Kore — A Native Kubernetes IDE

Kore

Kubernetes Desktop

Workloads

Pods 12

Deployments

Jobs

CronJobs

Network

Services

Ingresses

Config

ConfigMaps

Pods

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production

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Name Namespace Status Ready Restarts Age

★ api-gateway-7f8d4b6c9-x2k production Running 1/1 0 2d

☆ auth-service-3b2c1d8f7-m9p production Running 1/1 0 5d

☆ payment-worker-9a4f2e1d3-q7 production CrashLoopBackOff 0/1 14 1h

☆ cache-redis-0 production Pending 0/1 0 3m

☆ frontend-next-8c3d7a5b2-j4 production Running 1/1 1 12h

☆ metrics-collector-5d9a2c-k8 production Running 1/1 0 3d

☆ notification-svc-1a7b3e-r2 production Running 1/1 0 1d

★ postgres-primary-0 production Running 1/1 0 7d

Features

Everything you need, nothing you don't

Built for engineers who live in the terminal but want something better.

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Native Performance

Rust backend, ~80MB memory. Starts in under a second. No Electron bloat.

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Real-Time Streaming

Live resource watches, pod logs, and events. See changes the instant they happen.

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AI Troubleshooting

Pipe cluster context to OpenAI, Anthropic, or Ollama. Get instant diagnosis.

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Command Palette

Cmd+K to search resources, switch views, filter namespaces. Keyboard-first UX.

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Cluster Dashboard

Health score, pod distribution ring, node capacity bars, restart hotlist. One glance.

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Resource Graph

Interactive SVG dependency graph. Trace Ingress → Service → Deployment → Pods.

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YAML Editor + Diff

Edit YAML in-app with syntax highlighting. Side-by-side diff before applying.

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Deployment Rollback

Visual revision timeline with image diffs. One-click rollback to any revision.

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Helm Management

Browse releases, view values/manifests/history, upgrade, and rollback.

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Multi-Cluster

Aggregate resources across multiple contexts. One table, all clusters.

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CRD Browser

Discover and browse Custom Resource Definitions and their instances dynamically.

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Port Forwarding

One-click port forwards with TCP proxying. Manage all forwards from a single panel.

Vim navigation

Persistent events

Pod exec shell

Multi-pod logs

Label filtering

Favorites

Restart sparklines

Interface

Designed for dark mode operators

Glassmorphism, monospace typography, and a color palette that won't burn your retinas at 2 AM.

Cluster Dashboard

♥ Cluster Health

Healthy

● Pod Health

Running8

Pending1

Failed1

CrashLoop1

■ Node Status

node-1 Ready

node-2 Ready

node-3 Ready

↻ Restart Hotlist

1payment-worker-9a4f214

2metrics-agent-1b2c37

3frontend-next-8c3d71

Pod Detail — Logs

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Nameapi-gateway-7f8d4b6c9-x2k

Namespaceproduction

StatusRunning

Nodenode-1

IP10.244.1.23

Logs

Describe

YAML

Metrics

Events

Shell

12024-03-15T10:23:01Z INFO Starting api-gateway v2.1.0

22024-03-15T10:23:01Z INFO Listening on 0.0.0.0:8080

32024-03-15T10:23:02Z DEBUG Connected to upstream services

42024-03-15T10:23:15Z INFO Health check passed

52024-03-15T10:24:03Z WARN Slow upstream: auth-service 1.2s

62024-03-15T10:24:05Z DEBUG Request completed 200 /api/users

72024-03-15T10:24:12Z ERROR Connection refused: payment-worker:3000

82024-03-15T10:24:15Z INFO Retrying upstream connection...

Dependency Graph

6 resources

Ingress

Service

Pod

Deployment

AI Troubleshooting

AI Assistant

Cluster-aware troubleshooting

Context: pod/production/payment-worker-9a4f2

Why is this pod crashing?

The pod payment-worker-9a4f2 is in CrashLoopBackOff with 14 restarts. Last log shows:

Error: REDIS_URL env var not set

The ConfigMap payment-config is missing the REDIS_URL key.

How do I fix it?

Thinking...

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Comparison

How Kore stacks up

Feature-by-feature against the tools you already know.

	Kore	k9s	Lens	K8s Dashboard	Rancher
Native desktop app	✓	✓	✓	✕	✕
GUI + keyboard navigation	✓	TUI only	✓	✓	✓
Real-time resource watch	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
AI troubleshooting	✓	✕	✕	✕	✕
Dependency graph	✓	✕	Extension	✕	✕
Deployment rollback UI	✓	Basic	✕	✕	✓
YAML diff before apply	✓	✕	✓	✕	✓
Helm management	✓	Basic	✓	✕	✓
CRD browsing	✓	✓	✓	Limited	✓
Multi-cluster view	✓	✕	✓	✕	✓
Persistent event history	✓	✕	✕	✕	✕
Command palette	✓	Fuzzy	✕	✕	✕
Port forwarding UI	✓	✓	✓	✕	✕
Memory usage	~80 MB	~30 MB	~400 MB	~50 MB	~300 MB

Performance

Built different

Native Rust backend means no Node.js runtime, no Chromium fork, no 400 MB memory footprint.

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Memory Usage

vs ~400 MB (Lens)

0MB

Binary Size

vs ~200 MB (Electron)

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Startup Time

vs 3-5s (Lens)

Rust

Backend Runtime

vs Node.js / Go

Keyboard-First

Vim-inspired navigation

Navigate your entire cluster without touching the mouse.

⌘ KCommand palette

/Focus search

j kNavigate rows

lEnter detail view

hGo back

1 – 6Switch tabs

?Shortcut overlay

⌘ PPin resource

Under the Hood

Tech Stack

Backend

Rust (stable)

kube-rs + k8s-openapi

Tokio async runtime

SQLite (rusqlite)

reqwest (AI streaming)

Tauri v2

IPC Bridge

Frontend

React 18 + TypeScript

TanStack Table

Recharts (charts)

cmdk (palette)

Framer Motion

Get Started

Install Kore

Build from source in two commands.

# Clone and build git clone https://github.com/eladbash/kore && cd kore npm install && npm run tauri:build # The .app bundle will be in src-tauri/target/release/bundle/macos/

Download Latest Release

Available for macOS 14+ and Windows 10+
A valid ~/.kube/config with at least one reachable context