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Client Libraries

This page contains an overview of the client libraries for using the Kubernetes API from various programming languages.

Officially-supported Kubernetes client libraries
Community-maintained client libraries

To write applications using the Kubernetes REST API, you do not need to implement the API calls and request/response types yourself. You can use a client library for the programming language you are using.

Client libraries often handle common tasks such as authentication for you. Most client libraries can discover and use the Kubernetes Service Account to authenticate if the API client is running inside the Kubernetes cluster, or can understand the kubeconfig file format to read the credentials and the API Server address.

Officially-supported Kubernetes client libraries

The following client libraries are officially maintained by Kubernetes SIG API Machinery.

Language	Client Library	Sample Programs
Go	github.com/kubernetes/client-go/	browse
Python	github.com/kubernetes-client/python/	browse
Java	github.com/kubernetes-client/java	browse
dotnet	github.com/kubernetes-client/csharp	browse
JavaScript	github.com/kubernetes-client/javascript	browse

Community-maintained client libraries

The following Kubernetes API client libraries are provided and maintained by their authors, not the Kubernetes team.

Language	Client Library
Clojure	github.com/yanatan16/clj-kubernetes-api
Go	github.com/ericchiang/k8s
Java (OSGi)	bitbucket.org/amdatulabs/amdatu-kubernetes
Java (Fabric8, OSGi)	github.com/fabric8io/kubernetes-client
Lisp	github.com/brendandburns/cl-k8s
Lisp	github.com/xh4/cube
Node.js (TypeScript)	github.com/Goyoo/node-k8s-client
Node.js	github.com/tenxcloud/node-kubernetes-client
Node.js	github.com/godaddy/kubernetes-client
Perl	metacpan.org/pod/Net::Kubernetes
PHP	github.com/devstub/kubernetes-api-php-client
PHP	github.com/maclof/kubernetes-client
Python	github.com/eldarion-gondor/pykube
Python	github.com/mnubo/kubernetes-py
Ruby	github.com/Ch00k/kuber
Ruby	github.com/abonas/kubeclient
Ruby	github.com/kontena/k8s-client
Scala	github.com/doriordan/skuber
dotNet	github.com/tonnyeremin/kubernetes_gen
DotNet (RestSharp)	github.com/masroorhasan/Kubernetes.DotNet
Elixir	github.com/obmarg/kazan
Haskell	github.com/soundcloud/haskell-kubernetes

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