Command Comparer

Flisk vs kind and minikube

kind and minikube run real Kubernetes on your laptop. Flisk does not.

Task Flisk Local dev stack kind Kubernetes in Docker minikube Local Kubernetes
Start a local environment
flisk up

Starts your services, not a cluster

↗︎ Source for Flisk: Start a local environment
kind create cluster
↗︎ Source for kind: Start a local environment
minikube start
↗︎ Source for minikube: Start a local environment
Stop, keep state
flisk down
↗︎ Source for Flisk: Stop, keep state
No equivalent
↗︎ Source for kind: Stop, keep state
minikube stop
↗︎ Source for minikube: Stop, keep state
Delete it
flisk down --prune-networks

Also removes this project's unused networks

↗︎ Source for Flisk: Delete it
kind delete cluster
↗︎ Source for kind: Delete it
minikube delete
↗︎ Source for minikube: Delete it
Use a local image
No equivalent
↗︎ Source for Flisk: Use a local image
kind load docker-image my-app:latest
↗︎ Source for kind: Use a local image
minikube image load my-app:latest
↗︎ Source for minikube: Use a local image
Open a service URL
flisk networks
↗︎ Source for Flisk: Open a service URL
No equivalent

Use an ingress or LoadBalancer; see the kind guides.

↗︎ Source for kind: Open a service URL
minikube service api
↗︎ Source for minikube: Open a service URL
Read logs
flisk logs
↗︎ Source for Flisk: Read logs
Different job, closest command.
kind export logs

Exports cluster logs to a directory, not a live tail.

↗︎ Source for kind: Read logs
Different job, closest command.
minikube logs

Cluster logs for debugging minikube, not your code.

↗︎ Source for minikube: Read logs
Check status
flisk status
↗︎ Source for Flisk: Check status
No equivalent

Use kubectl cluster-info --context kind-kind.

↗︎ Source for kind: Check status
minikube status
↗︎ Source for minikube: Check status
List clusters
No equivalent

Flisk has no clusters

↗︎ Source for Flisk: List clusters
kind get clusters
↗︎ Source for kind: List clusters
minikube profile list
↗︎ Source for minikube: List clusters
Connect kubectl
No equivalent
↗︎ Source for Flisk: Connect kubectl
kind export kubeconfig
↗︎ Source for kind: Connect kubectl
Different job, closest command.
minikube update-context

Repairs a stale kubeconfig entry after an IP or port change.

↗︎ Source for minikube: Connect kubectl
Diagnose the machine
flisk doctor
↗︎ Source for Flisk: Diagnose the machine
No equivalent

No check command; `kind export logs` collects debug data.

↗︎ Source for kind: Diagnose the machine
No equivalent

No check command; closest is `minikube logs`.

↗︎ Source for minikube: Diagnose the machine