Is Radar safe to use?

Radar has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under Apache-2.0.

How do I install Radar?

Radar can be installed by cloning its GitHub repository and following the setup instructions in the README.

What AI clients work with Radar?

Radar is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio transport.

Is Radar actively maintained?

Radar is actively maintained — last commit was 0 days ago. It has 2,014 GitHub stars.

Radar

Name: Radar
Author: skyhook-io

by skyhook-io

Modern Kubernetes visibility. Topology, event timeline, and service traffic — plus resource browsing and Helm management.

2.0k 0 tools GitHub

No known CVEs

Apache-2.0 license

Actively maintained

Last commit 0d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio

0 tools

Grade F

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Step 1

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Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "radar": {
      "command": "<see-readme>",
      "args": []
    }
  }
}

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What Radar does

🌐 radarhq.io · Docs · Releases

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Radar safe to use?: Radar has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under Apache-2.0.
How do I install Radar?: Radar can be installed by cloning its GitHub repository and following the setup instructions in the README.
What AI clients work with Radar?: Radar is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio transport.
Is Radar actively maintained?: Radar is actively maintained — last commit was 0 days ago. It has 2,014 GitHub stars.

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "radar": {
      "command": "<see-readme>",
      "args": []
    }
  }
}

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Test This Server

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README

Radar

Modern Kubernetes visibility.
Local-first. No account. No cloud dependency. Blazing Fast.

🌐 radarhq.io · Docs · Releases

Topology, event timeline, and service traffic — plus resource browsing, Helm management, and GitOps support for FluxCD and ArgoCD.

Visualize your cluster topology, browse resources, stream logs, exec into pods, inspect container image filesystems, manage Helm releases, monitor GitOps workflows (FluxCD & ArgoCD), and forward ports - all from a single binary with zero cluster-side installation.

Install and run in 30 seconds:

curl -fsSL https://get.radarhq.io | sh && kubectl radar

More installation options ↓

Why Radar?

Zero install on your cluster — runs on your laptop, talks to the K8s API directly
Single binary — no dependencies, no agents, no CRDs
Blazing fast - smart caching, progressive loading, parallelization and other optimizations
Airgapped-ready — no external network calls, works in isolated environments
Real-time — watches your cluster via informers, pushes updates to the browser via SSE
Works everywhere — GKE, EKS, AKS, minikube, kind, k3s, or any conformant cluster
AI-ready — built-in MCP server lets AI assistants query your cluster through Radar
In-cluster option — deploy with Helm for shared team access with RBAC-scoped permissions

Installation

Quick Install:

curl -fsSL https://get.radarhq.io | sh

Homebrew:

brew install skyhook-io/tap/radar

Then run: kubectl radar (or simply radar)

More install options — Desktop App (macOS/Linux/Windows), Krew, Scoop, In-Cluster Helm

CLI

Krew (kubectl plugin manager):

kubectl krew install radar

Scoop (Windows):

scoop bucket add skyhook https://github.com/skyhook-io/scoop-bucket
scoop install radar

PowerShell (Windows):

irm https://get.radarhq.io/install.ps1 | iex

Direct download — GitHub Releases for macOS, Linux, or Windows.

Desktop App

Native desktop app — no terminal needed.

Homebrew (macOS):

brew install --cask skyhook-io/tap/radar-desktop

Debian/Ubuntu:

sudo apt install ./radar-desktop_*.deb

Fedora/RHEL:

sudo rpm -i radar-desktop_*.rpm

Scoop (Windows):

scoop bucket add skyhook https://github.com/skyhook-io/scoop-bucket
scoop install radar-desktop

Windows (direct download) — [GitHub Releases](https://github.com/skyhook-io/radar/re

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Why this score

Five weighted categories — click any category to see the underlying evidence.

Score breakdown

42/100across 5 weighted dimensions

How we score →

0255075100

−58

Security

Maintenance

Efficiency

Documentation

Compatibility

Categoriesclick a row to see evidence

Security

OSV.dev

No known CVEs.

No package registry to scan.

Community

Reviews

Be the first to review

Have you used this server?

Share your experience — it helps other developers decide.

How easy was setup?Did it work reliably?How was the documentation?

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Radar safe to use?: Radar has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under Apache-2.0.
How do I install Radar?: Radar can be installed by cloning its GitHub repository and following the setup instructions in the README.
What AI clients work with Radar?: Radar is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio transport.
Is Radar actively maintained?: Radar is actively maintained — last commit was 0 days ago. It has 2,014 GitHub stars.