winget install --id Freelensapp.FreelensAbout Freelens
FOSS IDE for Kubernetes
What's new in 1.9.0
## What's new: * Pods can be resized by patching their resources or container resources. See #1805, #1840 * Logs can be wrapped for better readability. See #1674 * When pressing `Ctrl+F`/`Cmd+F` in the pod logs view, the search input is now prefilled with the currently selected text. See #1672 * Fixed search input when too fast typing caused dropping characters while typing. See #1646, #1809 * OpenShift Prometheus support with bearer token authentication. See #1647 * Prometheus HTTP request method can be switched from GET to POST. See #1824 * Correct service labels are used to detect Helm chart with Prometheus. See #1783 * Gracefully exiting remote shell to prevent orphaning shell sessions. See #1691 * Better handling for high-volume terminal traffic during large file transfers. See #1694 * Added a warning column for pods with K8s warning events. See #1540, #1539 * The default color theme now is "Sync with system". See #1834 * 109 dependencies have been updated in total. * Uses Electron v39.8.9 with Chrome v142.0.7444.265 and Node v22.22.1 * Has bundled kubectl v1.36.0 and Helm v4.1.4
Version history
| Version | Updated | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1.9.0 | Unknown | ## What's new: * Pods can be resized by patching their resources or container resources. See #1805, #1840 * Logs can be wrapped for better readability. See #1674 * When pressing `Ctrl+F`/`Cmd+F` in the pod logs view, the... |
| 1.8.1 | Unknown | # What's new * New section for favorite items in a sidebar menu. See #1565 * Fixed a regression when Freelens stopped working with active HTTP proxy. See #1552, #1526 * Fixed an issue where the line progress for CPU and... |
| 1.8.0 | Unknown | ## What's new * Menu items can be reordered. See #1248 * Columns can be resized. See #1514 * Correctly install helm chart with edited values. See #1510 * API: New API for multi-cluster operations in extensions. See #1430... |
| 1.7.0 | Unknown | New features and some bug fixes. * Optional modes for YAML editor: to show managed fields or sort keys. See #1427, #1399, #814 * Windows Portable distribution target is available to download. See #1436, #1416 * More safe... |
| 1.6.2 | Unknown | ## What's Changed * New column with direct access to logs of the main container. See #1301 * Right-click open context menu on resources list view. See #1294, #1318 * Persistent mode for search with the option to link vie... |
| 1.6.1 | Unknown | Bugfixing release that address the problem on Windows with opening the terminal. * Removed security patch that broke application on Windows (#1228, #1232) ## Notes from v1.6.0: Ready for Kubernetes v1.34. New improvement... |
| 1.6.0 | Unknown | Ready for Kubernetes v1.34. New improvements and bug fixes. * Views for (cluster) role bindings show more details and hyperlinks to (cluster) roles and service accounts. (#1125) * Added HTTPS support and custom prefix in... |
| 1.5.3 | Unknown | The maintenance release with some improvements and bug fixes: * The timestamps with duration are presented in Cronjob, Event, Job, and Pod details (#1066) * The timestamp is shown in the object details when the object is... |
| 1.5.2 | Unknown | ## What's Changed * Updates dependency `compression` to ^v1.8.1 that uses `on-headers` with fix for CVE-2025-7339 (#1023) * Fixes incorrect presentation of the restarted containers in Pods list and details view (#1016, #... |
| 1.5.1 | Unknown | ## What's Changed * Fixed regression in Extensions API (#997) * Restarted containers are shown as green square and with a yellow border rather than grey (#1004) * Freelens can fetch metrics from Mimir (#1002) * Electron... |
| 1.5.0 | Unknown | ## What's Changed * Ephemeral containers are presented in Pods views and menus (#958, #966) * Nodes list shows metrics from metrics-server if Prometheus is not available (#986) * Better presentation for boolean values (#... |
| 1.4.0 | Unknown | Minor improvements in UI. More components and other changes in the Extensions API. ## What's Changed * New APIs are exported, then extensions can use ie, an event list with filtering for chosen resources. See #841, #858,... |
| 1.3.2 | Unknown | ## What's Changed * Provided KubeObjectAge and MarkdownViewer in Extensions API. * Proxy is restarted if the port number is not found. * The terminal is not auto-closed after the process exits. * YAML dump has consistent... |
| 1.3.1 | Unknown | ## What's Changed * Added CPU and Memory usage metric column for pods view. * Confirmation of namespace deletion. * Correct tray icon on macOS. * No default Helm repository for new config. * Terminal is closed with delay... |
| 1.3.0 | Unknown | ## What's Changed * Updated dependency @kubernetes/client-node to 1.2.0 which fully supports Kubernetes 1.33. * Correct depedencies for Freelens extensions that fixes problems with building extensions. * All dependencies... |
| 1.2.1 | Unknown | What's Changed - Pnpm is used instead of NPM for development and for installing extensions. - Biome is used instead ESlint and Prettier for development. - Custom Resource Definition filter works now correctly. - Some mes... |
| 1.2.0 | Unknown | What's Changed - Updated Electron to 35.1.4 with Node.js 22.14.0 and Chrome 134.0.6998.179 - Updated MUI to 5. - Updated 27 other dependencies. - Uses Dart Sass modern API. - Removed carousel with welcome banners. - APT... |
| 1.1.2 | Unknown | What's Changed - Adapts themes to the newer @xterm/xterm that fixes selection in terminal with white theme. - Fixes spacing issue in error boundary. - More file patterns are ignored during scanning kube folder, including... |
| 1.1.1 | Unknown | What's Changed - Fix for problem that paste operation doesn't work in an editor. - Removed text selection style causing readability issues in light theme. - Update to Electron v34.3.4 - 15 dependencies has been updated.... |
| 1.1.0 | Unknown | What's Changed - Update to Electron 34.3.3 with Node 20.18.3 and Chrome 132.0.6834.210. - More than 60 security issues has been fixed. - More than 150 dependencies has been updated. - New Nerd Fonts in the terminal and t... |