# Install cdk8s with Homebrew Define k8s native apps and abstractions using object-oriented programming. Version 2.207.37 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-07. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:cdk8s ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install cdk8s ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:cdk8s - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.207.37 - **Source summary:** Define k8s native apps and abstractions using object-oriented programming - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-07T09:38:42Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - cdk8s (cli) - cdk8s (alias) ## Dependencies - node ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 2.207.37 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-07 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://cdk8s.io/ - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage cdk8s is the Cloud Development Kit for Kubernetes, a framework and CLI for defining Kubernetes manifests in general-purpose programming languages and synthesizing them to YAML. ### Project history AWS introduced cdk8s publicly in 2020 as a Kubernetes-focused member of the broader CDK family. The official documentation presents it around apps, charts, constructs, and imports, mirroring the construct model familiar from AWS CDK while targeting Kubernetes manifests. The Homebrew package installs the cdk8s CLI, whose official GitHub repository is cdk8s-team/cdk8s-cli. The documentation site links to the broader cdk8s-team/cdk8s project for framework documentation and source. ### Adoption history cdk8s grew in the infrastructure-as-code community as a code-first alternative to hand-written Kubernetes YAML, Helm templates, and Kustomize overlays. Its official docs support TypeScript, Python, Java, and Go language guides, reflecting adoption by teams that prefer typed languages and reusable constructs. The project later became associated with the Cloud Native Computing Foundation ecosystem as a CNCF Sandbox project, giving it a recognizable place among Kubernetes tooling rather than as only an AWS-authored experiment. ### How it is used Typical use starts with cdk8s init, a project-level cdk8s.yaml file, and app code that defines charts and constructs. The CLI synthesizes manifests for review or deployment through other Kubernetes workflows. ### Why package nerds care For package people, cdk8s matters because it packages a Node-based CLI for a polyglot framework: the formula is the command-line entry point, while generated bindings and constructs connect npm, PyPI, Maven, Go modules, and Kubernetes release churn. ### Timeline - 2020: AWS publicly introduces cdk8s for Kubernetes manifests. - 2021: cdk8s-cli repository created under the cdk8s-team organization. - 2020s: Documentation grows around multiple programming languages and Kubernetes construct workflows. ### Related projects - cdk8s is part of the CDK family of infrastructure tools and is conceptually related to AWS CDK and CDK for Terraform, while competing or coexisting with Helm, Kustomize, and handwritten Kubernetes YAML. ### Sources - - - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for cdk8s. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## 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: ./cdk8s.yaml ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** cdk8s - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Related links - [Cloud CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/cloud-clis/) - Belongs to a cloud or infrastructure command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider. - [node](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/node/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [ktmpl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ktmpl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, kubernetes, manifests. - [kubecfg](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kubecfg/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code, kubernetes. - [talm](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/talm/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code, kubernetes. - [yoke](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/yoke/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code, kubernetes. - [aiac](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aiac/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code. - [cdktf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cdktf/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code. - [chaoskube](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/chaoskube/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, kubernetes. - [click](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/click/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, kubernetes. - [otterdog](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/otterdog/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure, code, infrastructure. - [org-formation](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/org-formation/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure, code, infrastructure. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/cdk8s.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/cdk8s.yml) ## Sources - 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 - cross-ecosystem install command graph