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What is it?
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minikube implements a local Kubernetes cluster on macOS, Linux, and Windows.
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minikube's [primary goals ](https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/concepts/principles/ ) are to be the best tool for local Kubernetes application development and to support all Kubernetes features that fit.
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minikube runs the latest stable release of Kubernetes, with support for standard Kubernetes features like:
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* [LoadBalancer ](https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/tasks/loadbalancer/ ) - using `minikube tunnel`
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* Multi-cluster - using `minikube start -p <name>`
* NodePorts - using `minikube service`
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* [Persistent Volumes ](https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/reference/persistent_volumes/ )
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* Ingress
* RBAC
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* [Dashboard ](https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/tasks/dashboard/ ) - `minikube dashboard`
* [Container runtimes ](https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/reference/runtimes/ ) - `start --container-runtime`
* [Configure apiserver and kubelet options ](https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/reference/configuration/kubernetes/ ) via command-line flags
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As well as developer-friendly features:
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* [Addons ](https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/tasks/addons/ ) - a marketplace for developers to share configurations for running services on minikube
* [GPU support ](https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/tutorials/nvidia_gpu/ ) - for machine learning
* [Filesystem mounts ](https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/tasks/mount/ )
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* Automatic failure analysis
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## Why do I want it?
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If you would like to develop Kubernetes applications:
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* locally
* offline
* using the latest version of Kubernetes
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Then minikube is for you.
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* **What is it good for?** Developing local Kubernetes applications
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* **What is it not good for?** Production Kubernetes deployments
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* **What is it *not yet* good for?** Environments which do not allow VM's
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## Where should I go next?
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* [Getting Started ](/docs/start/ ): Get started with minikube
* [Examples ](/docs/examples/ ): Check out some minikube examples!
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📣😀 **Please fill out our [fast 5-question survey](https://forms.gle/Gg3hG5ZySw8c1C24A)** so that we can learn how & why you use minikube, and what improvements we should make. Thank you! 💃🏽🎉
