Ctx – Context manager for Cloud,K8s VPNs, SSH tunnels, secret managers
Hey HN, I built ctx because I was tired of the mental overhead of managing multiple client environments. Every context switch meant: change AWS profile, switch kubeconfig, start the right SSH tunnels, set the right env vars, remember which VPN i need to connect to. Miss one step and you're deploying to the wrong environment. The problem: Existing tools are siloed. kubectx handles Kubernetes. aws-vault handles AWS. direnv needs .envrc files everywhere. SSH tunnel managers don't know about your cloud context. Nothing ties them together. ctx does one thing: Atomic context switches across all of…
Ctx – Context manager for Cloud,K8s VPNs, SSH tunnels, secret managers launched on January 23, 2026 with 7 votes, #1,609 of 14,584 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.
What it does
Multi-environment context switcher. Contribute to vlebo/ctx development by creating an account on GitHub.
ctx is a CLI tool that simplifies working across multiple cloud environments, projects, and infrastructure platforms. Switch between AWS profiles, Kubernetes clusters, VPN connections, and SSH tunnels with a single command. $ ctx list NAME ENVIRONMENT CLOUD ORCHESTRATION acme-dev development aws kubernetes acme-staging staging aws kubernetes acme-prod production aws kubernetes $ ctx use acme-prod ✓ AWS profile: acme-prod (us-east-1) ✓ Kubernetes: prod-cluster/default ✓ VPN connected: wireguard (wg0) ✓ Tunnels: postgres, redis [ctx: acme-prod] $ Features Category Features Cloud Providers AWS, GCP, Azure profile switching with auto-login support Orchestration Kubernetes, Nomad, Consul context…from github.com
In the maker’s words, at launch
Hey HN, I built ctx because I was tired of the mental overhead of managing multiple client environments. Every context switch meant: change AWS profile, switch kubeconfig, start the right SSH tunnels, set the right env vars, remember which VPN i need to connect to. Miss one step and you're deploying to the wrong…
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