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The missing open-source Kubernetes UI with a built-in MCP server for AI agents. See what's broken, why, and what changed. Issues, Topology, event timeline, Helm, GitOps, live service traffic, and cluster audits - all in one Go binary.

Updated Nov 1, 2026. Review written Nov 1, 2026 from the project's own sources; usage data refreshed every Monday.

Radar at a glance

Category
MCP and agent tools
Website
radarhq.io

Is Radar growing? Usage data

In the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, Radar ranked #119 on the Devtoolwatch Board and #12 in MCP and agent tools, with a momentum score of 59 out of 100.

New GitHub stars per week for Radar12 weeks from Aug 9, 2026: 177, 111, 120, 98, 84, 53, 114, 87, 138, 113, 76, 98 new stars, an average of 106 a week.Aug 9week of Oct 25
New GitHub stars per week for the last 12 weeks, from GitHub's stargazer history (today's stargazers by the week they starred).
Show the weekly numbers
New GitHub stars per week for Radar
Week ofNew stars
Aug 9, 2026177
Aug 16, 2026111
Aug 23, 2026120
Aug 30, 202698
Sep 6, 202684
Sep 13, 202653
Sep 20, 2026114
Sep 27, 202687
Oct 4, 2026138
Oct 11, 2026113
Oct 18, 202676
Oct 25, 202698

The Board ranks tools by four signals each week: new stars, new stars for the repo's size, added downloads and download growth beyond the market. How the ranking works.

Radar alternatives

Other MCP servers and agent tools on the Board in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, by momentum:

MCP and agent tools ranked by momentum, the week of Oct 25–31, 2026
RankToolStarsDownloads/wk
#1REAREA is an MCP server and CLI that lets coding agents reverse engineer native binaries, JavaScript and Electron apps, .NET assemblies,…415.5k760.6k
#2ha-mcpha-mcp is an unofficial Model Context Protocol server that lets AI assistants control and manage Home Assistant using natural language.5.4k118.1k
#3TregTreg is a registry and proxy that gives AI agents one token for a catalog of paid third-party API endpoints and team-shared tools.6.9k6.7k
#4Chrome DevTools MCPChrome DevTools MCP is an MCP server and CLI that lets coding agents control and inspect a live Chrome browser using Chrome DevTools.54.6k2.7M
#5codebase-memory-mcpHigh-performance code intelligence MCP server. Indexes codebases into a persistent knowledge graph — average repo in milliseconds. 162…47.9k–
#6open-computer-use👾 Open Computer Use – Open-Source Alternative to Codex Computer Use2.8k–

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Radar FAQ

How popular is Radar?

Radar has 4k GitHub stars as of Nov 1, 2026. It gained 98 new stars in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, against a 12-week average of 106 a week. That made it #12 among MCP servers and agent tools on the Devtoolwatch Board.

What are the best alternatives to Radar?

Other MCP servers and agent tools on the Devtoolwatch Board in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, by momentum: REA (#1), ha-mcp (#2), Treg (#3), Chrome DevTools MCP (#4), codebase-memory-mcp (#5). The alternatives table above has their numbers.

Sources

  1. Devtoolwatch Board, the week of Oct 25–31, 2026

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