The Smarter Way to
Manage Kubernetes.

Simplify your Kubernetes monitoring and management with K8Studio's innovative CloudMaps GUI. Our intuitive visualizations and comprehensive tools transform complex cluster data into clear, actionable insights, helping you maintain control and efficiency.

K8Studio is compatible with all major kubernetes distributions

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Why Use a Kubernetes GUI?

Managing Kubernetes with command-line tools like kubectl can be powerful, but it's also complex and error-prone—especially for growing teams or those new to Kubernetes. That's where a Kubernetes GUI comes in.

A GUI simplifies cluster management by offering a visual, intuitive interface to interact with your Kubernetes environment. With K8 Studio, you gain clarity, speed, and control—without needing to memorize endless commands.

Visual Cluster Insights: See nodes, workloads, and namespaces in real time with our interactive CloudMaps.
Faster Troubleshooting: Debug deployments, monitor pod health, and access logs with just a few clicks.
Secure Management: Reduce misconfigurations and human error with guided UI workflows.
Collaborative Interface: Built for developers, DevOps engineers, and IT teams to work together efficiently.
Multi-Cluster Management: Manage and switch between multiple Kubernetes clusters from a single unified dashboard—ideal for enterprise teams and hybrid environments.
All-in-One Kubernetes Management Tool: From AI Copilot to integrated terminals, K8 Studio combines the best of GUI and CLI.

Whether you're managing multiple clusters or just starting with Kubernetes, a powerful GUI like K8 Studio helps you move faster and with greater confidence.

What is under the hood?

CloudMaps

K8Studio offer intuitive cluster visualization with color coding and heatmaps, simplifying Kubernetes management by highlighting relationships and enabling detailed drill-downs.

Multi Cluster

Easily manage multiple Kubernetes clusters in one powerful interface with K8Studio V3. The new Multi-Window Docking Layout lets you open, monitor, and troubleshoot clusters side by side—without switching tools. Centralize your Kubernetes management and boost productivity with a seamless multicluster experience.

Cluster Overview

The all-new Cluster Overview Page gives you a real-time summary of key metrics like CPU, memory, and pod usage. View resource requests, limits, and actual consumption at a glance to monitor cluster health and performance.

Advanced Logs

The new Advanced Logs feature allows you to view logs across Deployments or multi-container Pods in a consolidated, structured format. Easily switch between containers or view logs from all replicas. Logs are color-coded and auto-streamed for better debugging and clarity.

Copilot

K8Studio V3 now includes an integrated AI Copilot, designed to assist you intelligently based on your current selection and workspace context. Whether you're editing YAML, reviewing logs, or troubleshooting a deployment, Copilot gathers relevant data—like object definitions, logs, and configuration files—to provide targeted help.

Grid View

The grid view allows for a comprehensive tabular display of all Kubernetes objects. The left bar enables the selection of specific object types, and this view is entirely interactive and updated in real-time. Users can seamlessly search and filter objects by namespace, rearrange columns.

YML Editor

The YAML editor in K8Studio is designed to enhance your Kubernetes management experience by providing a powerful and user-friendly interface for editing YAML files. This full-featured editor streamlines the process of managing configurations, ensuring accuracy and efficiency.

Selection Overview

The Selection Overview panel displays detailed information about a selected object, including metadata, labels, annotations, pod and container status, resource limits, and applied network policies—all in one place.

Why K8 Studio Stands Out

🌐 CloudMaps

CloudMaps gives you an interactive, real-time visualization of your entire Kubernetes environment. Understand the structure of your clusters, the relationships between pods and services, and even pod-to-pod communication paths. Instantly detect reachability issues or misconfigurations that impact connectivity or performance. Visual cues surface potential security vulnerabilities like exposed services or unexpected traffic routes. You can also monitor the health of workloads, pods, and nodes — all from a single unified view.

🤖 AI Copilot

K8 Studio's AI Copilot helps you troubleshoot faster with real-time suggestions, contextual insights, and automated diagnostics. Whether you're stuck debugging a deployment or scaling an app, the Copilot provides intelligent guidance tailored to your cluster's state. It's like having a Kubernetes SRE watching your back.

🧩 Multi-Cluster Management

Seamlessly manage multiple Kubernetes clusters from a single pane of glass. Switch between dev, staging, and production environments in seconds, or manage regional and hybrid setups at scale. K8 Studio streamlines cluster ops across all your infrastructure—no context switching required.

🚀 Built for Speed and Deep Cluster Insight

K8 Studio is engineered for high performance — not just in the UI, but in how it connects to your clusters. We use advanced data compression and smart watching mechanisms to minimize API calls and reduce overhead on the Kubernetes API server. This ensures faster loading times and real-time responsiveness, even in large or distributed clusters.

Unlike typical Kubernetes dashboards, K8 Studio maintains a lightweight internal graph databasethat continuously maps objects and their relationships. This enables a deeper understanding of your cluster's topology, dependency chains, and potential misconfigurations beyond what a flat list or table can provide.

The result? A Kubernetes GUI that's not only fast, but also context-aware — giving you faster insights with fewer clicks.

Download K8Studio

Get started by downloading K8Studio. Follow the installation instructions to set up K8Studio on your preferred platform.Check our documentation

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Open K8Studio and add your Kubernetes clusters. K8Studio reads clusters from your .kube/config file without altering it, ensuring a smooth integration process.

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Monitoring & Metrics

Node Metrics in K8Studio provide essential insights into the performance and health of Kubernetes nodes within your cluster. By leveraging metric services such as Prometheus, administrators can monitor crucial metrics like CPU usage, memory utilization, storage usage, and network traffic across nodes.

Selection Security

The Selection Security panel provides a detailed view of the security posture of a selected object, including service accounts, role bindings, container security contexts, and all applied network policies.

RBAC View

The RBAC (Role-Based Access Control) view simplifies the creation and management of cluster roles and roles. Users can easily configure permissions and assign them to individuals, groups, or service accounts. Additionally, this view facilitates the creation of users and groups, providing a summary of user permissions.

Helm View

This view centralized hub for managing Helm repositories. Users can search, install charts, and oversee the entire lifecycle of installed releases. This feature streamlines the Helm-related operations, providing a efficient experience for repository management and chart deployment.

Integrated Terminal

The integrated terminal in K8studio is designed to streamline Kubernetes management tasks by providing a powerful and versatile command-line interface directly within the Kubernetes management interface. It serves as a critical tool for developers and system administrators, offering essential functionalities to facilitate efficient container and cluster management.

User Permissions

The **User Permissions** feature shows what actions the current user can perform across different **namespaces**, **resources**, and **verbs (actions)**—making it easy to understand access levels at a glance.

Customizable Docking Layout

The Customizable Docking Layout gives you complete control over your workspace—open multiple views, drag and drop panels, and organize windows to create a layout that fits your workflow perfectly.

Agent-Free by Design: Secure, Lightweight, and Compliant

K8 Studio is built as a pure client-side application that connects directly to the Kubernetes API. There's no need to install any agents, sidecars, or third-party pods into your cluster. This dramatically reduces your attack surface and avoids introducing unknown software into critical infrastructure.

Installing agents—like those used by other platforms such as Devtron, Groundcover, or Komodor—can come with hidden costs: excessive resource usage, undisclosed network access, or even exfiltration of sensitive telemetry. Even open-source agents aren't inherently safe if they’re granted deep cluster permissions.

K8 Studio avoids all of this. We do not collect, proxy, or store any cluster data. Everything happens locally in your browser or native app. It’s ideal for air-gapped environments, compliance-sensitive teams, and organizations that need full control over their infrastructure and data privacy.

No agents. No daemons. No surprises. Just a secure, fast, and transparent Kubernetes GUI that works anywhere—even in fully isolated networks.