kubectl-klock

A kubectl plugin to render the kubectl get pods --watch output in a much more readable fashion.

Think of it as running watch kubectl get pods, but instead of polling, it uses the regular watch feature to stream updates as soon as they occur.

Installation

Krew

kubectl krew install klock

Snap

sudo snap install klock

Scoop

scoop bucket add applejag https://github.com/applejag/applejag-bucket
scoop install applejag/kubectl-klock

Nix

nix-shell -p kubectl-klock

Pre-built binaries

You can download pre-built binaries from the latest GitHub release: https://github.com/applejag/kubectl-klock/releases/latest

Download the one that fits your OS and architecture, extract the tarball/zip file, and move the kubectl-klock binary to somewhere in your PATH. For example:

tar -xzf kubectl-klock_linux_amd64.tar.gz
sudo mv ./kubectl-klock /usr/local/bin

From source

Requires Go 1.21 (or later).

go install github.com/applejag/kubectl-klock@latest

Usage

Supports a wide range of flags

kubectl klock <resource> [name(s)] [flags]

Examples

# Watch all pods
kubectl klock pods

# Watch all pods with more information (such as node name)
kubectl klock pods -o wide

# Watch a specific pod
kubectl klock pods my-pod-7d68885db5-6dfst

# Watch a subset of pods, filtering on labels
kubectl klock pods --selector app=my-app
kubectl klock pods -l app=my-app

# Watch all pods in all namespaces
kubectl klock pods --all-namespaces
kubectl klock pods -A

# Watch other resource types
kubectl klock cronjobs
kubectl klock deployments
kubectl klock statefulsets
kubectl klock nodes

# Watch all pods, but restart the watch when your ~/.kube/config file changes,
# such as when using "kubectl config use-context NAME"
kubectl klock pods --watch-kubeconfig
kubectl klock pods -W

There's also some hotkeys available:

  →/l/pgdn next page      /        filter by text                  ctrl+c quit
  ←/h/pgup prev page      enter    close the filter input field    ?/esc  close help
  g/home   go to start    esc      clear the applied filter        d      show/hide deleted
  G/end    go to end      ↓/ctrl+n show next suggestion            f      toggle fullscreen
                          ↑/ctrl+p show previous suggestion
                          tab      accept a suggestion

Features

• Pagination, for when the terminal window gets too small (height-wise)

• Same output format as kubectl get

• Watch arbitrary resources, just like kubectl get <resource> [name]

• Filter results

• Auto updating age column.

• Colors on statuses (e.g Running) and fractions (e.g 1/1) to make them stand out more.

• Restart watch when kubeconfig file changes (flag: --watch-kubeconfig, -W), such as when changed by kubectx.

Completion

To get completion when writing kubectl klock, you need to add ./bin/kubectl_complete-klock to your PATH.

For example:

sudo curl https://github.com/applejag/kubectl-klock/raw/main/bin/kubectl_complete-klock -o /usr/local/bin/kubectl_complete-klock
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/kubectl_complete-klock