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title: "Install Tools"
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description: Set up Kubernetes tools on your computer.
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weight: 10
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## kubectl
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The Kubernetes command-line tool, `kubectl`, allows you to run commands against
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Kubernetes clusters. You can use kubectl to deploy applications, inspect and manage
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cluster resources, and view logs.
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See [Install and Set Up kubectl](/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl/) for information about how to
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download and install `kubectl` and set it up for accessing your cluster.
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You can also read the [`kubectl` reference documentation](/docs/reference/kubectl/).
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## Minikube
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[Minikube](https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/) is a tool that lets you run
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Kubernetes locally. Minikube runs a single-node Kubernetes cluster on your personal
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computer (including Windows, macOS and Linux PCs) so that you can try out Kubernetes,
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or for daily development work.
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You can follow the official [Get Started!](https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/start/)
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guide, or read [Install Minikube](/docs/tasks/tools/install-minikube/) if your focus
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is on getting the tool installed.
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Once you have Minikube working, you can use it to
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[run a sample application](/docs/tutorials/hello-minikube/).
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## kind
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Like Minikube, [kind](https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/docs/) lets you run Kubernetes on
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your local computer. Unlike Minikube, kind only works with a single container runtime:
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it requires that you have [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/) installed
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and configured.
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[Quick Start](https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/docs/user/quick-start/) shows you what you
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need to do to get up and running with kind.
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