k9s
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
1warn against
Dec 6, 2025first mention
Oct 21, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“I'm fine with K9s and lazygit key-driven interfaces.”
“i love k9s, it iss the best tui I've seen before the AI era”
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“I use neovim and k9s mostly and those are such amazinng tools”
“Using things like k9s / btop / lazygit / lazydocker helm / stern”
Caveats and dissent
“I was sick of k9s being slow, buggy, and consuming all my memory.”
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Threads where it came up
- For All K9s Lovers 1 mention
- Show HN: K10s – A Clickable Kubernetes TUI (Go, Bubble Tea) 1 mention
- Ask HN: What is your opinion on TUI applications 1 mention
- The text mode lie: why modern TUIs are a nightmare for accessibility 1 mention
- Why TUIs Are Back 1 mention
- Aurora: The Linux-based ultimate workstation 1 mention
Also written as K9s. Data: k9s.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 6
“I was sick of k9s being slow, buggy, and consuming all my memory.”
“I'm fine with K9s and lazygit key-driven interfaces.”
“i love k9s, it iss the best tui I've seen before the AI era”
“I use neovim and k9s mostly and those are such amazinng tools”
“Using things like k9s / btop / lazygit / lazydocker helm / stern”
“I mostly work with Firefox, kubectl, k9s, helix”