Installation

Kore ships as a self-contained native binary built with Tauri v2. There is no Electron runtime and no Node.js required — the installer is under 20 MB.

Requirements

• A reachable Kubernetes cluster (local or remote)
• A valid kubeconfig file (usually at ~/.kube/config)
• macOS 11+, Ubuntu 20.04+, or Windows 10+

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macOS

Homebrew (recommended)

brew install --cask devtheops/tap/kore

Homebrew handles updates automatically. Run brew upgrade --cask kore to update.

Manual download

1. Open the latest GitHub Release
2. Download the .dmg for your architecture:
   • Apple Silicon → Kore_*_aarch64.dmg
   • Intel → Kore_*_x86_64.dmg
   • Universal → Kore_*_universal.dmg
3. Open the .dmg, drag Kore to Applications, and launch.

Note

macOS may show a security prompt the first time. Go to System Settings → Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway.

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Linux

Download the appropriate package from the latest release:

Format	Architecture	Use when
.AppImage	x86_64	Any modern distro — no install needed
.deb	x86_64	Debian / Ubuntu
.rpm	x86_64	Fedora / RHEL

AppImage (no install):

chmod +x Kore_*.AppImage
./Kore_*.AppImage

Debian / Ubuntu:

sudo dpkg -i kore_*.deb

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Windows

1. Download Kore_*_x64_en-US.msi from the latest release
2. Run the installer and follow the prompts
3. Launch Kore from the Start menu

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Updating

Kore includes a built-in auto-updater. When a new version is available you will see a notification in the app. Click Update to download and install in the background.

Alternatively, re-run the Homebrew command or download the latest installer manually.