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brew install chaoskube

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overview

Package summary

Periodically kills random pods in your Kubernetes cluster

Project links

Commands and aliases

chaoskube

history

Project history and usage

chaoskube is a Kubernetes chaos-engineering tool that periodically terminates random pods so teams can test how workloads behave under pod failure.

Project history

The linki/chaoskube repository was created in 2016. Its README frames the tool around a narrow chaos-engineering job: connect to a Kubernetes cluster, select eligible pods, and terminate one at intervals, with dry-run mode enabled by default.

Adoption history

Distribution centered on Kubernetes-native deployment as well as package-manager installs. The README documents Helm installation through a chaoskube chart and raw Kubernetes manifests, while the supplied facts show Homebrew formula distribution.

How it is used

Users run chaoskube locally against their current kubeconfig or deploy it inside a cluster. The README documents filters for namespaces, labels, annotations, owner kinds, pod names, minimum age, quiet times, dry-run mode, metrics, Slack notification, and interval controls.

Why package nerds care

chaoskube is package-nerd interesting because it packages a chaos-monkey pattern into one Go binary plus Kubernetes deployment artifacts: a small CLI that also behaves like a cluster workload and is installable through Homebrew and Helm.

Timeline

2016: Public GitHub repository created for linki/chaoskube.
2016: Early v0.1.0 tag established the chaoskube release line.
2018: README examples show v0.21.0-era usage against Kubernetes 1.10 clusters.
2026: Repository metadata shows continued maintenance, with v0.39.0 among recent tags.

Related projects

The README compares chaoskube with kube-monkey, PowerfulSeal, fabric8 chaos monkey, k8aos, pod-reaper, kubernetes-pod-chaos-monkey, and KubeInvaders.
Kubernetes and Helm are central runtime/distribution dependencies for the project.

Sources

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:kubernetes,cluster

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 1 build 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: ~/.kube/config

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: ~/.kube/config

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`chaoskube`	cli	global 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 version0.39.0

manager updated2026-06-02

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv0.39.0

https://github.com/linki/chaoskube

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:chaoskube
Version	0.39.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/chaoskube
Homepage	https://github.com/linki/chaoskube
Repository	https://github.com/linki/chaoskube
Upstream docs	https://github.com/linki/chaoskube#readme
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/linki/chaoskube/archive/refs/tags/v0.39.0.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-06-02T15:39:47Z
Pulse	updated
Build dependencies	go
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	chaoskube
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

package graph

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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.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/chaoskube.yml

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
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

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