miniDevPod

A lightweight CLI tool for managing development pods in Kubernetes. Built with Go and the Cobra CLI framework.

Features

• Create dev pods with custom resource allocation
• Connect to existing pods via SSH
• List all managed pods
• Delete pods when no longer needed
• Forward ports between host and pod
• Sync files from host to pod

Demo

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Installation

go build -o minidevpod main.go

Usage

Create a new dev pod

./minidevpod create --name my-pod --repo https://github.com/user/repo.git --branch main --cpu 500m --memory 1Gi

Connect to an existing pod

./minidevpod connect my-pod
# or use the alias
./minidevpod ssh my-pod

List all pods

./minidevpod list
# or use the alias
./minidevpod ls

Delete a pod

./minidevpod delete my-pod
# or use the alias
./minidevpod rm my-pod

Forward ports

./minidevpod forward my-pod 8080:8080

Sync files

./minidevpod sync my-pod /path/to/local/files

Requirements

• Go 1.25.3 or higher
• Access to a Kubernetes cluster
• kubectl configured

License

See LICENSE file for details.