diff --git a/internal/clusterdefaults/clusterdefaults.go b/internal/clusterdefaults/clusterdefaults.go
index 7d555bf..c01697f 100644
--- a/internal/clusterdefaults/clusterdefaults.go
+++ b/internal/clusterdefaults/clusterdefaults.go
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ const (
 	ClusterTypeMinikube
 	// ClusterTypeK3s represents a K3s cluster
 	ClusterTypeK3s
+	// ClusterTypeCRC represents a CRC (CodeReady Containers) cluster
+	ClusterTypeCRC
 )
 
 // String returns the string representation of a ClusterType
@@ -29,6 +31,8 @@ func (ct ClusterType) String() string {
 		return "minikube"
 	case ClusterTypeK3s:
 		return "k3s"
+	case ClusterTypeCRC:
+		return "crc"
 	default:
 		return "unknown"
 	}
@@ -139,6 +143,11 @@ func (d *defaultDetector) Detect(kubeContext string) ClusterType {
 		return ClusterTypeK3s
 	}
 
+	// CRC (CodeReady Containers) contexts start with "crc" or contain "-crc-"/"_crc_" as a segment
+	if strings.HasPrefix(contextLower, "crc") || strings.Contains(contextLower, "-crc-") || strings.Contains(contextLower, "-crc:") {
+		return ClusterTypeCRC
+	}
+
 	return ClusterTypeUnknown
 }
 
@@ -198,6 +207,13 @@ func getDefaultsForClusterType(clusterType ClusterType) (DeploymentDefaults, boo
 			PortForwardEnabled: true,
 		}, true
 
+	case ClusterTypeCRC:
+		return DeploymentDefaults{
+			Resources:          "small",
+			Exposure:           "none",
+			PortForwardEnabled: true,
+		}, true
+
 	default:
 		return DeploymentDefaults{}, false
 	}
diff --git a/internal/clusterdefaults/clusterdefaults_test.go b/internal/clusterdefaults/clusterdefaults_test.go
index ad5d1c3..567e976 100644
--- a/internal/clusterdefaults/clusterdefaults_test.go
+++ b/internal/clusterdefaults/clusterdefaults_test.go
@@ -27,6 +27,36 @@ func TestDefaultDetector_Detect(t *testing.T) {
 			kubeContext: "KIND-test",
 			want:        ClusterTypeKind,
 		},
+		{
+			name:        "crc cluster with admin context",
+			kubeContext: "crc-admin",
+			want:        ClusterTypeCRC,
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "crc cluster with api prefix",
+			kubeContext: "api-crc-testing:6443",
+			want:        ClusterTypeCRC,
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "crc cluster with uppercase",
+			kubeContext: "CRC-admin",
+			want:        ClusterTypeCRC,
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "crc cluster bare name",
+			kubeContext: "crc",
+			want:        ClusterTypeCRC,
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "not crc - incidental substring",
+			kubeContext: "acrc-cluster",
+			want:        ClusterTypeUnknown,
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "not crc - encrypted in name",
+			kubeContext: "my-encrypted-cluster",
+			want:        ClusterTypeUnknown,
+		},
 	}
 
 	detector := &defaultDetector{}
@@ -108,6 +138,17 @@ func TestDefaultApplicator_Apply(t *testing.T) {
 			wantPortForward:    true,
 			wantChanged:        true,
 		},
+		{
+			name:               "crc cluster",
+			clusterType:        ClusterTypeCRC,
+			resources:          "default",
+			exposure:           "loadbalancer",
+			portForwardEnabled: false,
+			wantResources:      "small",
+			wantExposure:       "none",
+			wantPortForward:    true,
+			wantChanged:        true,
+		},
 	}
 
 	applicator := &defaultApplicator{}
@@ -158,6 +199,16 @@ func TestManager_ApplyConvenienceDefaults(t *testing.T) {
 			wantExposure:       "none",
 			wantPortForward:    true,
 		},
+		{
+			name:               "crc cluster detection and defaults",
+			kubeContext:        "crc-admin",
+			resources:          "default",
+			exposure:           "loadbalancer",
+			portForwardEnabled: false,
+			wantResources:      "small",
+			wantExposure:       "none",
+			wantPortForward:    true,
+		},
 		{
 			name:               "gke cluster no changes",
 			kubeContext:        "gke_project_zone_cluster",
@@ -203,6 +254,7 @@ func TestClusterType_String(t *testing.T) {
 		{ClusterTypeKind, "kind"},
 		{ClusterTypeMinikube, "minikube"},
 		{ClusterTypeK3s, "k3s"},
+		{ClusterTypeCRC, "crc"},
 		{ClusterTypeUnknown, "unknown"},
 	}