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Pumba vs chaoskube: catalog facts
Pumba	chaoskube
Best for: Developers and operators testing how containerized services handle failures	Best for: Teams testing recovery from pod failures in Kubernetes
Free Free and open source under the Apache-2.0 license.	Free Free under the MIT license.
macOS, Linux, Command line	Linux, Self-hosted, Command line
Supports Docker, containerd, and Podman Can test container failure and network scenarios All 3 strengths for Pumba Supports Docker, containerd, and Podman Can test container failure and network scenarios Includes resource stress testing	Filters target pods by namespace, labels, annotations, and age Supports scheduled exclusions All 3 strengths for chaoskube Filters target pods by namespace, labels, annotations, and age Supports scheduled exclusions Starts in dry-run mode
Targets Linux containers; on macOS, it must drive a remote container VM. Some container runtime operations require root or socket access.	Requires a Kubernetes cluster and suitable permissions
Downloadable app	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Pumba github.com/alexei-led/pumba Catalog checked October 8, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for chaoskube github.com/linki/chaoskube Catalog checked October 8, 2026

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