k8s-helpers 1.0.4

Collection of Kubernetes command-line utilities

k8s-utils

A collection of Kubernetes command-line utilities built with Python and Typer.

Installation

This project uses uv for package management. Make sure you have uv and uvx installed.

Just testing it out:

# Install dependencies
uvx k8s-helpers --help

Installation

uv tool install k8s-helpers

This installs the k8s-helpers command and the shorthand k8sh

Commands

podcount

Count non-daemonset pods per node in the current Kubernetes context.

# Use current context
k8sh podcount

# Specify a different context
k8sh podcount --context my-context

# Show nodegroup and zone labels, and sort by nodegroup
k8sh podcount \
--node-labels "eks.amazonaws.com/nodegroup" \
--node-labels "topology.kubernetes.io/zone" \
--sort "eks.amazonaws.com/nodegroup"

This command:

• Retrieves all pods and nodes in the cluster
• Excludes pods managed by DaemonSets
• Displays a table showing pod count per node
• Shows total non-DaemonSet pod count