macOS
brew install kubefwdlocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew
Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de kubefwd pour les workflows d'agents IA.
installation
brew install kubefwdlocal Homebrew formula metadata
nix profile install nixpkgs#kubefwdnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ku/kubefwd/package.nix · Source: api.github.com
scoop install main/kubefwdScoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/kubefwd.json · Source: api.github.com
winget install --id txn2.kubefwd -eWindows Package Manager source index · txn2.kubefwd · Source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com
aperçu
Bulk port forwarding Kubernetes services for local development
historique
kubefwd is a Kubernetes local-development networking tool that bulk-forwards services from a cluster to a workstation. Its package history matters because it wraps a common but fiddly Kubernetes debugging workflow - many kubectl port-forward sessions plus local name resolution - into one installable CLI.
The kubefwd site marks the project as established in 2017, and the public GitHub repository was created on August 5, 2018. The README describes it as 'Kube Forward' and as a command-line utility that bulk port-forwards Kubernetes services to a local workstation.
The tool grew beyond simple port-forward orchestration. The documentation describes unique 127.x.x.x loopback addresses per service, /etc/hosts integration, automatic reconnection, an interactive TUI, REST API support, and MCP integration.
kubefwd was adopted by developers who wanted local code to connect to in-cluster dependencies by service name without recreating the cluster environment in Docker Compose or rewriting connection strings. Its presence in Homebrew, Nix, Scoop, and winget made that workflow easy to install across common developer machines.
The official site states that kubefwd has been on the CNCF Landscape since 2018, which places it among recognized cloud-native ecosystem tools even though it remains a focused local-development utility.
Users run kubefwd against a namespace or selected services. The tool discovers services, assigns loopback IP addresses, updates /etc/hosts, and establishes port forwards through the Kubernetes API so names such as api-service, database, or redis resolve locally.
Because it touches local host networking and /etc/hosts, the README documents sudo use for common workflows. That makes packaging important: users need a trusted binary from Homebrew, releases, Windows package managers, or Docker rather than ad hoc scripts.
kubefwd is notable to package nerds because it packages a multi-process network trick as a single CLI. It competes culturally with raw kubectl port-forward, Telepresence-style intercept tools, and newer local-development proxies, while staying smaller and service-forwarding focused.
posture de sécurité
infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.
risque orange · confiance moyen · infrastructure
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
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.
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
~/.kube/configexécutables
| Commande | Type | Exposition | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
kubefwd | cli | exécutable global |
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.
https://github.com/txn2/kubefwd
métadonnées d'installation
| Clé du paquet | brew:kubefwd |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.25.16 |
| Gestionnaire de paquets | Homebrew |
| Page du gestionnaire de paquets | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/kubefwd |
| Page d'accueil | https://kubefwd.com |
| Dépôt | https://github.com/txn2/kubefwd |
| Docs amont | https://github.com/txn2/kubefwd#readme |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 |
| Archive source | https://github.com/txn2/kubefwd/archive/refs/tags/v1.25.16.tar.gz |
| Dernière mise à jour | 2026-06-20T03:33:41Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dépendances de compilation | go |
| Bouteille | disponible (sur arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| post-install Homebrew | non défini |
| Service | aucun déclaré |
faits du registre
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | kubefwd |
| 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 |
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correspondances dans les bases sources
Les correspondances proviennent d’index externes de gestionnaires de paquets et restent séparées des liens de paquets Automic Vault locaux.
kubefwd
nix profile install nixpkgs#kubefwdmain/kubefwd
scoop install main/kubefwdtxn2.kubefwd
winget install --id txn2.kubefwd -episte source
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View the package source record on GitHub.