YAKTUI

Yet Another Kubernetes TUI — a minimal terminal UI for Kubernetes, inspired by k9s.

Built with Bubbletea.

Features

• Multiple resources — Pods, Deployments, StatefulSets, DaemonSets, Services, ConfigMaps, Secrets, Namespaces, Nodes, Events
• Cluster info bar — current context, cluster, namespace, and k8s version always visible
• Pod relations — visualize relationships with Deployments, ReplicaSets, and Services
• Log streaming — real-time logs with follow mode
• Pod shell exec — open an interactive shell inside any container
• YAML describe — full YAML view for any resource (secrets redacted)
• Search / filter — press / to filter by name in any resource list
• Namespace toggle — switch between current and all namespaces instantly
• Delete with confirmation — modal confirmation before deleting pods
• Auto-refresh — active resource refreshes every 30 seconds
• Vim navigation — hjkl throughout

Installation

Homebrew (recommended)

brew tap vmsilvamolina/yaktui
brew install yaktui

Go install

go install github.com/vmsilvamolina/yaktui@latest

From source

git clone https://github.com/vmsilvamolina/yaktui.git
cd yaktui
make build
./bin/yaktui

Usage

# Start with default kubeconfig (~/.kube/config)
yaktui

# Use a specific kubeconfig
yaktui --kubeconfig /path/to/kubeconfig

# Start in a specific namespace
yaktui -n kube-system

# Show version
yaktui version

Keyboard Shortcuts

Global

Key	Action
tab	Switch between sidebar and content panel
a	Toggle all namespaces
/	Search / filter by name
ctrl+c	Quit

Navigation

Key	Action
↑ / k	Move up
↓ / j	Move down
← / h / esc	Go back / focus sidebar
→ / l / enter	Select / enter resource

List view (any resource)

Key	Action
d	YAML describe
a	Toggle all namespaces
/	Search (type to filter, esc to clear)

Pods

Key	Action
enter	View pod relations
l	Stream logs
s	Open shell in container
d	YAML describe
del / backspace	Delete pod (with confirmation)

Logs

Key	Action
f	Toggle follow mode
g / G	Scroll to top / bottom
esc	Go back

YAML view

Key	Action
↑↓ / jk	Scroll
g / G	Top / bottom
esc	Go back

Namespaces

Key	Action
enter	Switch to selected namespace

Requirements

• A running Kubernetes cluster
• A valid kubeconfig (~/.kube/config by default)

Tech stack

• Bubbletea — TUI framework
• Bubbles — TUI components
• Lip Gloss — styling
• client-go — Kubernetes client

License

MIT