Kalco - Kubernetes Analysis & Lifecycle Control

Professional CLI tool for Kubernetes cluster management, analysis, and lifecycle control

Extract, analyze, and version control your entire Kubernetes cluster with Git integration.

🚀 Overview

Kalco acts as a bridge between your Kubernetes cluster Reality and your GitOps Intention. It allows you to:

• Snapshot your cluster state into organized YAML (Deployment, Service, CRDs...).
• Detect Drift between Git manifests (Helm/Kustomize/Raw) and the live cluster.
• Audit changes over time with automated Git commits.

📚 Documentation

Full documentation is available at graz-dev.github.io/kalco.

⚡ Quick Start

Installation

Homebrew (macOS/Linux)

brew install graz-dev/tap/kalco

Install Script

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/graz-dev/kalco/master/scripts/install.sh | bash

Basic Usage

1. Setup Context:

   kalco context set prod --output ./prod-backup

2. Snapshot Cluster:

   kalco export --git-push

3. Verify GitOps Drift (New!):

   kalco diff --target ./my-app/deploy.yaml --snapshot-dir ./prod-backup --refresh

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for details.

📄 License

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