# Install vcluster

Creates fully functional virtual k8s cluster inside host k8s cluster's namespace. Version 0.34.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-08.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:vcluster
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install vcluster
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#vcluster
```

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

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/vcluster
```

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

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id loft-sh.vcluster -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: loft-sh.vcluster from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:vcluster
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/vcluster>
- **Version:** 0.34.2
- **Source summary:** Creates fully functional virtual k8s cluster inside host k8s cluster's namespace
- **Homepage:** <https://www.vcluster.com>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/loft-sh/vcluster>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://www.vcluster.com/docs>
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/loft-sh/vcluster.git>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-08T19:29:51Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- vcluster (cli)
- vcluster (alias)

## Dependencies

- helm
- kubernetes-cli

## 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: 0.34.2
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-08
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/loft-sh/vcluster
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## セキュリティノート

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:** vcluster
- **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 - vcluster: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/vc/vcluster/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - main/vcluster: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/vcluster.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - loft-sh.vcluster: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: loft-sh.vcluster from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


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## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph