Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%

brew install kubectl-tree

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverifiziert · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#kubectl-tree

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ku/kubectl-tree/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com

openSUSE zypperverifiziert · 92%

sudo zypper install kubectl-tree

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · kubectl-tree · Quelle: download.opensuse.org

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Kubectl plugin to browse Kubernetes object hierarchies as a tree

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

kubectl-tree

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

kubectl-tree is a kubectl plugin for browsing Kubernetes object ownership as a tree. It follows `ownerReferences` between objects, letting users see how resources such as Deployments, ReplicaSets, Pods, Knative Services, or other controllers relate at runtime.

Projektgeschichte

The GitHub repository was created on 2019-12-23 by Ahmet Alp Balkan. Its README says the tool explores ownership relationships through Kubernetes `ownerReferences` and acknowledges inspiration from knative-inspect, generalized beyond a single ecosystem.

Later releases added filters for namespaces, selectors, condition types, API groups, and resources, reflecting its evolution from a tree visualizer into a practical inspection tool for larger clusters.

Adoptionsgeschichte

kubectl-tree became one of the more recognizable third-party kubectl plugins because object ownership is a common Kubernetes troubleshooting question and the tree view is easy to understand in terminal output.

The repository metadata observed on 2026-07-01 showed more than 3000 GitHub stars. Its package-manager presence in Homebrew, Nix, and zypper complements Krew installation and makes it available in repeatable workstation environments.

Wie es verwendet wird

Users install it as a kubectl plugin and run commands such as `kubectl tree` with namespace, selector, API group, and resource filters. The README warns that filtering out intermediate owner resources can stop traversal and hide descendants, which is a useful operational detail for large clusters.

The package is commonly useful when answering why an object exists, what controller owns it, or how custom resources fan out into lower-level Kubernetes objects.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

kubectl-tree is package-nerd notable because it turns a native Kubernetes metadata field into a Unix-friendly visualization. It is small, script-adjacent, installable as a kubectl plugin, and expressive enough to become part of many operators' ad hoc debugging toolbox.

Zeitleiste

2019-12-23: GitHub repository created.
2025-11-15: Release v0.4.6 published.
2026-03-20: Release v0.5.0 published.
2026-03-24: Release v0.6.0 published.

Related projects

Related projects include kubectl, Krew, Kubernetes ownerReferences, knative-inspect, and kube-lineage. The README contrasts kube-lineage as a similar plugin that can understand some logical relationships even without ownerReferences.

Quellen

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: orange

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

Risikoklassifikator

orange Risiko · mittel Konfidenz · infrastructure

Warum

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal

Signale

text:kubernetes

Installationsverhalten

In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 6 Plattformziele verfügbar.
Installiert mit 1 Laufzeitabhängigkeiten.
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.

local files

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

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: ~/.kube/config

Executables

Installierte Executables

Befehl	Art	Sichtbarkeit	Hinweis
`kubectl-tree`	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-Version0.6.0

Manager aktualisiert

lokale DatenOK

Upstreamaktuell

neueste erkannte Versionv0.6.0

https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectl-tree

InfoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.niedrig Konfidenz

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüssel	brew:kubectl-tree
Version	0.6.0
Paketmanager	Homebrew
Paketmanager-Seite	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/kubectl-tree
Homepage	https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectl-tree
Repository	https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectl-tree
Upstream-Dokumentation	https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectl-tree#readme
Lizenz	Apache-2.0
Quellarchiv	https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectl-tree/archive/refs/tags/v0.6.0.tar.gz
Abhängigkeiten	kubernetes-cli
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	kubectl-tree
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%

kubectl-tree

nix profile install nixpkgs#kubectl-tree

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Kubectl Tree

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

zypper95%

kubectl-tree 0.6.0-1.2

Kubectl plugin to browse Kubernetes object hierarchies as a tree

https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectl-tree

sudo zypper install kubectl-tree

License: Apache-2.0
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: kubectl-tree
1 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Kubectl Tree

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: kubectl-tree from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

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/kubectl-tree.yml

Verwendete Quellen

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

kubectl-tree mit Homebrew, Nix, zypper installieren