Install

Build and install the plugins with make.

Requirements

Go 1.26 or newer
kubectl
For the AKS plugins: an Azure login (az login) or any credential supported by the Azure SDK’s default credential chain

Build and install

git clone https://github.com/rnemeth90/awesome-kubectl-plugins
cd awesome-kubectl-plugins
make install          # builds into ./bin and installs to ~/.local/bin

Make sure the install directory is on your PATH. Override it with INSTALL_DIR:

make install INSTALL_DIR=/usr/local/bin

Install a single plugin with make install PLUGIN=count. See what is installed with make list, and remove plugins with make uninstall.

How kubectl finds plugins

kubectl runs any executable named kubectl-<name> on your PATH when you type kubectl <name>. Dashes in a command become underscores in the binary name, so kubectl aks-versions runs kubectl-aks_versions.

make install creates these extra names as symlinks:

Command	Binary
`kubectl np`	`kubectl-np` (alias of `kubectl-nodepool`)
`kubectl aks-versions`	`kubectl-aks_versions`
`kubectl aks-maintenance`	`kubectl-aks_maintenance`

Check that kubectl sees them with kubectl plugin list.

Targeting an AKS cluster

The four AKS plugins share the same targeting flags and rules. See AKS targeting.