Questions & answers
Clear answers. Before you commit.
Understand the current product, the operating boundaries and the difference between community software and enterprise support.
01 / Product & adoption
What you need to know.
What is the difference between Platform Lens and Lumen?
Platform Lens is the product brand and broader platform engineering direction. Lumen is its current open-source Kubernetes desktop IDE.
Is Lumen open source?
Yes. The public repository uses the BSD 3-Clause licence. Check the repository licence and dependencies as part of your evaluation.
Does Lumen replace Kubernetes access controls?
No. Resource availability and permitted operations depend on the credentials and permissions used to connect. Evaluate with the least privileges needed for your workflow.
Does AI access my whole cluster automatically?
Review the release and provider settings to understand context collection and what is sent to a provider. AI is optional; provider choice does not remove the need for a data handling review.
Is the fleet operator available today?
Operator-backed fleet management is a planned Platform Lens direction. Current desktop multi-context workflows should be evaluated separately from future fleet capabilities.
Are Crossplane composition workflows available?
Composition creation and reusable platform APIs are roadmap themes. They should not be treated as shipped Lumen functionality.
What does enterprise support include?
Discuss evaluation, rollout, training, security review and support requirements with the team. Response targets, coverage and commercial terms depend on the agreed scope.
Where can I review releases and known limitations?
The public GitHub repository and its release history are the source for available artefacts and release-specific changes. The website provides an overview rather than a compatibility guarantee.
A clearer next step
Try Lumen in your own environment.
Choose a release, connect an existing Kubernetes context and work through an investigation your team knows well. Talk to us when you need help with rollout or enterprise adoption.