# Lens

Lens - The free, smart desktop application for managing Kubernetes clusters.

## What makes Lens special?

* Amazing usability and end user experience
* Real-time cluster state visualization
* Resource utilization charts and trends with history powered by built-in Prometheus
* Terminal access to nodes and containers
* Fully featured role based access control management
* Dashboard access and functionality limited by RBAC

## Installation

Download a pre-built package from the [releases](https://github.com/kontena/lens/releases) page. Lens can be also installed via [snapcraft](https://snapcraft.io/kontena-lens) (Linux only).

## Development

> Prerequisities: Nodejs v12, make, yarn

* `make dev` - builds and starts the app
* `make test` - run tests

## Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/kontena/lens.