Rune is a fast native macOS Kubernetes cluster manager for people who debug real clusters every day.
It is built for fast Kubernetes troubleshooting: quick navigation, strong keyboard support, direct access to resources, and no heavy platform console in the way. Rune adds a native macOS interface with more room for logs, YAML, describe output, port-forwarding, metrics, events, and focused troubleshooting without turning into bloat.
Kubernetes debugging is often about keeping enough context in view: the pod, its controller, related service, current YAML, recent events, and the logs that actually contain the error. Rune keeps those workflows close together.
- Browse contexts, namespaces, workloads, networking, storage, config, RBAC, events, Helm releases, and a terminal view.
- Inspect full pod logs and unified logs across related workloads.
- Search through multi-pod logs without constantly changing log limits or jumping between panes.
- Edit YAML with syntax highlighting plus validation feedback for errors and warnings.
- Port-forward pods and services from the resource you are already inspecting.
- Open exec and terminal workflows in context.
- Check pod and node metrics when your cluster exposes metrics.
- Move quickly with a command palette and k9s-style resource jumps.
- Stay local: Rune does not use analytics, tracking, advertising, or telemetry.
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- Main sections: use the sidebar or Cmd+1 through Cmd+9: Overview, Workloads, Networking, Storage, Config, RBAC, Events, Helm, and Terminal.
- Toolbar: choose the Kubernetes context and namespace for the data you browse.
- History: use Cmd+Option+Left Arrow and Cmd+Option+Right Arrow to move back and forward in the navigation stack.
- Reload: use Cmd+R to refresh the current view.
Open the palette with Cmd+K, or click the Palette button in the toolbar. Search by free text across contexts, namespaces, resources, and actions, or type a : prefix to run command-style jumps.
- Syntax:
:commandor:command filter, for example:po api,:svc billing, or:ns kube-system. - Cluster and scope:
:ctxswitches context and:nsswitches namespace. - Workloads:
:po/:pod,:deploy,:sts,:ds, and:wl. - Networking:
:svc/:service/:services,:ing, and:net. - Configuration:
:cm,:sec, and:cfg. - RBAC:
:rbac,:role,:rb,:cr, and:crb. - Helm:
:helm/:hropens Helm releases and can filter by release name. - More:
:ev,:reload,:import,:ro, and:readonly.
Type : by itself to see the built-in command cheat sheet.
Rune does not collect personal data or usage data. It does not use analytics, tracking, advertising, or telemetry, and it does not send your cluster data to a Rune backend.
The only network traffic is the traffic required for Rune to communicate with the Kubernetes clusters and services you choose to connect to. Kubeconfig files, cluster endpoints, credentials, Keychain items, and security-scoped bookmarks are handled locally on your Mac.
See PRIVACY.md for the full privacy policy.
- macOS 14 or later
- Swift 6, for example via Xcode
- Rune talks to Kubernetes through its native in-app Kubernetes client.
swift build
swift run RuneAppRelease build:
swift build -c release --product RuneApp./scripts/build-macos-app.shProduces dist/Rune.app.
swift testRune is source-available. Personal and other non-commercial use is free. Business use requires a paid commercial license or an authorized Mac App Store purchase. See LICENSE.
If you want to support Rune development, buy the app on the Mac App Store:
You can also support development through PayPal:
