Podminator

A minimalist, geek-friendly terminal UI for Kubernetes that helps you navigate contexts, manage namespaces, stream logs, and even tap into CPU & memory metrics with a single keystroke. Built for developers who want raw speed and power without leaving the console.

Key Features

• Context & Namespace Management: Quickly switch K8s contexts & easily browse or filter any namespaces.
• Search & Filter: Dynamically filter Pods by name; easily highlight and jump to resources in large clusters.
• TUI-Based Logs: Stream & tail container logs in real-time, apply interactive filtering, and toggle tail on/off.
• Exec Into Containers: Launch an in-cluster shell using a built-in minimal ANSI terminal widget.
• Interactive Metrics Top Table: Quickly assess pod performance with a real-time, color-coded table view displaying key metrics for each pod.
• Pod “Describe” & Events: Color-coded conditions, container statuses, and recent events, structured for fast troubleshooting.
• Service Port Forwarding: Easily initiate port-forwarding for services directly from the TUI, allowing quick access to internal endpoints.
• Automated Refresh: Refresh pods every 60 seconds by default, or trigger manual refresh on demand.
• Local or Remote LLM Integration: Feed logs, Pod details, or terminal contents into an AI summarizer (supports local Llama/Ollama), all from the TUI.
• Help & Hotkeys: Pop-up modals with easy hotkey references (“/” for help, “e” for exec, “l” for logs, “`” for AI suggestions, “r” to refresh, and more).
• Lightweight & Configurable: No heavy dependencies required beyond your local Kube config. Optionally load LLM models or point to an Ollama server for AI queries.
• Multi-Container Pod Support: Easily select and interact with individual containers within multi-container pods.
• Customizable Grid Layout: Resize and rearrange panels interactively to suit your workflow and screen size.
• Self-Updating Mechanism: Automatically check for updates and prompt for seamless self-update directly within the interface.
• Seamless CLI Integration: Execute and copy ready-to-run kubectl commands for common operations directly from the TUI.

Everything is keyboard-driven and developer-oriented, with mouse support awell — because we believe you deserve more power from your terminal.

One-liner or grab binaries for MacOS

curl -L 'https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1LYMQnE_vLkSNfhRu2hhCOU4D671Vphn_' -o /tmp/podminator && \
sudo mv /tmp/podminator /usr/local/bin/podminator && \
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/podminator

One-liner or grab binaries for Linux

curl -L 'https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1wiQHp1Aghagi6cFyRfD2v5KGII_0N5cy' -o /tmp/podminator && \
sudo mv /tmp/podminator /usr/local/bin/podminator && \
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/podminator

Copy the docker to quickly try it out (Not Recommeded)

  docker run --rm -it \
  -v ~/.kube/config:/root/.kube/config:ro \
  alpine:latest \
  sh -c "apk add --no-cache curl sudo && \
         curl -L 'https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1wiQHp1Aghagi6cFyRfD2v5KGII_0N5cy' -o /tmp/podminator && \
         sudo mv /tmp/podminator /usr/local/bin/podminator && \
         sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/podminator && \
         podminator"