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The Best Kubernetes Static Analysis Tools (Linters/Formatters)

We rank 17 Kubernetes linters, code analyzers, formatters, and more. Find and compare tools like Mega-Linter, Semgrep, KubeLinter, and more. Please rate and review tools that you've used. This helps others find the best tools for their projects.

9 Kubernetes Tools

KubeLinter

KubeLinter is a static analysis tool that checks Kubernetes YAML files and Helm charts to ensure the applications represented in them adhere to best practices.

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  • 70% upvoted

kube-score

Static code analysis of your Kubernetes object definitions.

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  • 100% upvoted

kubeconform

A fast Kubernetes manifests validator with support for custom resources. It is inspired by, contains code from and is designed to stay close to Kubeval, but with the following improvements: * high performance: will validate & download manifests over multiple routines, caching downloaded files in memory * configurable list of remote, or local schemas locations, enabling validating Kubernetes custom resources (CRDs) and offline validation capabilities * uses by default a self-updating fork of the schemas registry maintained by the kubernetes-json-schema project - which guarantees up-to-date schemas for all recent versions of Kubernetes.

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  • 100% upvoted

chart-testing

ct is the tool for testing Helm charts. It is meant to be used for linting and testing pull requests. It automatically detects charts changed against the target branch.

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  • 0% upvoted

clusterlint

Clusterlint queries live Kubernetes clusters for resources, executes common and platform specific checks against these resources and provides actionable feedback to cluster operators. It is a non invasive tool that is run externally. Clusterlint does not alter the resource configurations.

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  • 0% upvoted

klint

A tool that listens to changes in Kubernetes resources and runs linting rules against them. Identify and debug erroneous objects and nudge objects in line with the policies as both change over time. Klint helps us encode checks and proactively alert teams when they need to take action.

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  • 0% upvoted

kube-lint

A linter for Kubernetes resources with a customizable rule set. You define a list of rules that you would like to validate against your resources and kube-lint will evaluate those rules against them.

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  • 0% upvoted

kube-linter

KubeLinter is a static analysis tool that checks Kubernetes YAML files and Helm charts to ensure the applications represented in them adhere to best practices.

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  • 0% upvoted

kubeval

Validates your Kubernetes configuration files and supports multiple Kubernetes versions.

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  • 0% upvoted

8 Multi-Language Tools

Mega-Linter

Mega-Linter can handle any type of project thanks to its 70+ embedded Linters, its advanced reporting, runnable on any CI system or locally, with assisted installation and configuration, able to apply formatting and fixes

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  • 69% upvoted

Semgrep

Sponsor

A fast, open-source, static analysis tool for finding bugs and enforcing code standards at editor, commit, and CI time. Its rules look like the code you already write; no abstract syntax trees or regex wrestling. Supports 17+ languages.

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  • 81% upvoted

Datree

A CLI tool to prevent Kubernetes misconfigurations by ensuring that manifests and Helm charts follow best practices as well as your organization’s policies

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  • 100% upvoted

kics

Find security vulnerabilities, compliance issues, and infrastructure misconfigurations in your infrastructure-as-code. Supports Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS CloudFormation and Ansible

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  • 100% upvoted

SonarCloud

SonarCloud enables your team to deliver clean code consistently and efficiently with a code review tool that easily integrates into the cloud DevOps platforms and extend your CI/CD workflow. SonarCloud is free for open source projects.

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  • 56% upvoted

krane

Krane is a simple Kubernetes RBAC static analysis tool. It identifies potential security risks in K8s RBAC design and makes suggestions on how to mitigate them. Krane dashboard presents current RBAC security posture and lets you navigate through its definition.

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  • 0% upvoted

kube-hunter

Hunt for security weaknesses in Kubernetes clusters.

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  • 0% upvoted

SonarLint

SonarLint is a free IDE extension available for IntelliJ, VS Code, Visual Studio, and Eclipse, to find and fix coding issues in real-time, flagging issues as you code, just like a spell-checker. More than a linter, it also delivers rich contextual guidance to help developers understand why there is an issue, assess the risk, and educate them on how to fix it.

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  • 0% upvoted

Frequently Asked Questions

What are Kubernetes tools?

Kubernetes is an open-source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. It groups containers that make up an application into logical units for easy management and discovery. Kubernetes builds upon 15 years of experience of running production workloads at Google, combined with best-of-breed ideas and practices from the community. It is said to be notoriously difficult to manage Kubernetes clusters, which is why there are many tools and services to help with this task.

What are the best Kubernetes static analysis tools and linters?

The most popular Kubernetes tools ranked by user votes are: Mega-Linter, Semgrep, KubeLinter, Datree, kics.

Which Kubernetes services are free for open source projects?

Commercial services with a free plan for open source include Mega-Linter, Semgrep, KubeLinter, Datree, kics, kube-score, kubeconform, SonarCloud, chart-testing, clusterlint, klint, krane, kube-hunter, kube-lint, kube-linter, kubeval, SonarLint.

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