kpeek

kpeek is a command-line tool that aggregates describe output, container logs, and (optionally) events for a given Kubernetes resource. It simplifies debugging and provides a clean, colorized, human-readable report.

Features

• Describe-like Output: Quickly see essential details for a Pod or Deployment.
• Pod Discovery: If you provide a Deployment, kpeek finds its Pods automatically.
• Logs (Optional): View logs from each container in your Pods with color highlighting.
• Events (Optional): Fetch resource-level and Pod-level events in a concise table.
• JSON Output: Switch to machine-readable JSON for automated processing.

Installation

• Go Install

go install github.com/hacktivist123/kpeek@latest

[!NOTE] You might need to add $HOME/go/bin to Your $PATH after installation

• Build From Source

git clone https://github.com/hacktivist123/kpeek.git
cd kpeek
go build -o kpeek .
./kpeek --help

• Run With go run

git clone https://github.com/hacktivist123/kpeek.git
cd kpeek
go run main.go --help

Usage

kpeek [resource/type-name] [flags]

Flags

Flag	Purpose
n, --namespace string	Kubernetes namespace of the resource (default: default).
--json	Output in JSON format.
--no-logs	Skip retrieving container logs.
--include-events	Include events in the output.

Contributing

• Fork this repository and clone your fork.
• Create a feature branch: git checkout -b feature/my-feature
• Make changes and commit: git commit -m ‘Add my feature’
• Push to your fork: git push origin feature/my-feature
• Open a Pull Request describing your changes.

All contributions, bug reports, bug fixes, documentation improvements, enhancements, and ideas are welcome.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

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