Aster v1.0.0

Aster 1.0.0 is the first public release — a fast, local-first Kubernetes desktop workbench.

What's new

Native desktop shell

• Built on Tauri 2 (Rust) with a loopback-only Go sidecar. Credentials, kubeconfig contents, and the sidecar token never reach the renderer — the UI talks to a typed, allowlisted API.

Cluster navigation

• Discover kubeconfig contexts from multiple sources and switch between them from a single picker.
• Browse and watch Deployments, StatefulSets, DaemonSets, ConfigMaps, Pods, and more with server-side pagination and virtualized tables that stay responsive on huge clusters.
• Inspect sanitized resource details with YAML, Events, and Related objects.

Inspection

• Stream bounded Pod logs with live following.
• Run constrained one-shot terminal commands in a Pod — no persistent shell.
• Overview and workload log surfaces for fast diagnosis.

Reviewed mutations

• Scale, edit, delete, and create run through server-side dry-run with a semantic diff, resource-version checks, and explicit Apply.
• Helm release list, detail, uninstall, and rollback.

Design

• Achromatic, keyboard-first macOS-native workbench with light, dark, and system appearance.
• ⌘K command palette: jump to actions, contexts, resources, namespaces, and theme switching without leaving the keyboard.