Name: kubens
Author: Ahmet Alp Balkan

kubens

Ahmet Alp Balkan·ahmetb.kubens

Faster way to switch between namespaces in kubectl

kubens is a tool to switch between Kubernetes namespaces (and configure them for kubectl) easily.

winget install --id ahmetb.kubens --exact --source winget

Latest 0.11.0·March 27, 2026

Release Notes

Changelog

feature: kubectx -r launches a read-only shell where only edits to the cluster via kubectl are prevented. Demo: https://x.com/ahmetb/status/2036830308587241971

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0.10.2

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0.10.0

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0.9.5

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0.9.4

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