KaipiainenWhat 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 Registry category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Multi Cluster ManagementMultiple WorkspacesBuilt-In Prometheus StatsBuilt-in Helm Applications ManagementContext Aware Terminal
Lens Pros & Cons
Pros of Lens
- ✓Keep track of cluster changes
- ✓Easy management of multiple clusters
- ✓Open Source
- ✓Local installation, not SaaS
Cons of Lens
No cons listed yet.
Lens Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Lens?
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.
