Capacitor Next is a local-first Kubernetes client that uses your kubeconfig to access your clusters.

• A single binary distribution - like docker or terraform.
• With a built-in webserver.
• A browser tab opens when you start it.
• Like k9s, but in the browser.
• Like the ArgoCD UI, but for FluxCD.

(you can also run it on a URL for your team)

https://gimlet.io/capacitor-next/docs/#quickstart

On macOS or Linux with Homebrew:

brew install gimlet-io/capacitor/capacitor

Or with the install script:

wget -qO- https://gimlet.io/install-capacitor | bash

Then run

next --port 3333

Open http://localhost:3333 in your browser

• Kubernetes resource discovery
• Respects RBAC
• Multi-cluster
• Keyboard navigation
• Built-in and custom views
• Helm history
• Helm values and manifest diffing
• Flux resource tree
• Flux Kustomization diffing between cluster and git state

FluxCD is an amazing backend for all things gitops.

It is a shame that ArgoCD gained so much traction mostly because developers appreciate the UI. Rolling out a read-only ArgoCD UI made Argo the de-facto kubernetes dashboard, where people look at logs and various kubernetes resources.

Capacitor's goal is to level the field: providing a UI option for Flux users that matches or exceeds the level of ArgoCD.

Capacitor Next is a tool you can run on your laptop.

• Are you looking to host it for your team on a URL?
• Or integrate with Backstage?

Reach out to laszlo at gimlet.io. We are looking for beta testers.

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