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Container Evolution Kit. Version 4.16.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

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install

Additional install commands

macOS

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brew install cekit

local Homebrew formula metadata

overview

Package summary

Container Evolution Kit

Commands and aliases

  • cekit
  • cekit-cache

history

Project history and usage

CEKit is a container image creation tool that builds container images from YAML image definitions, with an emphasis on modularity, reuse, and image testing.

Project history

The project documentation records an earlier migration from Concreate dotfiles to the CEKit layout, moving configuration into the ~/.cekit directory and ~/.cekit/config file. The public GitHub repository was created in 2017 and uses CEKit as the Container Evolution Kit name.

Adoption history

CEKit is aimed at build pipelines that need structured image descriptors rather than handwritten Dockerfiles. Its documentation includes Red Hat and OSBS-oriented features, and the package facts show distribution through Homebrew and Fedora/DNF.

How it is used

A typical CEKit project starts with an image.yaml image descriptor. Users can also keep global options in ~/.cekit/config or pass an alternate config file with --config.

Why package nerds care

For package maintainers, CEKit is interesting because it treats container image builds as descriptor-driven artifacts with reusable modules and multiple builder backends. That makes it closer to a packaging/build-system tool than a simple Docker wrapper.

Timeline

  • 2017: Public GitHub repository created for cekit/cekit.
  • 2.x docs: CEKit documented migration from Concreate dotfiles to ~/.cekit and ~/.cekit/config.
  • 4.x docs: CEKit documents image.yaml descriptors, ~/.cekit/config, and container image build/test workflows.

Related projects

  • Concreate is the predecessor configuration layout referenced by CEKit's migration notes.
  • Docker, Podman, Buildah, and OSBS are relevant builder or build-system integrations in the CEKit ecosystem.

security posture

Risk level: orange

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

Risk classifier

orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure

Why

  • infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal

Signals

  • text:container

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Installs with 2 runtime dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to 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
~/.cekit/configimage.yaml

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
cekitcliglobal executable
cekit-cachecliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version4.16.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://cekit.io

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
  • infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://cekit.ionone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:cekit
Version4.16.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/cekit
Homepagehttps://cekit.io
Repositoryhttps://github.com/cekit/cekit
Upstream docshttps://docs.cekit.io/
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/13/3c/099c13b239c38a09de0225cf7240bc216ff530bb7966bd76bda912552b85/cekit-4.16.0.tar.gz
Dependencieslibyaml, python@3.14
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

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

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

dnf95%

cekit 4.16.0-2.fc45

Container image creation tool

https://cekit.io

sudo dnf install cekit
  • License: MIT
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: cekit
  • 11 dependencies
  • 3 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cekit
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: cekit from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

cekit-bash-completion 4.16.0-2.fc45

Container image creation tool

https://cekit.io

sudo dnf install cekit-bash-completion
  • License: MIT
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: cekit
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cekit
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: cekit-bash-completion from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

cekit-zsh-completion 4.16.0-2.fc45

Container image creation tool

https://cekit.io

sudo dnf install cekit-zsh-completion
  • License: MIT
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: cekit
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cekit
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: cekit-zsh-completion from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

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source trail

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This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • 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