KubeInvaders

Spec sheet

Purpose

KubeInvaders is a gamified chaos engineering and educational tool for Kubernetes that stresses a cluster so users can observe its resilience.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com

Audience

The project describes uses including Kubernetes teaching, resilience testing, and demonstrations at technology conferences.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Integrations

The project describes monitoring an HTTP URL exposed by an Ingress during a chaos session.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com

Security

The README says a missing, invalid, or expired token prevents KubeInvaders from calling the Kubernetes API, and warns that DISABLE_TLS=true skips API server certificate verification.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

License

The repository lists the project under the Apache 2.0 license.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com

Cluster configuration

The web console lets users configure Kubernetes connection details, including the API endpoint and certificate authority.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com

Cluster connection

Users can connect a real cluster through the web console or container environment variables using an API endpoint, ServiceAccount token, namespaces, and optionally a CA certificate.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Community support

The README directs users to Twitter accounts for news, bugs, feature requests, and other issues.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Demo mode

The container includes a simulated Kubernetes cluster powered by KWOK, where nodes and pods are simulated and nothing real is deleted.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Game controls

The interface includes automatic chaos experiments, shuffle, automatic namespace switching, pod-name visibility controls, and screen zoom.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com

Helm support

The current project README says an official Helm chart is not supported, though the legacy chart may be used as a starting point.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Intended audience

The project describes the tool as a way for developers to explore Kubernetes deployments and resilience behavior.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com

Learning

Experiments can demonstrate pod recovery, scheduling, node pressure, namespace isolation, and cluster recovery time.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com

Limit

The latest release states that Helm installation support has been discontinued.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com

Maker services

Platform Engineering says it supports and contributes to KubeInvaders with enterprise features and offers a resilience certification service for containerized infrastructure.Read 9 Oct 2026 · platformengineering.it

Monitoring

Its documentation lists URL monitoring during chaos sessions and Prometheus metrics with a Grafana dashboard.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Persistence

The project says it uses Redis to save and manage data, configured with append-only persistence.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com

Run modes

The project documents running KubeInvaders with Docker or Podman, including from a workstation.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com

Runtime

KubeInvaders runs as a container with Podman or Docker.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Security access

The project documents Kubernetes service-account tokens and RBAC permissions for cluster access.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com

Self hosting

Users can run KubeInvaders against their own Kubernetes cluster by configuring a service account and cluster access.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com

Where Specifiction places it

• Chaos Engineering Platforms#17 of 257.3