# Install kubescape

Kubernetes testing according to Hardening Guidance by NSA and CISA. Version 4.0.9 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-29.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:kubescape
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install kubescape
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install kubescape
```

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

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#kubescape
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install kubescape
```

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

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/kubescape
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/kubescape.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id kubescape.kubescape -e
```

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

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:kubescape
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/kubescape>
- **Version:** 4.0.9
- **Source summary:** Kubernetes testing according to Hardening Guidance by NSA and CISA
- **Homepage:** <https://kubescape.io>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/kubescape/kubescape>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://kubescape.io/docs>
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/kubescape/kubescape.git>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-29T09:13:06Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- kubescape (cli)
- kubescape (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: 4.0.9
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-29
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/kubescape/kubescape
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## 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:** kubescape
- **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 - kubescape: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ku/kubescape/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- zypper - kubescape - 4.0.8-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: kubescape from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | Tool providing a multi-cloud K8s single pane of glass | https://github.com/armosec/kubescape
- MacPorts - kubescape: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/kubescape/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - main/kubescape: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/kubescape.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - kubescape.kubescape: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: kubescape.kubescape from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


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- [go](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [kube-bench](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/kube-bench/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, compliance, kubernetes, security.
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## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
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- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
