Telepresence: Fast, Local Development for Kubernetes

Telepresence is a CNCF project that connects your local workstation to a remote Kubernetes cluster, letting you run services locally while accessing cluster resources. It enables fast local development without the container build/push/deploy cycle.

Key Features

• Local Development - Run services on your workstation using your favorite IDE, debugger, and tools
• Cluster Access - Your local machine can reach cluster services as if it were inside the cluster
• Traffic Interception - Redirect traffic from cluster services to your local machine for debugging
• Fast Iteration - No waiting for container builds or deployments

Getting Started

• Quick Start Guide - Get up and running in minutes
• Installation - Install the Telepresence client
• Documentation - Full documentation

How It Works

When Telepresence connects to a cluster, it creates a virtual network interface on your workstation and routes traffic through a Traffic Manager deployed in the cluster. This allows your local services to communicate with cluster resources and optionally intercept traffic destined for cluster workloads.

Community

• CNCF Slack - Join #telepresence-oss
• Troubleshooting - Common issues and solutions

Contributing

See CLAUDE.md for build instructions, architecture overview, and development guidelines.

License

Telepresence is licensed under the Apache License 2.0.