Show HN: KubeForge – A GUI for Kubernetes YAMLs

Hey HN,

I'm Brandon, a solo dev, and I built KubeForge - a visual editor for Kubernetes deployments that helps you build and validate YAML configs.

Origin Story: Over the past couple weeks, I got fed up manually writing Kubernetes YAMLs, especially when working with nested structures like containers, env, and volumeMounts. Even small typos or misaligned fields added lost time to broken deploys.

So I started hacking together a tool to visualize the structure of Kubernetes objects based on the OpenAPI schema. That prototype quickly turned into a full manifest builder.

What KubeForge does:

- Pulls the latest Kubernetes OpenAPI schema (auto-updated daily)

- Generates field-level forms with type safety, required fields, and smart defaults

- Lets you visually build manifests like a flow editor

- Outputs clean, deploy-ready YAML, with multi-object exports

Personally, I wanted a tool that:

- Validates fields as I build, not after deployment

- Surfaces nested fields, tooltips, and types without switching tabs

- Lets me export or share real YAMLs easily

Try it out:

GitHub: https://github.com/kubenote/KubeForge

Live demo: https://demo.kubefor.ge