Open platform engineering tools
Clarity for your Kubernetes.
Lumen is an open-source desktop Kubernetes IDE. Explore resources and topology, investigate logs and events, review YAML and ask your configured AI provider about the evidence in front of you. Your existing cluster context stays with the investigation.
A connected workspace
From platform signal to resource detail.
- Kubernetes
- AWS & EKS
- Helm
- Karpenter
- cert-manager
- Custom resources
01 / Engineering perspective
See the system. Understand the detail.
A pod keeps restarting. A service cannot reach its backend. A node is under pressure. Start with the affected resource, then follow its configuration, events and relationships. Lumen keeps that investigation connected as you move between the symptom and the system around it.
- Inspect live workloads and the resources around them.
- Move between cluster, namespace and object views.
- Keep operational tools close to the evidence.
02 / Everyday operations
The questions behind everyday Kubernetes work.
Find the relevant resource, inspect its surroundings and choose the next useful check. The tools you need stay close to the workload you are investigating.
Trace a workload problem
Follow workload relationships and node conditions to understand where an investigation should go next.
ExploreRead the relevant logs
Stream and search logs, then open a terminal or port forward when the next check needs direct access.
ExploreReview the configuration
Inspect YAML and compare supported revisions and diffs before changing the resource.
ExploreGive AI the evidence
Ask a configured provider to explain resource state or log output, then check the answer against the cluster.
ExploreConnect cloud detail
Bring AWS and EKS infrastructure context alongside the Kubernetes resources it supports.
ExploreKeep access familiar
Evaluate Lumen with your existing credentials and Kubernetes RBAC. Review AI data flows separately.
Explore03 / Context to action
Investigate with a connected view.
A clearer operating loop starts with the right environment and follows the evidence to a considered action.
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Find the right context
Start with your existing kubeconfig. Choose the cluster and namespace before investigating a resource.
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Follow the evidence
Connect resource state with related workloads, events and logs. Build a picture of the issue before changing the system.
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Review the next action
Inspect YAML and diffs, confirm the environment and permissions, then apply your team’s normal review and change process.
04 / Open by design
The source is part of the product.
Engineers should be able to understand the tools they trust with their platforms. Lumen is open source under the BSD 3-Clause licence: inspect the implementation, evaluate the behaviour and contribute to the direction.
- Public source and release history.
- Useful developer workflows in the community product.
- Enterprise adoption support scoped around your organisation.
05 / Platform Lens direction
A useful IDE today. A broader platform vision.
Lumen is the current product. Fleet intelligence and composable platform workflows are our direction, with availability defined by future releases.
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Today / Lumen workspace
Operate Kubernetes with a desktop IDE for live resources, logs, editing and contextual investigation.
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Planned / Fleet intelligence
Explore optional operator-backed views for cross-cluster inventory, ownership and operational risk.
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Planned / Composable platforms
Turn repeatable infrastructure patterns into governed platform capabilities and developer paths.
06 / For your engineering organisation
Useful for the people operating the platform.
A useful desktop tool is the starting point. A successful rollout also needs shared workflows, security review and ownership.
Platform engineers
Evaluate real cluster investigations and choose the resource views that matter to your platform.
ExploreApplication teams
Make debugging approachable while keeping environment, permissions and change boundaries visible.
ExploreEngineering leaders
Discuss rollout, support scope, procurement questions and a practical path to wider adoption.
ExploreA clearer next step
Try Lumen in your own environment.
Choose a release, connect an existing Kubernetes context and work through an investigation your team knows well. Talk to us when you need help with rollout or enterprise adoption.