Radar Kubernetes MCP Server

Radar

The missing open-source Kubernetes UI. Single binary. No account required. Free forever.

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Topology, resources, Helm, GitOps, traffic, audit, upgrade impact, and MCP context for AI agents — from your laptop or in-cluster.

Table of contents

• Why Radar?
• Installation
• Usage
• Views — Topology · Resources · Image Filesystem · Timeline · Helm · Compare · TLS · GitOps · Traffic · Cost · Audit · Upgrade impact · RBAC · MCP · Auth
• Supported Resources
• Keyboard Shortcuts
• Security
• Development · Contributing

Install and run in 30 seconds:

curl -fsSL https://get.radarhq.io | sh && kubectl radar

More installation options ↓

Why Radar?

• Zero install on your cluster — runs on your laptop, talks to the K8s API directly
• Single binary — no dependencies, no agents, no CRDs
• Fast on big clusters — tested on tens of thousands of pods, with responsive views and live updates under real cluster churn
• Private by design — your cluster data stays on your machine. No account, no agents, no cloud sync, no cluster telemetry
• Airgapped-friendly — runs as a single binary against the Kubernetes API and works in locked-down environments with outbound egress blocked
• Real-time — watches your cluster via informers, pushes updates to the browser via SSE
• Works everywhere — GKE, EKS, AKS, minikube, kind, k3s, or any conformant cluster
• AI-ready — built-in MCP server lets AI agents inspect, investigate, and operate your cluster through Radar
• In-cluster option — deploy with Helm for shared team access with RBAC-scoped permissions

"Have Radar deployed at work. As far as Kubernetes dashboards go, this is one of the best." — u/TheRealNetroxen

Installation

Quick Install:

curl -fsSL https://get.radarhq.io | sh

Homebrew:

brew install skyhook-io/tap/radar

Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.