Alternatives

Products that do what Kubernetes-in-Docker – Like dind but with Kubernetes, for CI testing. does

1. 1GF
   Go from Docker-Compose to Kubernetes with a simple tool▲249

   2017 · kompose.io

2. 2RY
   Redspread (YC W16) – CLI to deploy Docker to Kubernetes in one command▲118

   2016 · github.com

3. 3KA
   Kubernetes as a back-end for OpenFaaS▲194

   2017 · github.com

4. 4OY
   Own your Kubernetes: installation, addons, best practices – as code▲122

   2019 · github.com

5. 5KA
   kenv – an environment file injector for Kubernetes resources▲49

   2016 · github.com

6. 6DB
   DevSpace – Build, test and run code directly in any Kubernetes cluster▲10

   2018 · github.com

7. 7DM
   dind-machine – liberate docker-machine setups▲5

   2018 · github.com

8. 8DD
   Dksnap – Docker Snapshots for Dev and Test Data▲16

   2020 · github.com

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

   2018 · github.com

10. 10KK
    Krucible – Kubernetes clusters for testing and development▲59

    2020 · usekrucible.com

11. 11AD
    A deep dive into Kubernetes internals▲8

    May 2026 · semicolony.dev

12. 12TY
    Test your Gitlab CI Pipelines changes locally using Docker▲83

    2021 · github.com

13. 13GI
    Garden.io – Kubernetes testing environments on demand▲15

    2020 · garden.io

14. 14BA
    Building a CI/CD on GCP with Kubernetes▲5

    2019 · medium.com

15. 15AS
    A simpler way to use Kubernetes▲5

    2017 · kedgeproject.org

16. 16VA
    vind – A Better Kind (Kubernetes in Docker)▲15

    Jan 2026 · github.com

17. 17KI
    Kubetap – Interactively Proxy Kubernetes Services▲9

    2020 · github.com

18. 18OS
    Open-source tools to troubleshoot Kubernetes applications▲10

    2020 · troubleshoot.sh

19. 19FA
    Functions as a Service for Kubernetes▲19

    2017 · github.com

20. 20SY
    Serve your own cloud API abstractions in Kubernetes▲14

    2020 · crossplane.io

21. 21JC
    Jet – Codeship’s CI Platform for Docker▲15

    2016 · codeship.com

22. 22IB
    I built an app to help with Windows container networking▲8

    I've been playing with cross platform windows/linux Kubernetes clusters recently and have had endless problems with installer scripts misconfiguring networking by using the wrong NIC etc. I got frustrated with the tooling on windows to debug container networking so I built a tool that attempts to stitch together the HNS (Host Network Service) & HCS (Host Compute Service) resources into a tree that shows the relationship between configs. You can also search over it to find the networking impacting your containers or launch the windows built in packet capture tool to create a network…

    2022 · github.com

23. 23UT
    Use Tyk as kubernetes ingress▲9

    2019 · github.com

24. 24FC
    Free CI – Docker Rails with Pronto for Gitlab CI▲12

    2017 · github.com

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