# kubetail mit Homebrew, apk, apt, MacPorts, Nix, scoop, winget installieren

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

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:kubetail
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install kubetail
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install kubetail
```

  Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: devel/kubetail/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add kubetail
```

  Evidenz: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: kubetail from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install kubetail
```

  Evidenz: Debian stable package indexes: kubetail from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#kubetail
```

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

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/kubetail
```

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

- winget (92%):

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

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

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:kubetail
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Paketmanager-Seite:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/kubetail>
- **Version:** 0.18.0
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Logging tool for Kubernetes with a real-time web dashboard
- **Homepage:** <https://www.kubetail.com/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/kubetail-org/kubetail>
- **Upstream-Dokumentation:** <https://docs.kubetail.com/>
- **Lizenz:** Apache-2.0
- **Quellarchiv:** <https://github.com/kubetail-org/kubetail/archive/refs/tags/cli/v0.18.0.tar.gz>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-06-16T18:31:40Z
- **Generiert:** 2026-07-25T07:20:51+00:00

## Executables

- kubetail (cli)
- kubetail (Alias)

## Build-Abhängigkeiten

- go
- node
- pnpm

## 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: 0.18.0
- Manager aktualisiert: 2026-06-16
- lokale Daten: OK
- Upstream-Repository: https://github.com/kubetail-org/kubetail
- neueste erkannte Version: cli/v0.18.0 (aktuell)
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Kubetail is a Kubernetes logging CLI and dashboard for viewing logs from multi-container workloads in a single chronological stream. In package-manager terms it represents the shift from small log-follow scripts to installable desktop/browser-backed Kubernetes developer tools.

### Projektgeschichte

The kubetail-org project describes Kubetail as a general-purpose logging dashboard optimized for real-time tailing across multi-container Kubernetes workloads. Its README and docs position the kubetail CLI as the entry point for launching a local web dashboard, streaming logs in a terminal, or managing cluster resources used by the tool.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

Kubetail adoption is visible through a public GitHub repository, a dedicated docs site, a public website, Homebrew packaging, and release artifacts for multiple operating systems. The project also publishes cluster and dashboard-oriented pieces, which moved it beyond the older convention of a shell-only kubectl logs wrapper.

### Wie es verwendet wird

The common use is to run kubetail locally, select workloads, and inspect merged logs from multiple pods and containers. The docs emphasize that Kubetail reads through the Kubernetes API, so teams can tail logs without first shipping them to an external logging backend.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

The package name is historically easy to confuse with older kubetail scripts, so the Homebrew formula and repository identity matter. This batch's package is the kubetail-org dashboard/CLI, not the older johanhaleby Bash script with the same human-friendly name.

### Zeitleiste

- 2024: Public discussion and early issues described Kubetail as a web-based real-time log viewer for Kubernetes clusters.
- 2025: Kubetail release notes show continued CLI/dashboard work, including search, API backend, security, and packaging changes.
- 2026: The GitHub releases page listed cli/v0.18.0 with signed release artifacts for Linux, macOS, and Windows.

### Related projects

- Related tools include kubectl logs, stern, kail, k9s, Kubernetes Dashboard, and older kubetail shell scripts. Kubetail differs by combining a CLI, browser dashboard, and multi-container timeline-oriented log viewing.

### Quellen

- <https://docs.kubetail.com/>
- <https://docs.kubetail.com/reference/cli>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/kubetail>
- <https://github.com/kubetail-org/kubetail>
- <https://github.com/kubetail-org/kubetail/releases>
- <https://www.kubetail.com/>


## Sicherheitshinweise

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** orange / mittel
- infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal

## Details aus der Quelldatenbank

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

- Debian apt - kubetail - 1.6.20-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: kubetail from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Aggregate logs from multiple Kubernetes pods into one stream | https://github.com/johanhaleby/kubetail
- Nix - kubetail: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ku/kubetail/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - kubetail - 1.6.18-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: kubetail from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Aggregate logs from multiple Kubernetes pods into one stream | https://github.com/johanhaleby/kubetail
- apk - kubetail - 0.17.0-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: kubetail from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Real-time logging dashboard for Kubernetes | https://github.com/kubetail-org/kubetail
- MacPorts - kubetail: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/kubetail/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - main/kubetail: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/kubetail.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - Kubetail.Kubetail: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: Kubetail.Kubetail from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Verwandte Links

- [Cloud CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/cloud-clis/) - Belongs to a cloud or infrastructure command family.
- [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [go](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [node](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/node/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [pnpm](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/pnpm/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [chaoskube](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/chaoskube/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, kubernetes.
- [click](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/click/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, kubernetes.
- [clusterawsadm](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/clusterawsadm/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, kubernetes.
- [clusterctl](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/clusterctl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, kubernetes.
- [cmctl](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/cmctl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, kubernetes.
- [cozyhr](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/cozyhr/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, kubernetes.
- [cozypkg](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/cozypkg/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, kubernetes.
- [crossplane](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/crossplane/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, kubernetes.
- [kubeshark](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/kubeshark/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure, infrastructure, kubernetes.
- [kubesess](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/kubesess/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure, infrastructure, kubernetes.
- [kubebox](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/npm/kubebox/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure, infrastructure, kubernetes.

## Combined YAML source

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


## Quellen

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- 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