--- title: "From Kubernetes control to governed AI agents" description: "The most popular Kubernetes IDE, used by a million engineers. Now your AI agents get the same access — with their own identity, policy, and audit trail." url: https://lenshq.io/ --- [Introducing Lens Agents: The governed platform for running AI agents on enterprise systems](https://lenshq.io/blog/introducing-lens-agents/) # From Kubernetes control to governed AI agents The most popular Kubernetes IDE, used by a million engineers. Now your AI agents get the same access — with their own identity, policy, and audit trail. [Explore Products](#products) [Contact Sales](https://lenshq.io/contact/) ![The Lens K8S IDE showing cluster resources and an audit trail dashboard](https://lenshq.io/images/hero-home.png) ## Trusted by the World's Best Product Teams From fast-growing startups to global enterprises, more than 1 million developers from the world's top teams rely on Lens every day. - ![Abbott](https://lenshq.io/images/logos/abbott.png) - ![Accenture](https://lenshq.io/images/logos/accenture.png) - ![Audi](https://lenshq.io/images/logos/audi.svg) - ![Becton Dickinson](https://lenshq.io/images/logos/becton-dickinson.svg) - ![Capgemini](https://lenshq.io/images/logos/capgemini.png) - ![Cisco](https://lenshq.io/images/logos/cisco.png) - ![Cognizant](https://lenshq.io/images/logos/cognizant.svg) - ![Disney](https://lenshq.io/images/logos/disney.svg) - ![Equifax](https://lenshq.io/images/logos/equifax.png) - ![General Electric](https://lenshq.io/images/logos/general-electric.png) - ![Lockheed Martin](https://lenshq.io/images/logos/lockheed-martin.png) - ![Microsoft](https://lenshq.io/images/logos/microsoft.png) - ![Nike](https://lenshq.io/images/logos/nike.svg) - ![NVIDIA](https://lenshq.io/images/logos/nvidia.png) - ![Pfizer](https://lenshq.io/images/logos/pfizer.png) - ![P&G](https://lenshq.io/images/logos/pg.svg) - ![Siemens](https://lenshq.io/images/logos/siemens.svg) - ![Verizon Connect](https://lenshq.io/images/logos/verizon-connect.svg) Products ## Two products, built for production. Lens K8S IDE gives engineers a clear way to operate Kubernetes. Lens Agents gives AI agents a governed way to work on enterprise systems. ### Lens K8S IDE Understand, debug, and operate Kubernetes clusters from one desktop workspace. Run Claude Code, Codex, or Copilot right inside Lens, with full cluster context. [Download](https://lenshq.io/download/) [Learn more](https://lenshq.io/products/lens-k8s-ide/) ### Lens Agents Run any AI agent on your enterprise systems, governed. Each agent gets its own identity, policy-controlled access, and a full audit trail. [Get Started](https://docs.k8slens.dev/lens-agents/getting-started/) [Learn more](https://lenshq.io/products/lens-agents/) Why Lens ## Why Developers and Teams Love Lens Whether you're an individual developer or part of a global platform team — Lens helps you move faster, see clearer, and get more done with Kubernetes. ### Developers ### The IDE for everything but code. Bring clarity and control to Kubernetes and LLM workloads—delivering insights instantly and in context. ### Built-in AI that's actually useful. AI Smart Terminal that connects your AI coding agent to the full cluster context. No more tool switching or copy-paste to your AI Coding Agent like Claude, Codex or Copilot. ### Developer first, by design. Every Lens tool is shaped around real developer workflows—not retrofitted from ops tooling. ### Secure by nature. Lens runs locally with your credentials, respects RBAC, and fits your security posture—no compromises. ### Instant Value. Get from install to insight in minutes. No backends, no cloud services—just download, install, and get productive. ### All in one, built to grow. From Kubernetes clusters to LLM traffic, Lens evolves with your stack—no more fragmented tools. ### For Organizations ### Peak Productivity Instant deployment with day-one ROI and no costly integrations. ### Compound ROI at Scale Reduces navigation complexity and diagnostic time across teams. ### Enterprise Security, Built In Data stays internal; works with existing credentials and RBAC. ### Enterprise-Grade Compliance SOC 2 Type 1 and ISO 27001 certified. ### Enterprise-Proven Performance Built for mission-critical K8s and LLM environments. ### Adopted by Industry Leaders Trusted by startups and global enterprises. ### Frictionless Onboarding Accelerates productivity for new engineers, reduces support overhead. ### Faster Incident Resolution Teams cut MTTR through observability and context-aware debugging. ### Future-Ready Architecture Evolves with your stack from Kubernetes to LLMs. ## Built for Developers. Loved by Developers. From newcomers exploring Kubernetes to seasoned platform engineers — Lens earns genuine love and shout-outs from across the internet. *![Adriano Pezzuto](https://lenshq.io/images/avatars/adriano-pezzuto.jpg) Adriano Pezzuto* > At CLASTIX we use it. Recommended. We have been early adopters of Lens and always recommend it to our customers. *![Chris Kalmer](https://lenshq.io/images/avatars/chris-kalmer.jpg) Chris Kalmer @chriskalmar* > Here's a nice and free desktop app that will help you visualize and control your Kubernetes cluster(s). 🐳 I know how overwhelming managing a k8s cluster can be. You can get quickly lost in the command line. Here comes Lens, the IDE for Kubernetes. Link is in the reply 👇 *![Jay Rogers](https://lenshq.io/images/avatars/jay-rogers.jpg) Jay Rogers @jaydrogers* > Today I just discovered @k8slens and I am blown away how helpful this tool is. The open source community is amazing! *![Andy Stopford](https://lenshq.io/images/avatars/andy-stopford.jpg) Andy Stopford @andystopford* > Loving @k8slens a great OSS tool for k8s 🙌 *![David Smitbauer](https://lenshq.io/images/avatars/david-smitbauer.jpg) David Smitbauer* > I love Lens. It's very clean, easy to use, and provides great information at a glance! Congratulations! *![Julian Kleinhans](https://lenshq.io/images/avatars/julian-kleinhans.jpg) Julian Kleinhans @kj187* > Can't imagine working without @k8slens again. It saves so much time when debugging. Awesome tool! #Kubernetes *![Arul Prakash](https://lenshq.io/images/avatars/arul-prakash.jpg) Arul Prakash* > This is fantastic, good to know about Lens.. being able to control k8s through a GUI is really awesome. *![Edgars Bušs](https://lenshq.io/images/avatars/edgars-buss.jpg) Edgars Bušs* > I'm loving it! The best universal tool for Kubernetes. It is like finally having eyes in Kube world. Easy to spot divergencies from normal and then use different tools to deepdive. *![Matthias Fritschi](https://lenshq.io/images/avatars/matthias-fritschi.png) Matthias Fritschi @matfsw* > k8s Lens https://k8slens.dev has become an indispensable tool for me to get a quick overview of workloads on kubernetes across clusters *![Adam Bryant](https://lenshq.io/images/avatars/adam-bryant.jpg) Adam Bryant* > Been using Lens for a while now, can't imagine doing my job without it, keep up the great work. *![Charles-Oliver Magnan](https://lenshq.io/images/avatars/charles-oliver-magnan.jpg) Charles-Oliver Magnan @TheBlondeBass* > I've shared it already, but I want to say again that I'm real happy I found @k8slens for Kubernetes work. Makes it much more convenient, especially when juggling multiple clusters! *![Hugh Campbell](https://lenshq.io/images/avatars/hugh-campbell.jpg) Hugh Campbell @hueythewookiee* > I have to say I've really been enjoying @k8slens to help track events across my cluster when running @projectsonobuoy e2e testing #k8s #Kubernetes #e2etesting *![Per Arneng](https://lenshq.io/images/avatars/per-arneng.jpg) Per Arneng* > Thanks for building Lens. Its really excellent *![Untra](https://lenshq.io/images/avatars/untra.jpg) Untra @untra* > Hijacking this to say @k8slens is excellent and really helped me grok and love my kube clusters ### Join the Conversation Follow along, ask questions, and share what you're building with Lens.