Radar Files

Radar v1.8.1

Modern Kubernetes visibility. Local-first. No account. No cloud dependency. Fast.

Topology, event timeline, and service traffic — plus resource browsing and Helm management. Open source. Free forever.

Installation

Homebrew (macOS/Linux):

:::bash
brew install skyhook-io/tap/radar

Scoop (Windows):

:::powershell
scoop bucket add skyhook https://github.com/skyhook-io/scoop-bucket
scoop install radar

PowerShell (Windows):

:::powershell
irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/skyhook-io/radar/main/install.ps1 | iex

Manual (macOS Apple Silicon):

:::bash
curl -LO https://github.com/skyhook-io/radar/releases/download/v1.8.1/radar_v1.8.1_darwin_arm64.tar.gz
tar -xzf radar_v1.8.1_darwin_arm64.tar.gz
sudo mv kubectl-radar /usr/local/bin/

Manual (macOS Intel):

:::bash
curl -LO https://github.com/skyhook-io/radar/releases/download/v1.8.1/radar_v1.8.1_darwin_amd64.tar.gz
tar -xzf radar_v1.8.1_darwin_amd64.tar.gz
sudo mv kubectl-radar /usr/local/bin/

Manual (Linux amd64):

:::bash
curl -LO https://github.com/skyhook-io/radar/releases/download/v1.8.1/radar_v1.8.1_linux_amd64.tar.gz
tar -xzf radar_v1.8.1_linux_amd64.tar.gz
sudo mv kubectl-radar /usr/local/bin/

Desktop App

Homebrew (macOS):

:::bash
brew install --cask skyhook-io/tap/radar-desktop

Debian/Ubuntu:

:::bash
curl -LO https://github.com/skyhook-io/radar/releases/download/v1.8.1/radar-desktop_v1.8.1_linux_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i radar-desktop_v1.8.1_linux_amd64.deb

Fedora/RHEL:

:::bash
curl -LO https://github.com/skyhook-io/radar/releases/download/v1.8.1/radar-desktop_v1.8.1_linux_amd64.rpm
sudo rpm -i radar-desktop_v1.8.1_linux_amd64.rpm

Scoop (Windows):

:::powershell
scoop bucket add skyhook https://github.com/skyhook-io/scoop-bucket
scoop install radar-desktop

Windows (direct download): Download from the assets below.

CLI

Then run: kubectl radar

Changelog

• [cfb5f4] Applications board: shape-stable loading state (#1086)
• [ff5411] Crossplane: don't classify v2 core groups (protection/ops) as MR groups (#1088)
• [eb1c32] GET /api/argo/destinations: cluster-secret registry as topology facts (#1095)
• [beffe1] Handle unavailable metrics API without drawer errors (#1064)
• [1d7a46] Polish issues and resource UI copy (#1063)
• [ff3a6a] Refine DaemonSet unavailable audit severity (#1066)
• [3ff2b1] Resources API: include=summary body-verbosity param, over a shared prune mechanism (#1096)
• [ce1ad7] Treat MCP as production-ready in docs (#1093)
• [896bdb] feat(issues): incident_parent on the per-resource path (drawer + MCP get_resource/diagnose) (#1057)
• [c5a666] fix(audit): add HPA cannot-scale diagnosis (#1065)
• [0ee084] k8s-ui: unified Issue/Check card vocabulary — sectioned diagnosis, severity tones, expanded-card focus (#1054)