kubek 0.7.0

kubectl extensions

kubek

kubectl plugins for friendlier Kubernetes interactions.

kubek (kubernetes extension kit) is a collection of CLI tools that plug into kubectl and add interactive, developer-friendly shortcuts on top of it.

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Plugins

🔌 portfwd — Interactive port forwarding

Forwarding ports to Kubernetes services usually means running a separate kubectl port-forward command for each service, keeping track of which local port maps to what. portfwd (port forward) replaces all of that with a single interactive command — pick your services, and it handles the rest.

• Fuzzy-search namespaces and services interactively
• Forward multiple services simultaneously in one command
• Live status table with real-time updates when a process dies
• Deterministic port allocation: same service always gets the same port across multiple runs (either from config pinning or intelligent assignment)

→ Full documentation

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📦 export-dotenv — Export env vars from cluster resources

Getting credentials out of a running deployment usually means digging through kubectl get deployment -o yaml, copying values by hand, and reformatting them into a .env file. export-dotenv does it in one command — pick any Deployment or Argo WorkflowTemplate in your cluster and get its env vars exported instantly (including values resolved from ConfigMaps and Secrets).

• Interactive resource picker (kind and name; namespace comes from your kubectl context)
• Output as .env or JSON
• Pipe directly: kubectl export-dotenv ... > .env to produce a dotenv file

→ Full documentation

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Installation

Prerequisites

• Python 3.11+
• kubectl installed and configured with cluster access

Install

The recommended way to install kubek is with pipx or uv, which installs it in an isolated environment and automatically makes the plugin executables available on your PATH:

pipx

pipx install kubek

uv

uv tool install kubek

Verify

After installing, confirm both plugins are available:

kubectl portfwd --help
kubectl export-dotenv --help

See each plugin's README for full usage details.

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License

MIT — see LICENSE.