Kite vs Headlamp

[mirco-bozzolini]

Hello everyone,

I'm interested in this project but I have a question out of curiosity: what are the advatages of kite over headlamp?

[VidhyadharanSS]

From what I have seen, a major advantage Kite has over Headlamp is its built in authentication and access control system. In case of Headlamp, it depends on Kubernetes native RBAC and supports logins through bearer tokens or OIDC providers. Kite includes full OAuth support and a dedicated RBAC management console right inside the app itself

This is actually done by using Kite’s Super Admin feature, you can easily add new OAuth providers in the settings by entering the client ID, secret, and the required URLs (authorization, profile, and token).

Also, Kite supports customizing the sidebar. You can control the visibility and order of existing menu items, and also add CRDs (Custom Resource Definitions) to the sidebar for quick access.

Also, it has a built-in YAML diff viewer and a built-in kubectl Proxy feature that allows you to access Pods or Services directly through Kite without running kubectl port-forward locally.