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Alternatives to Kubernetes MCP Server

Kubernetes MCP Server is a MCP server by containers: A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Kubernetes and OpenShift. If it doesn't fit your setup, these 12 MCP servers cover similar ground. They are ordered by how closely they match Kubernetes MCP Server and by our rank, which weighs adoption, freshness and documentation; money never changes the order. Helm MCP leads the list (most weekly downloads here (1.8K); active in the last 30 days). 1 of them is published by the company behind the product. 2 offer a remote endpoint, so there is nothing to install locally. Each entry shows data reasons to switch, and you can open a side-by-side comparison with Kubernetes MCP Server.

Updated Oct 26, 2026 · Built from catalog data; how we rank and grade

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Kubernetes MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Kubernetes and OpenShift

12 alternatives

Ordered by how closely each matches Kubernetes MCP Server (shared product, category or stated alternative) and by rank.

  1. 1
    Helm MCP

    SCGIS-Wales

    The full Helm CLI surface as 46 MCP tools, backed by the Helm v3 and v4 Go SDKs.

    • Most weekly downloads here (1.8K)
    • Active in the last 30 days

    ★ 2↓ 1.8K/wkLast active Oct 10, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor +2

  2. 2

    Kubernetes MCP server for diagnosis, resource management, GitOps, and RBAC-enforced operations.

    • 3.9K GitHub stars
    • Remote server, no local install

    ★ 3.9KLast active Oct 24, 2026Remote (HTTP)

  3. 3

    MimiOps is an opinionated MCP server for Kubernetes

    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (Apache-2.0)

    ★ 18Last active Sep 30, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor +2

  4. 4
    MCP K8s Ro

    your-ko

    Read-only Kubernetes MCP server: inspect resources, logs, events, and metrics.

    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (MIT)

    ★ 1Last active Oct 23, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor +2

  5. 5
    k8s AIops

    AIops-tools

    Governed Kubernetes ops — 55 MCP tools with audit, budget, undo, risk-tier audit labels.

    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (MIT)

    ↓ 198/wkLast active Oct 15, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor +2

  6. 6
    MCP Kubernetes

    dockndevai

    Kubernetes monitoring & ops for AI agents — safe-by-default access modes and guards.

    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (MIT)

    ★ 2↓ 40/wkLast active Oct 26, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor +2

  7. 7
    Kubernetes Troubleshoot

    NanaGyamfiPrempeh30

    Read-only Kubernetes diagnostics: pods, logs, events, workloads, services, PVCs and nodes.

    • Open source (MIT)

    Last active Aug 25, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor +2

  8. 8
    kubeshark/mcp

    kubeshark

    Real-time Kubernetes network traffic visibility and API analysis for HTTP, gRPC, Redis, Kafka, DNS.

    • More GitHub stars (12.1K)

    ★ 12.1KLast active Oct 21, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Desktop

  9. 9

    Safe Kubernetes access for AI agents.

    • Open source (MIT)

    ★ 2Last active Jun 21, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Desktop

  10. 10
    MCP Openshift

    dockndevai

    Safe-by-default MCP for OpenShift / Kubernetes: projects, pods, logs, deployments, routes.

    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (MIT)

    ↓ 15/wkLast active Oct 19, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor +2

  11. 11
    OneUptime

    oneuptime.comOfficial

    Manage incidents, alerts, monitors, status pages, on-call and telemetry in OneUptime.

    • Published by the vendor
    • More GitHub stars (7.8K)

    ★ 7.8KLast active Oct 26, 2026Remote (HTTP)Claude Code, VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf

  12. 12
    OpenShift MCP Server

    sanjaypsachdev

    OpenShift/Kubernetes cluster management via the oc CLI for MCP clients

    • Open source (MIT)

    ★ 1Last active Jun 25, 2026Local (stdio)Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Cursor +2