# Install clusterctl

Home for the Cluster Management API work, a subproject of sig-cluster-lifecycle. Version 1.13.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-13.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:clusterctl
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install clusterctl
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#clusterctl
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cl/clusterctl/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install clusterctl
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: clusterctl from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst

### Windows

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id Kubernetes.clusterctl -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: Kubernetes.clusterctl from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:clusterctl
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/clusterctl>
- **Version:** 1.13.2
- **Source summary:** Home for the Cluster Management API work, a subproject of sig-cluster-lifecycle
- **Homepage:** <https://cluster-api.sigs.k8s.io>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://cluster-api.sigs.k8s.io/clusterctl/overview>
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/archive/refs/tags/v1.13.2.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-13T19:12:51Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- clusterctl (cli)
- clusterctl (alias)

## Build Dependencies

- go

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 1.13.2
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-13
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api
- Upstream latest detected: v1.13.2 (current)

## Sicherheitshinweise

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

- **Geiger risk:** orange / medium
- infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** clusterctl
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - clusterctl: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cl/clusterctl/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- zypper - clusterctl - 1.13.1-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: clusterctl from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | CLI tool to handle the lifecycle of a Cluster API management cluster | https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api
- zypper - clusterctl-bash-completion - 1.13.1-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: clusterctl-bash-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | Bash Completion for clusterctl | https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api
- zypper - clusterctl-fish-completion - 1.13.1-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: clusterctl-fish-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | Fish Completion for clusterctl | https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api
- zypper - clusterctl-zsh-completion - 1.13.1-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: clusterctl-zsh-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | Zsh Completion for clusterctl | https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api
- winget - Kubernetes.clusterctl: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: Kubernetes.clusterctl from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


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