Here is the package manager for k8s : krew

Concepts

Krew is a tool that makes it easy to use kubectl plugins. Krew helps you discover plugins, install and manage them on your machine. It is similar to tools like apt, dnf or brew. Today, over 100 kubectl plugins are available on Krew.

Quick start

Installation (Linux/macOS)

• Install krew with this command line :

(
  set -x; cd "$(mktemp -d)" &&
  curl -fsSLO "https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew/releases/latest/download/krew.tar.gz" &&
  tar zxvf krew.tar.gz &&
  KREW=./krew-"$(uname | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')_$(uname -m | sed -e 's/x86_64/amd64/' -e 's/arm.*$/arm/' -e 's/aarch64$/arm64/')" &&
  "$KREW" install krew
)

• Then export it in environment variable :

export PATH="${KREW_ROOT:-$HOME/.krew}/bin:$PATH"

Plugins

https://krew.sigs.k8s.io/plugins/

You can install plugins with this command line :

kubectl krew install <PLUGIN_NAME>

Example :

kubectl krew install access-matrix
kubectl access-matrix

Popular Plugins :

kubectl krew install popeye

kubectl krew install score

kubectl krew install ctx

kubectl krew install ns

Link

https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew

Comments

[Omri Gabay]

Is Krew official? How does it compare to Helm?

[Javid Mougamadou]

Krew is an unofficial package that allows to install some k8S related package/plugins.

Helm Charts allows to deploy kubernetes ressources with yaml templates.