# Install stern

Tail multiple Kubernetes pods & their containers. Version 1.34.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-02.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:stern
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install stern
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install stern
```

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

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add stern
```

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

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#stern
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S stern
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: stern from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install stern
```

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

### Windows

- Chocolatey (92%):

```sh
choco install stern
```

  Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: stern from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='6.5432','synkron'

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/stern
```

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

- winget (92%):

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

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

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:stern
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/stern>
- **Version:** 1.34.0
- **Source summary:** Tail multiple Kubernetes pods & their containers
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/stern/stern>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/stern/stern>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/stern/stern#readme>
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/stern/stern/archive/refs/tags/v1.34.0.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-02T15:41:29Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- stern (cli)
- stern (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: 1.34.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-02
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/stern/stern
- Upstream latest detected: v1.34.0 (current)

## Notes de sécurité

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:** stern
- **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 - stern: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/st/stern/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - stern - 1.33.0-r6: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: stern from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Multi pod and container log tailing for Kubernetes | https://github.com/stern/stern
- apk - stern-bash-completion - 1.33.0-r6: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: stern-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Bash completions for stern | https://github.com/stern/stern
- apk - stern-fish-completion - 1.33.0-r6: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: stern-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fish completions for stern | https://github.com/stern/stern
- apk - stern-zsh-completion - 1.33.0-r6: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: stern-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Zsh completions for stern | https://github.com/stern/stern
- pacman - stern - 1.33.1-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: stern from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Multi pod and container log tailing for Kubernetes | https://github.com/stern/stern
- zypper - stern - 1.34.0-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: stern from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | Multi pod and container log tailing for Kubernetes | https://github.com/stern/stern
- MacPorts - stern: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/stern/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Chocolatey - stern: normalized package name match | Chocolatey community package catalog: stern from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='6.5432','synkron'
- Scoop - main/stern: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/stern.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - stern.stern: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: stern.stern from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


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- Nucleus package database
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- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph