Lens
Power tools for Kubernetes and AI agents.

Lens is a desktop IDE and tooling platform for Kubernetes operators and AI agent teams, used by over 1 million developers. It provides a unified interface for Kubernetes app development, operations, troubleshooting, and observability, along with AI-powered assistants and agent runners. It runs locally with user credentials and integrates with existing RBAC policies.
Lens installs locally as a desktop application that connects to Kubernetes clusters using the user's existing credentials, providing a unified GUI and AI-powered assistant for cluster management, troubleshooting, and LLM traffic monitoring.
Kubernetes operators and AI agent teams, from individual developers to enterprise engineering teams
Background.
- Status
- launched
- Business model
- freemium
- Company
- Mirantis
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