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srelens
What it is
srelens is a Kubernetes desktop workspace for browsing, inspecting, and operating clusters. It covers more than 40 resource kinds, including workloads, networking, storage, RBAC, admission, autoscaling, and custom resources. For investigation, it offers live watches, log streaming, in-pod terminals, port forwarding, Helm release views, and a schema-aware YAML editor. CPU and memory metrics for nodes and pods are provided through Kubernetes Metrics Server. Users can scale or restart workloads and cordon, drain, or evict nodes; destructive actions require confirmation. The app connects directly to Kubernetes API servers using local kubeconfig credentials, without an intermediary srelens cloud service. Available actions depend on the selected context’s credentials and RBAC permissions. Kubeconfig files remain local, and Kubernetes Secret values are masked by default. A built-in MCP server connects to clients such as Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Codex. srelens is free to download, open source under the MIT license, and requires no account or license key.
For and against
For
- Browses more than 40 Kubernetes resource kinds
- Includes live watches, logs, terminals, and port forwarding
- Provides node and pod CPU and memory metrics
- Free, MIT-licensed, and requires no account
- Kubeconfig files remain local
Against
- Available actions depend on Kubernetes credentials and RBAC permissions
- Windows code signing is on the roadmap
- Production web deployments require authentication and TLS termination
The verdict
srelens combines cluster inspection, workload operations, and investigation tools in a desktop workspace. Its local credential handling and permission-dependent actions are key considerations for teams evaluating it.
Who it suits
srelens suits SREs, platform engineers, DevOps engineers, and other users who work with Kubernetes clusters. Its desktop tools and MCP connections may also suit AI agents working with clusters.
Plans and prices
Free
No account · No license key · Desktop, terminal UI and MCP access
Read 15 Oct 2026 · srelens.com
On the record
- AI assistant
- The built-in assistant supports Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and local Ollama models.srelens.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Architecture
- The application uses Tauri v2, React and a pure-Rust core built around kube-rs and tokio.github.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Authorization
- Available operations are governed by the selected context’s Kubernetes credentials and RBAC permissions.srelens.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Build requirements
- Building from source requires stable Rust, Node.js 22 or newer, pnpm 9 or newer and platform-specific Tauri v2 prerequisites.srelens.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Cluster actions
- Users can scale and restart workloads and cordon, drain, or evict nodes; destructive actions require confirmation.srelens.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Credential handling
- Desktop builds read local kubeconfig files and connect directly to Kubernetes APIs without an intermediary srelens cloud service.srelens.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Development status
- The GitHub organization describes the project as early and actively developed, with contributions welcome.github.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- Official documentation includes quick-start, usage, terminal UI, MCP, security, architecture, installation and SRE troubleshooting guides.srelens.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Extensions
- The GitHub organization publishes native Flux and Argo CD extensions plus an extension discovery catalog.github.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Helm
- Helm releases can be inspected, upgraded, rolled back or uninstalled with rendered-diff previews.srelens.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The built-in MCP server connects to MCP clients such as Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Codex over stdio or loopback HTTP.srelens.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Intended users
- The project describes srelens as built for engineers and AI agents, and its repository names SREs, platform engineers, and DevOps engineers as users.github.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Investigation tools
- The workspace includes live watches, log streaming, in-pod terminals, port forwarding, Helm release views, and a schema-aware YAML editor.srelens.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Kubernetes resources
- The desktop interface covers 35 built-in Kubernetes resource kinds and arbitrary CRDs.srelens.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- License
- The source repository and project documentation identify srelens as MIT licensed.github.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: dependency advisories
- The repository reports Linux-only transitive advisories involving glib and the unmaintained GTK3 stack used by Tauri.github.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: metrics availability
- Metrics are unavailable when a cluster lacks an accessible Metrics Server or the required RBAC permissions.srelens.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: production web setup
- The optional shared web deployment has additional authentication, TLS, key-management and tmpfs requirements that do not apply to the desktop path.srelens.com · read 15 Oct 2026
