Kubefwd MCP Server

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People who work with kubernetes, devtools and developer tools and want it reachable from Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in Go.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-09-15 · ★ 4,171 · #32 OF 168 MAINTAINED DEVELOPER TOOLS · VERIFIED 2026-09-18

Apache-2.0 · Go servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Kubefwd

before you install - you'll need

The README does not document required environment variables for a basic install.

Claude Desktop

Settings → Extensions → Install, then select the https://github.com/txn2/kubefwd/releases/download/v1.25.16/kubefwd-1.25.16-darwin-arm64.mcpb .mcpb bundle

02 · Evidence

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as Claude Desktop extension (.mcpb bundle)

license Apache-2.0 - declared in the repository

registry namespace io.github.txn2 is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Kubefwd can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

Latest releases

v1.25.16 · 2026-06-20

kubefwd v1.25.16 · This release modernizes the interactive Terminal UI by moving it onto the Charm v2 library line, hardens API-key startup logging, and rolls up routine dependency and CI maintenance. · Highlights…

v1.25.15 · 2026-05-29

kubefwd v1.25.15 · Highlights · REST API now requires authentication (security) · The optional REST API (--api) and the HTTP MCP bridge previously served every endpoint - Kubernetes context enumeration, pod log reads…

v1.25.14 · 2026-04-22

What's New · MCP Registry Publish Fix (#470) · Fixes the Publish to MCP Registry step in the release workflow that had been failing on every release since v1.25.1. server.json used the snake_case key file_sha256, but…

04 · Who maintains Kubefwd

kubefwd is maintained by txn2. We track 3 MCP servers from txn2 - 3 actively maintained, 4,176 combined GitHub stars, oldest repo from Aug 2018. Full record: all servers from txn2.

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05 · Facts

repository: github.com/txn2/kubefwd
category: developer tools - ranked #32 of 168 actively-maintained developer tools servers as of 2026-09-18.
registry: io.github.txn2/kubefwd (active, first published 2026-04-22 · 3 versions)
packages: mcpb:https://github.com/txn2/kubefwd/releases/download/v1.25.16/kubefwd-1.25.16-darwin-arm64.mcpb · mcpb:https://github.com/txn2/kubefwd/releases/download/v1.25.16/kubefwd-1.25.16-darwin-amd64.mcpb · mcpb:https://github.com/txn2/kubefwd/releases/download/v1.25.16/kubefwd-1.25.16-windows-amd64.mcpb

06 · Kubefwd FAQ

What is Kubefwd?

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Is Kubefwd still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-09-18, its last commit was 2026-09-15. We re-verify nightly.

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