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Kitematic vs Lens: What are the differences?
Kitematic: The easiest way to start using Docker on your Mac. Simple Docker App management for Mac OS X; Lens: Open-source IDE to control your Kubernetes clusters. 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.
Kitematic and Lens can be categorized as "Container" tools.
Some of the features offered by Kitematic are:
- Mac App with GUI for Docker
- Create images from any folder with a Dockerfile in it
- Configure environment variables
On the other hand, Lens provides the following key features:
- Multi Cluster Management
- Multiple Workspaces
- Built-In Prometheus Stats
Kitematic and Lens are both open source tools. Kitematic with 11.5K GitHub stars and 1.4K forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than Lens with 3.32K GitHub stars and 139 GitHub forks.
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Pros of Kitematic
- I like it because it sucks8
- No command line, Docker in one app, gui, easy to set up3
- Good for first timer2
- Easy to get started1
Pros of Lens
- Keep track of cluster changes4
- Easy management of multiple clusters2
- Open Source2
- Local installation, not SaaS1
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What is Kitematic?
Simple Docker App management for Mac OS X
What 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.
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