Kite - Modern Kubernetes Dashboard

A modern Kubernetes dashboard

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Kite is a lightweight, modern Kubernetes dashboard that unifies real-time observability, multi-cluster and resource management, enterprise-grade user governance (OAuth, RBAC, and audit logs), and AI agents in one workspace. Not just a tool, but more like a platform.

✨ Features

User Interface

• Dark/light/color themes with system preference detection
• Global search across all resources
• Responsive design for desktop, tablet, and mobile
• i18n support (English and Chinese)

Multi-Cluster Management

• Switch between multiple Kubernetes clusters
• Independent Prometheus configuration per cluster
• Automatic discovery from kubeconfig
• Fine-grained cluster access permissions

Resource Management

• Full coverage: Pods, Deployments, Services, ConfigMaps, Secrets, PVs, PVCs, Nodes, and more
• Live YAML editing with Monaco editor (syntax highlighting and validation)
• Detailed views with containers, volumes, events, and conditions
• Resource relationships (e.g., Deployment → Pods)
• Create, update, delete, scale, and restart operations
• Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) support
• Quick image tag selector using Docker and container registry APIs
• Customizable sidebar with CRD shortcuts
• Kube proxy for direct pod/service access (no more kubectl port-forward)

Monitoring & Observability

• Real-time CPU, memory, and network charts (Prometheus)
• Live pod logs with filtering and search
• Web terminal for pods and nodes
• Built-in kubectl console.
• AI assistant.

Security

• OAuth integration
• Role-based access control
• User management and role allocation

🚀 Quick Start

For detailed instructions, please refer to the documentation.

Docker

docker run -d -p 8080:8080 -v ./data:/data -e DB_DSN=/data/db.sqlite ghcr.io/kite-org/kite:latest

Deploy in Kubernetes

Using Helm (Recommended)

1. Add Helm repository

   helm repo add kite https://kite-org.github.io/kite/
   helm repo update
   

2. Install with default values

   helm install kite kite/kite -n kube-system
   

Using kubectl

1. Apply deployment manifests

   kubectl apply -f deploy/install.yaml
   # or install it online
   # Note: This method may not be suitable for a production environment, as it does not include any configuration related to persistence. You will need to manually mount the persistence volume and set the environment variable DB_DSN=/data/db.sqlite to ensure that data is not lost. Alternatively, an external database can be used.
   # ref: https://kite.zzde.me/faq.html#persistence-issues
   kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kite-org/kite/refs/heads/main/deploy/install.yaml
   

2. Access via port-forward

   kubectl port-forward -n kube-system svc/kite 8080:8080
   

Build from Source

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/kite-org/kite.git
   cd kite
   

2. Build the project

   make deps
   make build
   

3. Run the server

   make run
   

🔍 Troubleshooting

For troubleshooting, please refer to the documentation.

💖 Support This Project

If you find Kite helpful, please consider supporting its development! Your donations help maintain and improve this project.

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Thank you for your support! ❤️

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please see our contributing guidelines for details on how to get involved.

📄 License

This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0 - see the LICENSE file for details.