Daemonless

odo is a standalone CLI tool; it communicates directly with the Kubernetes API.odo doesn't require you to run a daemon (server) process. All you need is to download the binary and start playing with it.

No more YAML!

odo doesn't require you to work with YAML file. It uses constructs of its own and helps developers focus on their application development instead of having to learn Kubernetes. But if you do want to play with the YAML, you absolutely can! odo uses devfile format and you can always modify a devfile manually if you would really like to.

Made for Application Developers

odo is made for Application Developers and Architects. It abstracts Kubernetes constructs into its own constructs which are more aligned with application development than Ops.kubectl is more focussed on Ops; odo is totally focussed on Devs.