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Products that do what DevSpace – Build, test and run code directly in any Kubernetes cluster does

1. 1AO
   An online interactive Kubernetes playground▲164

   2017 · play-with-k8s.com

2. 2OY
   Own your Kubernetes: installation, addons, best practices – as code▲122

   2019 · github.com

3. 3KK
   Krucible – Kubernetes clusters for testing and development▲59

   2020 · usekrucible.com

4. 4KA
   Kubernetes as a back-end for OpenFaaS▲194

   2017 · github.com

5. 5GF
   Go from Docker-Compose to Kubernetes with a simple tool▲249

   2017 · kompose.io

6. 6AP
   Automated Pipelines to Your Kubernetes Clusters▲81

   2016 · distelli.com

7. 7DC
   DevPod – Codespaces but Open Source, Client-Only, and Unopinionated▲71

   Hi everyone - Looking for feedback for this new open source project we launched. It's called DevPod and it's built on the devcontainer.json standard to create reproducible dev environments. It lets you spin up dev environments in any infra, kind of like a Terraform but for dev environments. Compared to hosted services such as Github Codespaces, JetBrains Spaces, or Google Cloud Workstations, DevPod has the following advantages: - Open Source: DevPod is 100% open-source and extensible. A provider doesn’t exist? Just create your own. - Client-only: No need to install a server backend. DevPod…

   2023 · github.com

8. 8TH
   Tutorial – Hone Your Dev Workflow on Kubernetes with Skaffold and Hub▲25

   2020 · docs.agilestacks.com

9. 9KA
   Kubespy, a CLI tool for observing Kubernetes resources in real time▲99

   2018 · github.com

10. 10
    Garden▲95

    Automation platform for Kubernetes development & testing

    2020

11. 11AE
    An Example Microservice Back End for Kubernetes, Bazel, Go, Java, GRPC▲119

    2018 · github.com

12. 12
    agumbe.dev▲80

    AI workspaces for building and running apps on Kubernetes

    Mar 2026

13. 13GK
    Gravity – Kubernetes snapshots for on-premise deployments▲70

    2018 · github.com

14. 14KA
    kenv – an environment file injector for Kubernetes resources▲49

    2016 · github.com

15. 15KA
    K3d – A fast kubernetes dev environment▲11

    2019 · blog.zeerorg.site

16. 16AD
    A deep dive into Kubernetes internals▲8

    May 2026 · semicolony.dev

17. 17KA
    Kubenav – An open source mobile app to manage Kubernetes cluster▲57

    2020 · github.com

18. 18GI
    Garden.io – Kubernetes testing environments on demand▲15

    2020 · garden.io

19. 19KI
    Kubernetes-in-Docker – Like dind but with Kubernetes, for CI testing.▲9

    2018 · github.com

20. 20DK
    DIY Kubernetes cluster with x86 stick-pcs▲5

    2016 · medium.com

21. 21GR
    Garden – Remote Kubernetes dev at the speed of local▲11

    2019 · github.com

22. 22VD
    Valence, Declarative Performance for Kubernetes▲17

    2019 · valence.net

23. 23KC
    Kubesail.com – simple, hosted, and free Kubernetes namespaces▲13

    2018 · kubesail.com

24. 24DH
    Devtron, Heroku for Kubernetes, open source Delivery workflow▲10

    2021 · github.com

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