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Lens is a Kubernetes IDE that provides a powerful dashboard for managing and debugging Kubernetes clusters from a desktop application.

Pricing

$0-20 / user / month

Founded

2019

Team size

51-200 employees

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

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DevOps Engineers, Platform Engineer

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Integrates with

AWS EKSAzure AKSGoogle GKERed Hat OpenShiftLocal Kubeconfigs+5

Security

SOC 2ISO 27001

About Lens

Lens is the most popular Kubernetes IDE, providing a standalone application for managing Kubernetes clusters. It gives developers and DevOps engineers full situational awareness of everything running in their clusters.

The application provides real-time cluster state visualization, resource monitoring, log streaming, and terminal access to pods. It supports multiple clusters simultaneously with easy context switching.

Lens includes built-in Prometheus monitoring, Helm chart management, and extensions for customizing functionality. The catalog feature organizes clusters, workspaces, and tools in one place.

Available on macOS, Windows, and Linux, Lens has become the de facto desktop tool for Kubernetes operators who prefer a visual interface over pure kubectl commands.

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SOC 2ISO 27001

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