A much more comprehensive list can be found here. This is likely a subset of the items in that repo and a few additions of tools i’ve tried out or want to try out to make my K8s life easier.

CLI Tools:

• Helm Kubernetes package manager
• K9s CLI management tool.
• kube-shell integrated shell environment

Cluster Provisioning

• kind Docker based kubernetes deployment.
• minikube VM based cross-platform kubernetes with addons support

Automation and CI/CD

• flux 2

Development:

• Hephy Developer workflow tool
• Skaffold client side deployment

Testing/Troubleshooting

• Chaos Kube
• Kube Monkey

Backup/Restore

• Velero

Service Mesh:

• Istio

Certifications

• killer Kubernetes Exam Simulator