01
Every cluster. One workspace.
Your kubeconfig, automatically discovered. Move between clusters with a swipe or a shortcut, and keep your context close.
MULTI-CLUSTER, WITHOUT THE FRICTION INDEPENDENT. NATIVE. OPEN SOURCE. Kubernetes.
Kubernetes.
In a new light.
A little less friction. A lot more clarity.
Meet the native Kubernetes IDE that feels at home on your Mac.
Made for macOS 26+Swift 6 + SwiftUIEARLY ALPHA
BUILT BY AN ENGINEER. FOR ENGINEERS. SCROLL TO FIND CLARITY
01 / THE COMPLEXITYA thousand
A thousand
moving parts.
Pods. Services. Persistent volume claims.
There’s a lot to keep in your head.
02 / THE CONNECTIONBring it
Bring it
all together.
Explore your resources in context.
Your namespace, all in one place.
01 / A CLEARER WORKSPACEAll the context.
All the context.
None of the chaos.
From your first pod to your next incident.
Keep your tools, and your train of thought, together.
Spectra/production-eks
Pods
YOUR CLUSTER, AT A GLANCE
All systems healthyPods
CPU usage
24.8%
Memory
5.5GiB
Running pods
30/ 96
| Name | Namespace | Status | Ready | CPU | Memory |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| production | Running | 1/1 | 12m | 84 Mi | |
| production | Running | 1/1 | 8m | 62 Mi | |
| production | Running | 1/1 | 24m | 128 Mi | |
| system | Running | 1/1 | 4m | 32 Mi | |
| production | Running | 1/1 | 6m | 48 Mi |
5 pods Synced just now
Interactive preview · sample data
YOUR EXISTING STACK.
ALREADY AT HOME.
ALREADY AT HOME.
Kubernetes
Helm
Argo CD
Gateway API
Prometheus
02
From symptom to shell.
Follow native log streams, open a pod or node shell, and forward a port. The tools you reach for, right where you need them.
LOGS · SHELL · PORT FORWARDING03
Go beyond the built-ins.
Explore CRDs with columns discovered from your cluster. Argo CD, Gateway API, and Helm get a place in your workflow, too.
BUILT FOR REAL-WORLD CLUSTERS02 / NATIVE IS A FEELINGYour Mac deserves
Take a look under the hood
Your Mac deserves
a native Kubernetes IDE.
Built from the first line in Swift. Spectra speaks directly to the Kubernetes API in a single native process, with a SwiftUI interface that belongs on your desktop.
Swift 6 + SwiftUINative, all the way down.
Direct API connectionYour Mac, straight to your cluster.
Made for your muscle memory⌘K to jump. ⌥⌘→ to switch.
LESS BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR CLUSTER
Spectra
KUBERNETES API
Your cluster03 / OPEN SOURCE. OPEN POSSIBILITIES.
APACHE 2.0
Good tools should
belong to everyone.
Spectra started with a simple idea: the tool you use to understand your infrastructure should feel as considered as the infrastructure itself.
Built in the open, with room for your ideas. Read the code. Open an issue. Make it your own.
Star on GitHub Source you can read. Code you can change. A project you can shape.
YOUR NEXT WORKSPACEA fresh perspective.
A fresh perspective.
Ready when you are.
Bring your kubeconfig. Make yourself at home.
macOS 26+Homebrewkubectl + helm
Prefer to build it yourself? Install with HomebrewEARLY ALPHA
01 Add the Spectra tap
brew tap andrebrito16/spectra02 Trust the Spectra cask
brew trust --cask andrebrito16/spectra/spectra-k8s03 Install Spectra
brew install --cask spectra-k8sBuild from source instead
Requires Xcode 26.x. Clone the project, install the Metal Toolchain, then open it in Xcode and press ⌘ R.
git clone https://github.com/andrebrito16/spectra.gitxcodebuild -downloadComponent MetalToolchainopen spectra/spectra.xcodeprojA FEW THINGS TO KNOW
Before you dive in.
What do I need to run Spectra?
Spectra requires macOS 26 (Tahoe) or newer. To build from source, you’ll need Xcode 26.x with the Metal Toolchain component. Install kubectl and helm in a standard location such as Homebrew, mise, or asdf, and Spectra’s binary resolver will find them.
Can I use my existing kubeconfig?
Yes. Spectra automatically discovers your kubeconfig and supports client certificates, bearer tokens, exec authentication plugins, and OIDC. That includes plugins such as aws, gke-gcloud-auth-plugin, kubelogin, and doctl.
Is Spectra ready for production workflows?
Spectra is early alpha. It has been tested against EKS; GKE, AKS, kind, and minikube are not yet verified. Expect rough edges, and evaluate it in a development environment before relying on it for critical work. Bug reports and pull requests are very welcome.
Is it really open source?
Yes. Spectra is licensed under Apache 2.0. You can inspect the source, build it yourself, modify it, and contribute. The project is built in Swift 6 and SwiftUI, with contributions welcome through GitHub.