Console GUI utilities

Console GUI utilities

I'm talking here about console GUI utilities, otherwise called pseudo-graphical, because what kind of graphics can there be in text mode. However, as practice has shown, they are extremely convenient. Even if you work on a desktop in your cozy Mac, you don't have to deny yourself the convenience: by connecting to a remote server over SSH, where these utilities work perfectly.

Probably the most famous example of this kind of utility is midnight commander (oldtimers still remember norton/volkov commander and far)

These days I use utilities like k9s, lazygit, and sometimes lazydocker. I'd like to talk a bit more about k9s, in case you're not yet familiar with it.

k9s — in my opinion, the best tool for managing Kubernetes from the user's point of view.

I manage to use it much more efficiently than the graphical Lens, which I never came to love. I like the vim-like control style of k9s for switching views, displayed objects, filtering lists, searching through log text — in short, everything you might need. You can even forward a port and download / upload files. The statistics on overall cluster resource consumption, and on each node, are very clear. In short, highly recommended!