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K9s is an open-source terminal UI with 28K+ GitHub stars for managing Kubernetes clusters interactively. Provides a real-time dashboard with resource navigation, log tailing, shell access to pods, port forwarding, and RBAC visualization — all from the terminal without kubectl commands. Features Vim-style navigation, custom resource views, plugin system, cluster metrics, and multi-cluster support. Dramatically reduces the complexity of daily Kubernetes operations for developers and SREs.

KubeVela is a CNCF incubating project that provides a modern application delivery platform built on Kubernetes and the Open Application Model. It abstracts away infrastructure complexity by letting developers define applications declaratively with components, traits, and policies, while platform teams manage delivery workflows. KubeVela supports multi-cluster deployment, canary rollouts, GitOps integration, and extensible addon system.