Richard Hooper • 6/29/2026

I Shipped Two Headlamp Plugins: One Checks Your Cluster, One Makes the Dashboard Look Good

This article introduces two new Headlamp plugins for Kubernetes: the KubeBuddy plugin, which runs browser-based cluster checks without in-cluster components, and the Headlamp Theme Builder, a tool for creating branded themes. It explains Headlamp's features as an open-source Kubernetes dashboard with a plugin system, details the KubeBuddy plugin's check catalog covering workloads, security, and more, and highlights the Theme Builder's ease of use. The article is a technical guide aimed at Kubernetes users and developers.

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