Lens 5 Beta
We’re steadily progressing towards the next major release, Lens 5. Today, we have reached an important milestone: Lens 5 beta is now available!
Lens 5 beta is an early access version designed for people to try out and provide feedback. Please note many of the features are still missing, or they are incomplete, the user interface is not 100% complete or polished, and there are a number of known issues.
It is easy to get started with Lens 5 beta on virtually any operating system with a graphical desktop environment (Linux, Mac, or Windows). The only requirements are having Lens 5 beta downloaded and the ability to add a Kubernetes cluster to Lens.
Lens 5 beta main features
- Lens Spaces — an integrated team environment that allows users to create collaborative spaces for cloud native development. Lens Spaces admins can easily organize, access, and share clusters from anywhere, whether they are on premises or in the cloud.
- Catalog — a system that provides easy discovery and access to all services, tools, pipelines, automation, clusters, and related resources used in cloud-native projects. Catalog can be a personal or a shared, cloud-native directory used to enable a much more efficient workspace.
- Hotbar — a new function and the main navigation that allows users to build their own workflows and automation within the desktop application. Items in the Hotbar can be customized by assigning different labels, colors, and icons for easy recall. Items can also be arranged, for example, to prioritize or perform actions in a specific sequence.
Please help us make Lens 5 beautiful!
While Lens 5 beta is still an early access product and is under heavy development, we appreciate all the feedback and testing to make the final product beautiful. Please try it out and join our dedicated Lens 5 Beta Slack channel #lens5beta on our community Slack to provide any feedback!
