What is Kind?
It is a tool for running local Kubernetes clusters using Docker container “nodes”.
It was primarily designed for testing Kubernetes itself, but may be used for local development or CI.
Kind is a tool in the Container Tools category of a tech stack.
Kind is an open source tool with 12.8K GitHub stars and 1.5K GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Kind's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses Kind?
Companies
Developers
27 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Kind.
Kind Integrations
Kind's Features
- Supports multi-node (including HA) clusters
- Supports building Kubernetes release builds from source
- Support for make / bash / docker, or bazel, in addition to pre-published builds
- Supports Linux, macOS and Windows
- It is a CNCF certified conformant Kubernetes installer
Kind Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Kind?
minikube
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Git
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