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cncf

A comprehensive collection of Cloud Native tools.

Core & Management

  • argo: Get stuff done with container-native workflows for Kubernetes
  • cilium-cli: CLI to install, manage & troubleshoot Kubernetes clusters running Cilium
  • coredns: DNS server that chains plugins
  • crossplane: Build control planes without needing to write code
  • dapr-cli: Client for Dapr
  • cri-tools: CLI and validation tools for Kubelet Container Runtime Interface (CRI)
  • envoy: Cloud-native high-performance edge/middle/service proxy
  • falco: VCL parser and linter optimized for Fastly
  • flux: Lightweight scripting language for querying databases
  • harbor-cli: CLI for Harbor container registry
  • helm: Kubernetes package manager
  • istioctl: Istio configuration command-line utility
  • kn: Command-line interface for managing Knative Serving and Eventing resources
  • kubernetes-cli: Kubernetes command-line interface
  • linkerd: Command-line utility to interact with linkerd
  • opa: Open source, general-purpose policy engine
  • prometheus: Service monitoring system and time series database
  • tiup: TiDB is a MySQL compatible distributed database, and tiup is a component manager for testing and using TiDB locally
  • vitess: Database clustering system for horizontal scaling of MySQL
  • cmctl: Command-line tool to manage cert-manager
  • nerdctl: ContaiNERD CTL - Docker-compatible CLI for containerd
  • etcd: Key value store for shared configuration and service discovery

Additional Tools

  • ah: Artifact Hub command line tool
  • pack: A CLI for building apps using Cloud Native Buildpacks
  • c7n: Rules engine for cloud security, cost optimization, and governance
  • cortex: Long term storage for Prometheus
  • karmadactl: CLI for Karmada control plane
  • kubevela: Application Platform based on Kubernetes and Open Application Model
  • virtctl: Allows for using more advanced kubevirt features
  • kubescape: Kubernetes testing according to Hardening Guidance by NSA and CISA
  • kyverno: Kubernetes Native Policy Management
  • lima: Linux virtual machines
  • litmusctl: Command-line interface for interacting with LitmusChaos
  • nats-server: Lightweight cloud messaging system
  • notation: CLI tool to sign and verify OCI artifacts and container images
  • openfga: High performance and flexible authorization/permission engine
  • opentelemetry-cpp: OpenTelemetry C++ Client
  • operator-sdk: SDK for building Kubernetes applications
  • thanos: Highly available Prometheus setup with long term storage capabilities
  • grpc: Next generation open source RPC library and framework
  • wash (wasmCloud)
  • atlantis
  • cdk8s

Carvel Toolkit

  • kwt, kctrl, ytt, kapp, kbld, imgpkg, vendir

Modern Ops

  • kubectl-cnpg
  • devspace
  • k8sgpt
  • kcl
  • kitops
  • kwctl (Kubewarden)
  • kumactl
  • mesheryctl
  • microcks-cli
  • porter
  • telepresence
  • tremor-runtime
  • wasmedge
  • k0sctl
  • k3d
  • ko
  • kpt

Flatpaks (GUI)

  • Headlamp
  • OpenLens
  • Podman Desktop