lapdev

Lapdev gives your team production-accurate development environments that run directly in your Kubernetes cluster. Install the lightweight lapdev-kube-manager, choose the workloads you care about, and Lapdev keeps isolated or shared environments in sync with your production manifests. Developers iterate quickly using the Devbox CLI for local debugging while staying connected to real cluster resources.

What Lapdev Does

• Reads production manifests – Lapdev builds an App Catalog straight from your production Deployments, StatefulSets, ConfigMaps, Secrets, and Services.
• Creates tailored environments – Launch fully isolated personal namespaces, shared team baselines, or lightweight branch environments with intelligent traffic routing.
• Keeps everything in sync – Monitor production for changes, notify developers, and apply updates when you are ready—no manual YAML drift.
• Enables local-style iteration – Devbox routes cluster traffic to your laptop, so you debug locally while remaining wired into in-cluster dependencies.
• Publishes secure preview URLs – Share HTTPS endpoints for any service without juggling DNS, certificates, or ingress rules.

Architecture at a Glance

Lapdev is made of three components that work together:

1. Lapdev API Server – SaaS control plane that handles auth, orchestration, and secure tunneling.
2. Lapdev-Kube-Manager – In-cluster operator that mirrors production workloads into development namespaces.
3. Devbox CLI – Developer tooling for traffic interception and access to cluster services from your local machine.

Dig deeper in the Architecture docs.

Getting Started

1. Connect your Kubernetes cluster
2. Create an App Catalog
3. Provision your first environment
4. Develop locally with Devbox

Resources

• Traffic routing architecture
• Branch Environment Architecture
• Preview URLs
• Lapdev Docs