# gcx mit Homebrew, Nix installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für gcx in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:gcx
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install gcx
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#gcx
```

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

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:gcx
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Paketmanager-Seite:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/gcx>
- **Version:** 0.6.0
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** CLI for managing Grafana Cloud resources
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/grafana/gcx>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/grafana/gcx>
- **Upstream-Dokumentation:** <https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/as-code/observability-as-code/grafana-cli/gcx>
- **Lizenz:** Apache-2.0
- **Quellarchiv:** <https://github.com/grafana/gcx/archive/refs/tags/v0.6.0.tar.gz>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-07-24T16:01:44Z
- **Generiert:** 2026-07-25T07:20:51+00:00

## Executables

- gcx (cli)
- gcx (Alias)

## Build-Abhängigkeiten

- go

## Installationsverhalten

- Post-install-Hook: nicht definiert
- Bottle: verfügbar auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-07-25
- Manager-Version: 0.6.0
- Manager aktualisiert: 2026-07-24
- lokale Daten: OK
- Upstream-Repository: https://github.com/grafana/gcx
- neueste erkannte Version: v0.6.0 (aktuell)
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

gcx is Grafana Labs' command-line interface for structured access to Grafana dashboards, alerts, data sources, telemetry, and Grafana Cloud products. It is designed for both interactive terminal work and automation by coding agents.

### Projektgeschichte

Grafana opened the gcx repository in March 2026 and published its earliest currently listed GitHub release, v0.2.0, in April 2026. The project entered public preview as a successor path for users of the older grafanactl tool.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

Grafana's official documentation identifies gcx as the recommended Grafana CLI and documents migration from the deprecated grafanactl command. Grafana distributes it through release archives, Go's module toolchain, an install script, and the official grafana/grafana Homebrew tap.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Users create named contexts with gcx login, then query metrics, logs, traces, dashboards, alert rules, SLOs, and other Grafana resources. JSON and YAML output, predictable exit codes, resource pull and push commands, and bundled agent skills make the tool suitable for CI, GitOps, and agentic workflows.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

gcx is notable as a young vendor CLI that deliberately unifies previously fragmented Grafana and Grafana Cloud workflows. Its Go binary, Homebrew distribution, structured output, environment-variable authentication, multi-context configuration, and explicit AI-agent support reflect contemporary CLI packaging and automation practice.

### Zeitleiste

- 2026-03: Official GitHub repository created.
- 2026-04: v0.2.0 published as the earliest currently listed GitHub release.
- 2026: Grafana documents gcx as the recommended replacement path for grafanactl and marks it public preview.

### Related projects

- Grafana is the observability platform gcx manages.
- grafanactl is the older Grafana CLI that official documentation now describes as deprecated.
- Grafana Assistant supplies agent-oriented investigation capabilities exposed through gcx.

### Quellen

- <https://github.com/grafana/gcx>
- <https://github.com/grafana/gcx/releases>
- <https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/as-code/observability-as-code/grafana-cli/gcx/>
- <https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/as-code/observability-as-code/grafana-cli/gcx/installation/>


## Sicherheitshinweise

Für gcx wurde kein passendes lokales Secret-Handling-Manifest gefunden. Nucleus-Paketmetadaten bleiben hier veröffentlicht, damit künftige Abdeckung eine stabile Paket-URL hat.



## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: ~/.config/gcx/config.yaml, ./.gcx.yaml
## Details aus der Quelldatenbank

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** gcx
- **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

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Nix - gcx: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gc/gcx/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Verwandte Links

- [Cloud CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/cloud-clis/) - Belongs to a cloud or infrastructure command family.
- [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [AI and agent packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/ai-agent-tools/) - Matched AI model, agent, coding-agent, orchestration, or MCP metadata.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [go](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [logcli](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/logcli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, grafana, observability.
- [mimirtool](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/mimirtool/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, grafana, observability.
- [newrelic-infra-agent](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/newrelic-infra-agent/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, observability.
- [ansible](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/ansible/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: automation, cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure.
- [atlantis](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/atlantis/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: automation, cli, cloud-infrastructure, gitops.
- [awscli](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/awscli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: automation, cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure.
- [awscli@1](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/awscli-1/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: automation, cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure.
- [grizzly](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/grizzly/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, grafana, observability.
- [newrelic](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/npm/newrelic/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: agent, cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure, infrastructure.
- [kubespy](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/kubespy/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure, infrastructure, observability.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/gcx.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/gcx.yml)


## Quellen

- Nucleus package database
- package-page enrichment
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
