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brew

Installer kubectx avec Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, apt, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper, scoop, winget

Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de kubectx pour les workflows d'agents IA.

installation

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires

macOS

Homebrewvérifié · 100%
brew install kubectx

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsvérifié · 94%
sudo port install kubectx

MacPorts ports tree · sysutils/kubectx/Portfile · Source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkvérifié · 92%
sudo apk add kubectx

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · kubectx · Source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptvérifié · 92%
sudo apt install kubectx

Debian stable package indexes · kubectx · Source: deb.debian.org

Nixvérifié · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#kubectx

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ku/kubectx/package.nix · Source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanvérifié · 92%
sudo pacman -S kubectx

Arch Linux sync databases · kubectx · Source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zyppervérifié · 92%
sudo zypper install kubectx

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · kubectx · Source: download.opensuse.org

Windows

Chocolateyvérifié · 92%
choco install kubectx

Chocolatey community package catalog · kubectx · Source: community.chocolatey.org

Scoopvérifié · 92%
scoop install main/kubectx

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/kubectx.json · Source: api.github.com

Windows Package Managervérifié · 92%
winget install --id ahmetb.kubectx -e

Windows Package Manager source index · ahmetb.kubectx · Source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

aperçu

Résumé du paquet

Tool that can switch between kubectl contexts easily and create aliases

Commandes et alias

  • kubectl-ctx
  • kubectl-ns
  • kubectx
  • kubens

historique

Historique du projet et usages

kubectx is a small Kubernetes command-line companion that packages two everyday workflow shortcuts: switching kubeconfig contexts with kubectx and switching namespaces with kubens. It became a widely installed kubectl-adjacent utility because it solves a repetitive operator problem without introducing a larger cluster-management framework.

Historique du projet

The public GitHub repository was created on March 30, 2017, and the v0.1 release was published on April 25, 2017. The original project was shell-oriented; later releases added a Go implementation while retaining the simple command names and shell-completion focused workflow.

The README describes the package as 'Power tools for kubectl' and positions kubectx for faster cluster/context changes and kubens for namespace changes. That pairing made the project fit naturally beside kubectl rather than replacing it.

Historique d'adoption

kubectx spread through multiple packaging ecosystems because it is useful on every workstation that touches more than one Kubernetes cluster. The official README documents installation through Homebrew, MacPorts, apt, pacman, Chocolatey, Scoop, winget, and Krew, which reflects cross-platform adoption by both Kubernetes operators and developers.

Its inclusion as Krew plugins named ctx and ns gave it a Kubernetes-native installation path, while Homebrew and Linux distribution packages made it familiar to package-manager users outside the Kubernetes plugin index.

Modes d'utilisation

kubectx reads the user's kubeconfig contexts and switches the active context, including a shortcut for returning to the previous context. kubens similarly updates the namespace on the active context. Optional fzf integration adds interactive selection for long cluster and namespace lists.

The tool is commonly paired with shell completions and prompt helpers such as kube-ps1 or oh-my-posh so operators can both switch context quickly and see the selected cluster or namespace before running kubectl commands.

Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent

kubectx is a package-nerd staple because it is tiny, scriptable, and heavily repackaged: one upstream repository feeds native OS package managers, Windows package managers, and Krew. It is also a good example of a CLI whose adoption comes from reducing command friction rather than adding a new control plane.

Chronologie

  • 2017-03-30: Public GitHub repository created
  • 2017-04-25: v0.1 release published
  • 2021-07-06: v0.9.4 release published after the project had become a common kubectl companion
  • 2026-03-27: v0.11.0 release published

Related projects

  • kubens is shipped from the same repository and handles namespace switching.
  • Krew distributes kubectx and kubens as kubectl plugins named ctx and ns.
  • fzf is an optional dependency for interactive context and namespace selection.
  • kube-ps1 and oh-my-posh are prompt tools the README recommends for displaying Kubernetes context.

posture de sécurité

Niveau de risque : vert

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Classificateur de risque

risque vert · confiance faible · appliance

Pourquoi

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signaux

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Comportement d'installation

  • Aucun hook post-install Homebrew n’est enregistré dans les métadonnées de formule.
  • Les métadonnées de bottle Homebrew sont disponibles pour 6 plateformes.
  • Les métadonnées de compilation listent 1 dépendances de compilation.

Revue recommandée

Avant une utilisation sans surveillance par un agent, vérifiez si l'outil lit des identifiants en clair, écrit un état distant, publie des artefacts ou lance des plugins.

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

exécutables

Exécutables installés

CommandeTypeExpositionNote
kubectl-ctxcliexécutable global
kubectl-nscliexécutable global
kubectxcliexécutable global
kubenscliexécutable global

fraîcheur

Version et fraîcheur

Ces signaux séparent l'âge de génération de la page, l'activité du gestionnaire de paquets et la comparaison avec les versions amont. Un retard de version n'est signalé que lorsqu'une URL de preuve et des versions comparables sont présentes.

page générée2026-07-25
version du gestionnaire0.11.0
gestionnaire mis à jour
données localesOK
amontà jour
dernière version détectéev0.11.0

https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectx

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.confiance faible

métadonnées d'installation

Métadonnées du paquet

Clé du paquetbrew:kubectx
Version0.11.0
Gestionnaire de paquetsHomebrew
Page du gestionnaire de paquetshttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/kubectx
Page d'accueilhttps://github.com/ahmetb/kubectx
Dépôthttps://github.com/ahmetb/kubectx
Docs amonthttps://github.com/ahmetb/kubectx#readme
LicenceApache-2.0
Archive sourcehttps://github.com/ahmetb/kubectx/archive/refs/tags/v0.11.0.tar.gz
Dépendances de compilationgo
Bouteilledisponible (sur arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
post-install Homebrewnon défini
Serviceaucun déclaré

faits du registre

Détails de la base source

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namekubectx
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

correspondances dans les bases sources

Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets

Les correspondances proviennent d’index externes de gestionnaires de paquets et restent séparées des liens de paquets Automic Vault locaux.

Debian apt95%

kubectx 0.9.5-2+b10

Fast way to switch between clusters and namespaces in kubectl

https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectx

sudo apt install kubectx
  • Section: devel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: kubectx
  • 1 Dépendances
  • 1 dépendances optionnelles
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Kubectx
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: kubectx from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

kubectx

nix profile install nixpkgs#kubectx
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Kubectx
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ku/kubectx/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

kubectx 0.9.5-1

Fast way to switch between clusters and namespaces in kubectl

https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectx

sudo apt install kubectx
  • Section: universe/devel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 1 Dépendances
  • 1 dépendances optionnelles
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Kubectx
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: kubectx from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk95%

kubectx 0.11.0-r2

Faster way to switch between clusters and namespaces in kubectl

https://kubectx.dev/

sudo apk add kubectx
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: kubectx
  • 1 Dépendances
  • 1 fournit
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Kubectx
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: kubectx from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

kubectx-bash-completion 0.11.0-r2

Bash completions for kubectx

https://kubectx.dev/

sudo apk add kubectx-bash-completion
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: kubectx
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Kubectx
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: kubectx-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

kubectx-fish-completion 0.11.0-r2

Fish completions for kubectx

https://kubectx.dev/

sudo apk add kubectx-fish-completion
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: kubectx
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Kubectx
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: kubectx-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

kubectx-zsh-completion 0.11.0-r2

Zsh completions for kubectx

https://kubectx.dev/

sudo apk add kubectx-zsh-completion
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: kubectx
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Kubectx
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: kubectx-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
pacman95%

kubectx 0.11.0-1

Utility to manage and switch between kubectl contexts and Kubernetes namespaces

https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectx

sudo pacman -S kubectx
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 2 Dépendances
  • 2 fournit
  • 1 dépendances optionnelles
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Kubectx
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: kubectx from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
zypper95%

kubectx 0.11.0-1.2

Faster way to switch between clusters and namespaces in kubectl

https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectx

sudo zypper install kubectx
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: kubectx
  • 1 Dépendances
  • 1 fournit
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Kubectx
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: kubectx from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

kubectx-bash-completion 0.11.0-1.2

Bash Completion for kubectx

https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectx

sudo zypper install kubectx-bash-completion
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Category: System/Shells
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: kubectx
  • 2 Dépendances
  • 1 fournit
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Kubectx
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: kubectx-bash-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

kubectx-fish-completion 0.11.0-1.2

Fish Completion for kubectx

https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectx

sudo zypper install kubectx-fish-completion
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Category: System/Shells
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: kubectx
  • 2 Dépendances
  • 1 fournit
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Kubectx
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: kubectx-fish-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

kubectx-zsh-completion 0.11.0-1.2

Zsh Completion for kubectx

https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectx

sudo zypper install kubectx-zsh-completion
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Category: System/Shells
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: kubectx
  • 2 Dépendances
  • 1 fournit
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Kubectx
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: kubectx-zsh-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
MacPorts95%

kubectx

sudo port install kubectx
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Kubectx
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/kubectx/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Chocolatey95%

kubectx

choco install kubectx
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Kubectx
Chocolatey community package catalog · community.chocolatey.org · Chocolatey community package catalog: kubectx from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','kb5001567'
Scoop95%

main/kubectx

scoop install main/kubectx
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Kubectx
Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/kubectx.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
winget95%

ahmetb.kubectx

winget install --id ahmetb.kubectx -e
  • normalized package name match
  • Correspondance par : Kubectx
Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: ahmetb.kubectx from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

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Sources utilisées

  • 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