Freelens
Freelens is a free and open-source user interface
designed for managing Kubernetes clusters. It provides a standalone
application compatible with macOS, Windows, and Linux operating systems,
making it accessible to a wide range of users. The application aims to
simplify the complexities of Kubernetes management by offering an intuitive
and user-friendly interface.
Requirements
Kubernetes 1.22 or later. Older clusters fall back to the bundled kubectl,
which may not work correctly; a different one can be set in Preferences.
Downloads
See the releases page and
download the right package for your system.
macOS
macOS 13 or later is required.
Download either the PKG (installer) or DMG (image) package from the
releases page. Both arm64
(M1 chip or newer) and amd64 (Intel) variants are available.
All binary packages are built on macOS 15 and should be compatible with newer
systems.
Homebrew
Run the following command:
brew install --cask freelens
Linux
Linux with GNU C Library 2.34 or later is required. It is provided ie. by
Debian 12, Fedora 35, Mint 21, openSUSE Leap 15.4, Ubuntu 22.04 and by
rolling release distributions like Arch, Manjaro or Tumbleweed.
Download DEB or RPM (package) or AppImage (executable) from the
releases page. Both arm64
(aarch64) and amd64 (x86_64) variants are available.
All binary packages are built on Ubuntu 22.04 and should be compatible with
new systems.
AppImage
The Linux AppImage file requires libz.so and libfuse.so.2. You can add them
by running:
sudo apt install libfuse2 zlib1g-dev
Run the application with additional arguments:
./Freelens*.AppImage --no-sandbox --ozone-platform-hint=auto --enable-features=WebRTCPipeWireCapturer --enable-features=WaylandWindowDecorations --disable-gpu-compositing
Flatpak
The package is available on the
Flathub App Store for
Linux.
Use GNOME Software application or run the following commands:
flatpak install flathub app.freelens.Freelens
flatpak run app.freelens.Freelens
The application is sandboxed. It includes bundled kubectl and helm
commands and uses the ~/.kube/config file by default.
Flatpak adds wrappers for the aws, doctl, gke-gcloud-auth-plugin, and
kubelogin tools, running them as commands from the host system.
The terminal uses /bin/sh by default, but it can be switched to, for
example, /bin/bash for a sandboxed environment or /app/bin/host-spawn for
a host environment.
Snap
The package is available on the Snap Store
for Linux.
Use App Center application or run the following command:
snap install freelens --classic
APT repository
Run the following commands:
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