# litmusctl mit Homebrew, Nix installieren Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für litmusctl in AI-Agent-Workflows. ## Installation ```sh sudo av install brew:litmusctl ``` Weitere Installationsbefehle: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install litmusctl ``` Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#litmusctl ``` Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/li/litmusctl/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Paketfakten - **Paketschlüssel:** brew:litmusctl - **Paketmanager:** Homebrew - **Paketmanager-Seite:** - **Version:** 1.27.0 - **Quellzusammenfassung:** Command-line interface for interacting with LitmusChaos - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream-Dokumentation:** - **Lizenz:** Apache-2.0 - **Quellarchiv:** - **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-07-16T09:32:18Z - **Generiert:** 2026-07-25T07:20:51+00:00 ## Executables - litmusctl (cli) - litmusctl (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: 1.27.0 - Manager aktualisiert: 2026-07-16 - lokale Daten: OK - Upstream-Repository: https://github.com/litmuschaos/litmusctl - neueste erkannte Version: 1.27.0 (aktuell) ## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung litmusctl is the command-line companion to LitmusChaos, a CNCF-hosted cloud-native chaos engineering platform. It matters less as a standalone tool than as the terminal interface for connecting Chaos Delegates, creating projects, scheduling Chaos Scenarios, and managing LitmusChaos accounts. ### Projektgeschichte LitmusChaos began as Kubernetes-oriented chaos engineering tooling before becoming a CNCF project. The separate litmusctl repository was created on February 15, 2021, after Litmus had already entered CNCF Sandbox, giving operators a Go-based CLI for the agent-plane workflows around Litmus ChaosCenter and Kubernetes clusters. The litmusctl README documents versioned usage guides spanning early v0.2-era compatibility through later v0.12-v0.23 and 1.x releases, which reflects its role as a compatibility-sensitive operations tool tied to LitmusChaos control-plane versions. ### Adoptionsgeschichte Litmus itself was accepted into CNCF on June 25, 2020 and moved to Incubating on January 11, 2022. That CNCF path gave the surrounding tools, including litmusctl, a place in cloud-native SRE workflows rather than only in vendor-specific chaos demos. The broader Litmus project advertises adopters and end-user case studies, while litmusctl adoption is mostly implicit: users who run LitmusChaos in Kubernetes clusters need a supported CLI path for delegate connection and account operations. ### Wie es verwendet wird litmusctl is used to connect Chaos Delegates, create projects, schedule Chaos Scenarios, disconnect delegates, and manage multiple LitmusChaos accounts. Its documented requirements include a kubeconfig at ~/.kube/config and kubectl underneath for applying manifests. For package users, the key operational detail is version compatibility: the README maps litmusctl releases such as 1.19.0 through 1.26.0 to supported Chaos Center version ranges. ### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren For Homebrew and Nix users, litmusctl is a small example of a cloud-native project's operational surface being shipped as a standalone CLI, separate from the heavier Kubernetes control plane it manages. It also shows the package-manager problem of distributing fast-moving Kubernetes ecosystem CLIs whose usefulness depends on a compatibility matrix rather than only on their own version number. ### Zeitleiste - 2017: LitmusChaos work began as simple Kubernetes chaos jobs, according to CNCF project history. - 2020-06-25: Litmus was accepted into CNCF. - 2021-02-15: The litmuschaos/litmusctl GitHub repository was created. - 2022-01-11: Litmus moved to CNCF Incubating. - 2026-05-20: The litmusctl repository listed release 1.26.0. ### Related projects - LitmusChaos is the parent chaos engineering platform; ChaosHub provides reusable chaos experiments; kubectl and Kubernetes are required context for delegate installation and cluster operations. ### Quellen - - - - - ## Sicherheitshinweise Für litmusctl 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: ~/.kube/config ## Credential files - Unix: ~/.kube/config ## Details aus der Quelldatenbank - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** litmusctl - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge - Nix - litmusctl: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/li/litmusctl/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. - [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. - [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [chaoskube](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/chaoskube/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: chaos-engineering, cli, cloud-infrastructure, kubernetes. - [openshift-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/openshift-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, kubernetes. - [apache-brooklyn-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/apache-brooklyn-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [crossplane](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/crossplane/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, cloud-native, kubernetes. - [devspace](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/devspace/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, cloud-native, kubernetes. - [egctl](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/egctl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, cloud-native, kubernetes. - [epinio](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/epinio/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, cloud-native, kubernetes. - [filen-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/filen-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [kyma-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/kyma-cli/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure, cloud-native, command-line. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/litmusctl.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/litmusctl.yml) ## Quellen - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - 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