macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install cranelocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew
Install crane with Homebrew, apk, pacman, zypper
Tool for interacting with remote images and registries. Version 0.21.7 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-18.
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Additional install commands
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add craneAlpine Linux edge package indexes · crane · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S craneArch Linux sync databases · crane · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install craneopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · crane · source: download.opensuse.org
overview
Package summary
Tool for interacting with remote images and registries
Project links
Commands and aliases
- crane
history
Project history and usage
crane is the command-line front end in Google's go-containerregistry project for working with remote container images and registries. It sits beside the Go library APIs and exposes common registry operations as shell commands.
Project history
The go-containerregistry repository was created in 2018 as a Go library and set of CLIs for container registry work. Its README describes the library as largely based on Google's earlier Python containerregistry library and explains that crane, gcrane, and krane are tools built on top of the shared registry primitives.
The crane README documents direct binary releases, Go installation, Homebrew, Arch Linux, GitHub Actions setup, and a container image form of the tool. The project published a v0.1.0 GitHub release in 2020 and was still publishing releases in 2026.
Adoption history
crane became common packaging material because it is useful without a Docker daemon: scripts can copy, tag, inspect, authenticate to, and move images directly against registries. Official installation instructions explicitly cover Homebrew, Arch Linux, release tarballs, Go install, and containerized usage.
How it is used
Package users reach for crane for registry automation: pulling and pushing images, copying between registries, tagging images in CI, listing tags, and authenticating to registries. The go-containerregistry README maps examples such as crane pull, crane push, and crane cp to library-level remote and tarball operations.
Why package nerds care
For package maintainers, crane is a small, single-purpose registry CLI with signed release artifacts and documented SLSA provenance verification. That makes it attractive in build pipelines where installing a full container engine would be unnecessary overhead.
Timeline
- 2018: google/go-containerregistry repository created.
- 2020: v0.1.0 release published.
- 2026: v0.21.7 release published.
Related projects
- go-containerregistry also includes gcrane, a GCR-oriented variant, and krane, a Kubernetes-workload-identity-aware drop-in replacement. The README notes that ko originally lived in the repository before moving to its own project.
Sources
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for crane. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
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.
Credential files
Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.
- Unix
~/.docker/config.json${DOCKER_CONFIG}/config.json${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/containers/auth.json- Windows
%USERPROFILE%\.docker\config.json
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
crane | 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 version0.21.7
manager updated2026-06-18
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.21.7
https://github.com/google/go-containerregistry
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:crane |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.21.7 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/crane |
| Homepage | https://github.com/google/go-containerregistry |
| Repository | https://github.com/google/go-containerregistry |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/google/go-containerregistry/blob/main/cmd/crane/recipes.md |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Source archive | https://github.com/google/go-containerregistry/archive/refs/tags/v0.21.7.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-06-18T00:54:03Z |
| 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 | crane |
| 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 |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
apk95%
crane 0.21.6-r0
tool for interacting with remote images and registries
https://github.com/google/go-containerregistry/tree/main/cmd/crane
sudo apk add crane- License: Apache-2.0
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: crane
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Crane
pacman95%
crane 0.21.6-1
Interacting with remote container images and registries.
https://github.com/google/go-containerregistry
sudo pacman -S crane- License: Apache-2.0
- Architecture: x86_64
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Crane
zypper95%
crane 0.21.3-1.2
CLI tool for interacting with remote images and registries
https://github.com/google/go-containerregistry
sudo zypper install crane- License: Apache-2.0
- Category: System/Management
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: go-containerregistry
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Crane
source trail
Generated from repository data
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.
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