For many people, Kubernetes Dashboard was their first window into Kubernetes. It offered a simple visual way to see what was running in a cluster, inspect resources, and build confidence without relying on the command line. For years, it helped developers, students, and operators make sense of Kubernetes, and it served as an important onramp into the ecosystem.
The Kubernetes Dashboard project has now been archived. We deeply respect the work the team did and the role Dashboard played in making Kubernetes more approachable for so many users.

Kubernetes is an open-source container orchestration platform for automating the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. With Kubernetes, developers can deploy applications across clusters of machines, ensuring high availability, scalability, and resilience. Developers can learn about Kubernetes' architecture, core concepts, and deployment strategies, and gain hands-on experience with managing containerized workloads using Kubernetes.

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The Kubernetes Dashboard project has been archived, and Headlamp is the recommended successor. Headlamp preserves familiar workflows — browsing workloads, editing manifests, RBAC-based access — while adding multi-cluster support, application-centric 'Projects' views, and a plugin system for extending the UI with tools like Flux and an AI Assistant. It can run in-cluster or as a desktop app. The post maps common Dashboard workflows to Headlamp equivalents and advises users to audit their current cluster access and key workflows before migrating. A detailed step-by-step migration guide is forthcoming.

From Kubernetes Dashboard to Headlamp: Understanding the Transition

Mapping Kubernetes Dashboard workloads to Headlamp

Where Headlamp goes beyond Kubernetes Dashboard