# Install crossplane with Homebrew, apk, Nix, winget, zypper Build control planes without needing to write code. Version 2.4.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-24. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:crossplane ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install crossplane ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add crossplane ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: crossplane from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#crossplane ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: crossplane from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install crossplane-cli ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: crossplane-cli from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id Crossplane.CrossplaneCli -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: Crossplane.CrossplaneCli from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:crossplane - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.4.0 - **Source summary:** Build control planes without needing to write code - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-24T22:00:51Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - crossplane (cli) - crossplane (alias) ## 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: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 2.4.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-24 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/crossplane/cli - Upstream latest detected: v2.4.0 (current) ## Project history and usage The Homebrew `crossplane` formula packages the Crossplane CLI, the command-line companion to the Crossplane cloud-native control plane framework. The CLI is used for Crossplane development and administration rather than as the Crossplane controller itself. ### Project history Crossplane was created by Upbound as an open source framework for building Kubernetes-style control planes. CNCF records Crossplane's project path as accepted on June 25, 2020, moved to Incubating on September 14, 2021, and Graduated on October 28, 2025. The standalone Crossplane CLI repository describes the tool as a single binary for macOS, Linux, and Windows. Its v2-era command set focuses on platform and package work: building, installing, updating, and pushing packages; building projects; rendering and testing composition functions; and troubleshooting Crossplane resources. ### Adoption history Crossplane's own adopters file lists organizations using it for internal developer platforms, cloud management, and infrastructure provisioning, including Upbound, Renault, SAP, NASA Science Cloud, Nike, Elastic, and many others. That public adopter list made Crossplane important to package managers because the CLI became a local workstation tool for a production Kubernetes control-plane ecosystem. ### How it is used The CLI is installed on a user's computer and most commands are independent of direct access to a Crossplane pod. Some commands still depend on local platform tools, such as a Docker-compatible container runtime for rendering composition functions and building projects. In package-manager terms, the CLI turns Crossplane from only a cluster-side controller into a local developer tool: users can install it with Homebrew, Winget, Nix, APK, or distribution packages and use it in CI or workstation workflows around Crossplane packages. ### Why package nerds care Crossplane is significant because it brings cloud infrastructure management into Kubernetes APIs and package-like control-plane components. The CLI's packaging matters for repeatable platform engineering workflows, especially where teams build and distribute Crossplane packages rather than only applying YAML to a cluster. ### Timeline - 2020: Crossplane accepted to CNCF - 2021: Crossplane moved to CNCF Incubating - 2025: Crossplane moved to CNCF Graduated - 2026: Crossplane CLI v2.4.0 release ### Related projects - The CLI is part of the Crossplane ecosystem alongside the crossplane/crossplane core project, Crossplane Packages, Composition Functions, Kubernetes, and the CNCF project infrastructure. ### Sources - - - - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## 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: ~/.kube/config ## Credential files - Unix: ~/.kube/config ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** crossplane - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - crossplane: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: crossplane from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix - apk - crossplane - 0.5.8-r4: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: crossplane from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Quick and reliable way to convert NGINX configurations into JSON and back. | https://github.com/nginxinc/crossplane/ - apk - crossplane-pyc - 0.5.8-r4: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: crossplane-pyc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Precompiled Python bytecode for crossplane | https://github.com/nginxinc/crossplane/ - zypper - crossplane-cli - 2.3.1-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: crossplane-cli from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | The Cloud Native Control Plane | https://github.com/crossplane/cli - winget - Crossplane.CrossplaneCli: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: Crossplane.CrossplaneCli from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Related links - [Cloud CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/cloud-clis/) - Belongs to a cloud or infrastructure command family. - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [devspace](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/devspace/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, cloud-native, kubernetes. - [epinio](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/epinio/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, cloud-native, kubernetes. - [glasskube](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/glasskube/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, cloud-native, kubernetes. - [kyma-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kyma-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, cloud-native, kubernetes. - [mesheryctl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mesheryctl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, cloud-native, kubernetes. - [volcano-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/volcano-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, cloud-native, kubernetes. - [cdk8s](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cdk8s/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, kubernetes. - [chaoskube](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/chaoskube/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, kubernetes. - [helmsman](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/helmsman/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure, code, infrastructure. - [kubecfg](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kubecfg/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure, code, infrastructure. - [talm](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/talm/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure, code, infrastructure. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/crossplane.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/crossplane.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 - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph