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PTKublet Docs

Use the native desktop app for day-to-day Kubernetes operations.

Overview

PTKublet is a Tauri 2 desktop app with a Rust sidecar and React UI. It keeps dashboards, YAML editing, logs, exec, and WebSocket watches in one native workspace for macOS.

Quick start

  1. Clone the repository and install dependencies.
  2. Start the desktop app in development mode (see the repo README for current commands).
  3. Point the app at your kubeconfig or cluster context.
  4. Open the dashboard to watch core resources in real time.

Core workflows

  • Watch — live WebSocket updates across namespaces and resource types
  • Inspect — pod logs, exec terminal, and port-forward from one place
  • Edit — RBAC-aware YAML with workload scale and rollout restart
  • Backup — schedule backups and restore from S3-compatible storage

Permissions

PTKublet respects your kubeconfig credentials and cluster RBAC. If an action is denied in the API, the UI surfaces the error instead of attempting elevated access.