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Page request: kubectl krew

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#20,319 opened on Dec 28, 2025

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Description

Command description

The plugin manager for kubectl command-line tool.

Documentation

https://krew.sigs.k8s.io/docs/

Platform

Common

VCS repository link (e.g. GitHub, GitLab)

https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew

Additional information

The kubectl plugin official documentation reference the use of krew for a more extensive plugin manager.

https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/kubectl/generated/kubectl_plugin/#:~:text=kubernetes%20sub%2Dproject%20krew

When creating a page for this, add a "See also:" for https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/main/pages/common/kubectl-plugin.md

Contributor guide

Research direction
Read the existing 'kubectl plugin' page for format reference, then create a new page 'kubectl krew' following the tldr format, including examples from the krew documentation and a 'See also' link.
Tech stack
shell
Domain
cli
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2
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