What is Lens?
It is the only IDE you’ll ever need to take control of your Kubernetes clusters. It is a standalone application for MacOS, Windows and Linux operating systems. It is open source and free.
Lens is a tool in the Container Tools category of a tech stack.
Lens is an open source tool with 20.8K GitHub stars and 1.2K GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Lens's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses Lens?
Companies
24 companies reportedly use Lens in their tech stacks, including Groww, top.gg, and TACTFUL.ai.
Developers
90 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Lens.
Lens Integrations
Pros of Lens
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Lens's Features
- Multi Cluster Management
- Multiple Workspaces
- Built-In Prometheus Stats
- Built-in Helm Applications Management
- Context Aware Terminal
Lens Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Lens?
Iris
The fastest web framework for Go.
Komodor
By providing a centralized view of all code, config & 3rd-party app changes across the entire k8s stack, Komodor offers contextual insights that help developers easily detect root causes, rapidly solve issues and innovate with confidence.
Kubernetes
Kubernetes is an open source orchestration system for Docker containers. It handles scheduling onto nodes in a compute cluster and actively manages workloads to ensure that their state matches the users declared intentions.
Docker Compose
With Compose, you define a multi-container application in a single file, then spin your application up in a single command which does everything that needs to be done to get it running.
Rancher
Rancher is an open source container management platform that includes full distributions of Kubernetes, Apache Mesos and Docker Swarm, and makes it simple to operate container clusters on any cloud or infrastructure platform.
