# What is Minimal Viable Kubernetes?
MVK is kubernetes for the impatient and impeverished, and consists the following features
- โฅ **CLI** - Living in the terminal, uses [`infctl`](https://mvk.headshed.dev/guides/intro/) command line pipeline
- ๐งโ๐ป **Startup Friendly** - Getting a functional stack quickly and simply
- ๐คน **Automated** - Focus on an infrastructure as code
- ๐ฅ **Repeatable** - Repeatable, re-useable and predictable.
- ๐ค **Portable** - Kubernetes that can run anywhere
- ๐ **Hackable** - Simple to modify, extend and prototype