashLoopBackOff, ImagePullBackOff, etc.)
- Vim-style navigation
Install
Homebrew:
brew install doganarif/tap/k9sight
Go:
go install github.com/doganarif/k9sight/cmd/k9sight@latest
From source:
git clone https://github.com/doganarif/k9sight.git
cd k9sight
go build -o k9sight ./cmd/k9sightUsage
Key Bindings
Navigation
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
j/k |
Navigate up/down |
enter |
Select |
esc |
Back / Close |
/ |
Search/Filter |
n |
Change namespace |
t |
Change resource type |
? |
Help |
q |
Quit |
Workload Actions
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
s |
Scale deployment/statefulset |
R |
Restart workload |
Pod Actions (in pod view)
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
a |
Actions menu (exec, port-forward, describe, delete) |
y |
Copy kubectl commands |
Logs Panel
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
/ |
Search logs |
[ ] |
Cycle containers |
P |
Previous container logs |
T |
Time filter (5m/15m/1h/6h) |
f |
Toggle follow |
e |
Jump to next error |
Panels
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
1-4 |
Focus panel (logs/events/metrics/manifest) |
tab |
Next panel |
v |
Fullscreen toggle |
Requirements
- Go 1.21+
- kubectl configured with cluster access
License
MIT