Awesome Kubernetes Architecture Diagrams

Kubernetes Icons Set (KIS)

Kubernetes Icons Set provides icons to standardize Kubernetes architecture diagrams for presentation. Having uniform architecture diagrams improve understandibility.

Drawing Tools

CloudSkew: https://www.cloudskew.com
Creately: https://creately.com
Draw.io: https://www.drawio.com
Holori: https://holori.com/kubernetes-diagram-tool/
Hyperglance: https://www.hyperglance.com/platforms/kubernetes/
Layer5: https://layer5.io/cloud-native-management/generate-kubernetes-architecture-diagram
Lucidchart: https://www.lucidchart.com
Moqups: https://moqups.com/templates/mapping-and-diagramming/network-diagrams/kubernetes-diagram/
Terrastruct: https://terrastruct.com
a lot of others!

Diagrams as Code

Diagrams: https://github.com/mingrammer/diagrams
- Diagram as Code for prototyping cloud system architectures
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- Implementation: Python
- Most of Kubernetes resources supported
Diagrams as code: https://github.com/dmytrostriletskyi/diagrams-as-code
- Declarative configurations using YAML for drawing cloud system architectures
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- Implementation: Python with Diagrams
- Most of Kubernetes resources supported
Kubernetes-PlantUML: https://github.com/dcasati/kubernetes-PlantUML
- PlantUML sprites, macros and stereotypes for creating PlantUML diagrams with the Kubernetes components
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- Implementation: PlantUML
- Most of Kubernetes resources supported
a few others!

Generation Tools

KubeDiagrams: https://github.com/philippemerle/KubeDiagrams
- Generate Kubernetes architecture diagrams from Kubernetes manifest files, kustomization files, Helm charts, helmfiles, and actual cluster state. The main originality of KubeDiagrams is its configurability allowing for instance to deal with custom Kubernetes resources.
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- Implementation: Python with Diagrams
- Input formats: K8s manifests, kustomization files, Helm charts, helmfiles, and K8s API
- 47 Kubernetes resource kinds supported
- KIS supported
- Output formats: PNG, JPG, GIF, TIFF, SVG, PDF, and DOT
KubeView: https://github.com/benc-uk/kubeview
- Kubernetes cluster visualiser and graphical explorer
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- Implementation: Vue and Go
- Input formats: K8s API
- Supported Kubernetes resources
  - Deployment
  - ReplicaSet
  - StatefulSet
  - DaemonSet
  - Pod
  - Service
  - Ingress
  - PersistentVolumeClaim
  - Secret
  - ConfigMap
  - Job
  - CronJob
  - Namespace
  - Endpoints
- KIS supported
- Output formats: Web pages
kubectl-graph: https://github.com/steveteuber/kubectl-graph
- A kubectl plugin to visualize Kubernetes resources and relationships
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- Implementation: Go
- Input formats: K8s API
- All Kubernetes resources supported
- KIS unsupported
- Output formats: AQL, ArangoDB, CQL, Cypher, DOT, and Mermaid
k8sviz: https://github.com/mkimuram/k8sviz
- Generate Kubernetes architecture diagrams from the actual state in a namespace
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- Implementation: Go and Graphviz
- Input formats: K8s API
- Supported Kubernetes resources
  - Namespace
  - Service
  - PersistentVolumeClaim
  - Pod
  - StatefulSet
  - DaemonSet
  - ReplicaSet
  - Deployment
  - Job
  - CronJob
  - Ingress
  - HorizontalPodAutoscaler
- KIS supported
- Output formats: all Graphviz output formats
Kubernetes diagrams: https://github.com/trois-six/k8s-diagrams
- Create diagrams from the Kubernetes API with go-diagrams
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- Implementation: Go
- Input formats: K8s API
- Supported Kubernetes resources
  - Namespace
  - Deployment
  - ReplicaSet
  - DaemonSet
  - StatefulSet
  - Pod
  - Service
  - Ingress
- KIS supported
- Output formats: DOT only
GruCloud: https://github.com/grucloud/grucloud
- Generate code and diagrams from cloud infrastructures: AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes
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- Implementation: JavaScript
- Input formats: JavaScript IaC
- Supported Kubernetes resources
  - ConfigMap
  - ClusterRole
  - ClusterRoleBinding
  - Deployment
  - Ingress
  - Namespace
  - PersistentVolume
  - PersistentVolumeClaim
  - Secret
  - Role
  - RoleBinding
  - Service
  - Service Account
  - StatefulSet
- KIS unsupported
- Output formats: PlantUML
K8s Diagram architecture generator: https://github.com/kocierik/k8s-to-diagram
- Generate a diagram architecture from kubernetes manifests
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- Implementation: Go and D2
- Input formats: K8s manifest annotations
- Supported Kubernetes resources
  - Deployment
  - Service
  - Pod
  - ConfigMap
  - Secret
  - Ingress
  - StatefulSet
  - PersistentVolume
  - PersistentVolumeClaim
- KIS unsupported
- Output formats: SVG and PNG
react-k8s-viewer: https://github.com/SocialGouv/react-k8s-viewer
- Render diagrams from your kubernetes manifests
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- Implementation: TypeScript
- Input formats: K8s manifests
- 7 Kubernetes resource kinds supported
- KIS unsupported
- Output formats: React Flow
K8s Diagram Previewer: https://github.com/jimmymills/k8s-diagram-previewer
- Diagram generator for Kubernetes manifests
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- Implementation: Python with Diagrams
- Input formats: K8s manifests and Helm charts
- Supported Kubernetes resources
  - Deployment
  - Service
  - Ingress
  - Pod
  - CronJob
  - Job
  - DaemonSet
  - StatefulSet
  - ConfigMap
  - Secret
  - PersistentVolumeClaim
- KIS supported
- Output formats: PNG, JPG, SVG, PDF, and DOT
k8s-diagrams: https://github.com/imjoseangel/k8s-diagrams
- Creates graphviz diagrams from the Kubernetes API
- Popularity:
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- Implementation: Python with Diagrams
- Input formats: K8s API
- Supported Kubernetes resources
  - Namespace
  - Deployment
  - Pod
  - ReplicaSet
  - HorizontalPodAutoscaler
  - Ingress
  - Service
  - Endpoint
- KIS supported
- Output formats: PNG, JPG, SVG, PDF, and DOT
kube-diagram: https://github.com/kahowell/kube-diagram
- Experimental cli tool to generate plantuml diagrams of k8s/openshift resources
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- Implementation: Java
- Input formats: K8s manifests
- Few Kubernetes resources supported
- Unknown if KIS supported
- Output formats: Unknown
kube-diagrams: https://github.com/sunny10031982/kube-diagrams
- Generate Kubernetes diagrams
- Popularity:
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- Implementation: Python with Diagrams
- Input formats: K8s API
- Supported Kubernetes resources
  - Ingress
  - Service
  - Pod
- KIS supported
- Output formats: PNG
k8d: https://github.com/NickSchleicher/k8d
- Diagram Kubernetes Network Policies
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- Implementation: Go
- Input formats: K8s API
- Supported Kubernetes resources
  - NetworkPolicy
  - Pod
- Unknown if KIS supported
- Output formats: XML for draw.io
k8s_diagram: https://github.com/MrSir/k8s_diagram
- A simple package to generate mermaid.js diagram of your Kubernetes Cluster
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- Implementation: Python
- Input formats: K8s API
- Kubernetes resources supported
  - Pod
  - Job
  - CronJob
  - StatefulSet
  - ReplicaSet
  - Deployment
  - Service
  - Namespace
- KIS supported
- Output formats: PNG
KubeDraw: https://github.com/B0nam/kubedraw
- A Python-based tool designed to simplify the visualization of Kubernetes infrastructure
- Popularity:
- Activity:
- Implementation: Python with Diagrams
- Input formats: K8s API
- Kubernetes resources supported
  - Deployment
  - Pod
  - Ingress
  - Service
  - Namespace
- KIS supported
- Output formats: PNG
Kubeviz: https://www.bitfoundry.co/visualizing-kubernetes-manifests-and-helm-chart-with-kubeviz/
- A Web app to visualize your Kubernetes installation, helm chart, manifest without installation
- Popularity: no data available
- Activity: no data available
- Implementation: Diagrams
- Input formats: K8s manifests and Helm charts
- Kubernetes resources supported
  - Ingress
  - Service
  - Deployment
  - Pod
  - Job
  - Cronjob
  - DaemonSet
  - ConfigMap
  - Secret
- KIS supported
- Output formats: PNG

Comparison Table

Tool	K8s Kinds	KIS Support	Activity	Popularity
KubeDiagrams	47+	Yes
KubeView	14	Yes
kubectl-graph	All	No
k8sviz	12	Yes
Kubernetes diagrams	8	Yes
GruCloud	14	No
K8s Diagram architecture generator	9	No
react-k8s-viewer	7	No
K8s Diagram Previewer	11	Yes
k8s-diagrams	8	Yes
kube-diagram	5	Unknown
kube-diagrams	3	Yes
k8d	2	Unknown
k8s_diagram	8	Yes
KubeDraw	5	Yes
Kubeviz	9	Yes	no data	no data