Overview
KubeBolt is an open-source Kubernetes monitoring and management platform. Full cluster visibility in under 2 minutes — no agents, no Prometheus, no databases.
What is KubeBolt?
KubeBolt reads directly from the Kubernetes API Server and Metrics Server to give you a visual, intuitive dashboard with actionable insights. It’s designed for development teams and small-to-medium engineering organizations that deploy on Kubernetes but don’t have dedicated SRE teams.
Core philosophy: Connect. See. Fix. — Only a kubeconfig is needed. No YAML to write, no CRDs to install, no sidecars to inject.
What you get
- 23 resource views with live CPU/memory metrics from Metrics Server
- Interactive cluster topology map with Grid and Flow layouts
- 12-rule insights engine with actionable recommendations
- Multi-cluster support — all kubeconfig contexts auto-discovered
- Gateway API support — Gateways and HTTPRoutes via dynamic client
- Cluster actions — Pod terminal, file browser, port-forward, restart, scale, YAML edit
- AI Copilot — 16 tools querying live data, multi-provider (Claude, GPT, Ollama, vLLM)
- Built-in authentication — Admin/Editor/Viewer roles with JWT sessions
- Global search — ⌘K across all resource types
- RBAC-aware — adapts to your ServiceAccount permissions automatically
Performance
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Backend memory usage | ~19 MB |
| Frontend bundle (gzipped) | ~148 KB |
| API response time | <5ms (from informer cache) |
| Startup time | <3s |
Compatibility
| Provider | Metrics Server | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon EKS | Pre-installed | Mount ~/.aws for credentials |
| Google GKE | Pre-installed | Works out of the box |
| Azure AKS | Pre-installed | Works out of the box |
| k3s / k0s | Pre-installed | Works out of the box |
| Docker Desktop | Manual install | Use docker-kubeconfig.sh helper |
| Minikube | Addon | minikube addons enable metrics-server |