# k8shell

> Cloud-native workspace platform that provisions ephemeral, policy-governed development environments on Kubernetes — for developers and human-supervised AI agents alike.

k8shell installs on any Kubernetes cluster (EKS, GKE, OKE, or on-prem) via a Helm chart. Teams define workspace blueprints in YAML; k8shell provisions isolated, reproducible environments in seconds and tears them down when work is done. All compute and data stays inside the customer's own cloud account — k8shell only orchestrates, never stores code.

Key capabilities:
- Ephemeral workspaces accessible via SSH, console app, REST API, or local IDE
- Blueprint-as-code: YAML definitions for resources, images, and tooling
- Scoped RBAC permissions per workspace, integrated with existing SSO/OIDC identity providers
- eBPF syscall tracing and session recording for tamper-proof audit trails and real-time anomaly alerting
- Supports agentic AI workloads with kernel-level policy enforcement (in development)
- No vendor lock-in; works with AWS, GCP, Azure, and on-prem clusters

## Pages

- [Home](https://k8shell.io/): Product overview, architecture diagram, and FAQ
- [About](https://k8shell.io/about): The team behind k8shell
- [Early Access](https://k8shell.io/early-access): Sign up for the early access program

## Documentation

- [Quickstart](https://docs.k8shell.io/installation/k8shell-oss/quickstart): Install k8shell on your cluster
- [Architecture overview](https://docs.k8shell.io/architecture/overview/): System design and component breakdown
- [Blueprints](https://docs.k8shell.io/architecture/overview/blueprint): Workspace blueprint reference
- [Workspaces](https://docs.k8shell.io/architecture/workspace/): How workspaces are provisioned and accessed
- [Identity & SSO](https://docs.k8shell.io/architecture/identity/): Identity provider integration
- [Authorization](https://docs.k8shell.io/architecture/authz/): RBAC and access control
- [Worktrace](https://docs.k8shell.io/architecture/worktrace/): Session recording and eBPF audit trail
- [User guides](https://docs.k8shell.io/user-guide/overview): End-user documentation

## Contact

- Email: info@k8shell.io