Installation

Installation#

Make sure you have completed the steps in Prerequisites first.

tabby-k8s-exec can be installed in two ways: directly from within Tabby, or by cloning the source repository and building it yourself.

Method 1 — Install from the Tabby Plugin Manager#

This is the recommended method for most users.

  1. Open Tabby and go to Settings → Plugins.

  2. In the search box, search for k8s-exec.

  3. Click Install, then restart Tabby when prompted.

Method 2 — Clone the Git repository and build from source#

Use this method if you want to build from a specific commit, contribute to the plugin, or install it on a machine without access to the Tabby Plugin Manager.

Requirements: Node.js 18 or later.

git clone https://github.com/search5/tabby-k8s-exec.git
cd tabby-k8s-exec
npm install
npm run build
npm run install-plugin

npm run install-plugin detects your operating system and copies the built files to the correct Tabby plugin directory automatically:

OS

Plugin directory

macOS

~/Library/Application Support/tabby/plugins/node_modules/tabby-k8s-exec/

Linux

~/.config/tabby/plugins/node_modules/tabby-k8s-exec/

Windows

%APPDATA%\tabby\plugins\node_modules\tabby-k8s-exec\

Restart Tabby after installation. To confirm the plugin loaded, open View → Toggle Developer Tools and look for the following line in the console:

[tabby-k8s-exec] module loaded

If you don’t see it, see Troubleshooting & FAQ.

Updating#

If you installed from source (Method 2), keep the plugin up to date by pulling the latest changes and rebuilding:

git pull
npm run build
npm run install-plugin

Then restart Tabby.

If you installed via the Plugin Manager (Method 1), Tabby will surface available updates for k8s-exec in Settings → Plugins the same way it does for any other plugin.

Once installed, continue to Usage.