Krew
Krew is the package manager for kubectl plugins.
What does Krew do?
Krew is a tool that makes it easy to use kubectl
plugins. Krew
helps you discover plugins, install and manage them on your machine. It is
similar to tools like apt, dnf or brew. Today, over 200
kubectl plugins are available on Krew.
- For kubectl users: Krew helps you find, install and manage kubectl plugins
in a consistent way. - For plugin developers: Krew helps you package and distribute your plugins
on multiple platforms and makes them discoverable.
Documentation
Visit the Krew documentation to find Installation
instructions, User Guide and Developer Guide.
You can follow the Quickstart to get started with Krew.
Contributor Documentation
- Releasing Krew: how to release new version of
Krew. - Plugin Lifecycle: how Krew installs/upgrades
plugins and itself. (Not necessarily up-to-date, but it can give a good idea
about how Krew works under the covers.) - Krew Architecture: architectural decisions
behind designing initial versions of Krew. (Not up-to-date.) - Krew Logo: our logo and branding assets.
Visit ./docs for all documentation.
Roadmap
Please check out the Issue
Tracker to see the plan of
record for new features and changes.
Community
Bug reports
- If you have a problem with the Krew itself, please file an
issue in this repository. - If you're having a problem with a particular plugin's installation or
upgrades, file an issue at krew-index repository. - If you're having an issue with an installed plugin, file an issue for the
repository the plugin's source code is hosted at.
Communication channels
- Slack: #krew or
#sig-cli - Mailing List
- Kubernetes Community site
Contributing
Interested in contributing to Krew? Please refer to our
Contributing Guidelines for more details.
Code of Conduct
Participation in the Kubernetes community is governed by the Kubernetes Code
of Conduct.