Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%

brew install driftctl

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverifiziert · 94%

sudo port install driftctl

MacPorts ports tree · sysutils/driftctl/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com

Linux

Nixverifiziert · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#driftctl

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/dr/driftctl/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Detect, track and alert on infrastructure drift

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

driftctl

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

driftctl is a Snyk-maintained infrastructure-drift scanner for Terraform-era IaC workflows. It measures how much cloud infrastructure is covered by code and reports unmanaged or drifted resources.

Projektgeschichte

The public repository was created in September 2020 and the official docs describe the tool as a CLI for measuring infrastructure-as-code coverage and tracking drift. Its README now states that the project is in maintenance mode, which makes the package historically important as a snapshot of the early standalone drift-detection tooling wave.

Adoptionsgeschichte

driftctl was adopted by infrastructure and DevSecOps users because it filled a gap between Terraform state and actual cloud-provider state. The official installation docs list direct binaries, Docker, Homebrew, and MacPorts, while the README shows badges for release downloads and Docker pulls, reflecting distribution beyond source builds.

Wie es verwendet wird

Typical use centers on driftctl scan, with Terraform state supplied locally, from S3, from multiple state files, or by glob. The docs also show AWS credential usage through environment variables, named profiles, and Docker mounts for ~/.aws and ~/.driftctl.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

For package nerds, driftctl is a neat example of a Go-style single-binary cloud CLI that shipped through releases, Docker, Homebrew, MacPorts, and distro package indexes. It also marks a moment when IaC drift moved from an enterprise-platform feature into a small installable tool.

Zeitleiste

2020: Public snyk/driftctl repository created.
2020: Early v0.1.x tags appear in the public repository.
2023: v0.40.0 release published and documented as the stable Homebrew version.
2026: README identifies the project as being in maintenance mode.

Related projects

Terraform is the primary IaC system referenced by driftctl docs and examples.
Snyk is the maintaining organization for the repository and documentation.
The official Docker image snyk/driftctl is documented as an alternate installation and execution path.

Quellen

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: orange

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

Risikoklassifikator

orange Risiko · mittel Konfidenz · infrastructure

Warum

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal

Signale

text:infrastructure

Installationsverhalten

In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 6 Plattformziele verfügbar.
Build-Metadaten listen 1 Build-Abhängigkeiten.

Empfohlene Prüfung

Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.

Executables

Installierte Executables

Befehl	Art	Sichtbarkeit	Hinweis
`driftctl`	cli	globales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.

Seite generiert2026-07-25

Manager-Version0.40.0

Manager aktualisiert

lokale DatenOK

Upstreamaktuell

neueste erkannte Versionv0.40.0

https://github.com/snyk/driftctl

InfoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.niedrig Konfidenz

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüssel	brew:driftctl
Version	0.40.0
Paketmanager	Homebrew
Paketmanager-Seite	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/driftctl
Homepage	https://github.com/snyk/driftctl
Repository	https://github.com/snyk/driftctl
Upstream-Dokumentation	https://docs.driftctl.com/
Lizenz	Apache-2.0
Quellarchiv	https://github.com/snyk/driftctl/archive/refs/tags/v0.40.0.tar.gz
Build-Abhängigkeiten	go
Bottle	verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	nicht definiert
Dienst	keiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	driftctl
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

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.

Nix95%

driftctl

nix profile install nixpkgs#driftctl

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Driftctl

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

MacPorts95%

driftctl

sudo port install driftctl

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Driftctl

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/driftctl/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Paketgraph

Links stammen aus dem lokalen Paketbeziehungsgraph, Ergänzungen, Abhängigkeitskanten, Ecosystem-Matches und Paket-Hub-Mitgliedschaft.

Quellspur

Aus Repository-Daten generiert

Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/driftctl.yml

Verwendete Quellen

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

driftctl mit Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix installieren