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Install cyphernetes with Homebrew

Kubernetes Query Language. Version 0.18.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

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Additional install commands

macOS

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brew install cyphernetes

local Homebrew formula metadata

overview

Package summary

Kubernetes Query Language

Commands and aliases

  • cyphernetes

history

Project history and usage

Cyphernetes is a Kubernetes query tool that applies a Cypher-inspired graph language to Kubernetes resources. It packages Kubernetes inspection and mutation workflows as shell, one-shot CLI, web UI, kubectl plugin, Go API, and operator entry points.

Project history

The GitHub repository was created in November 2023. Its README describes Cyphernetes as a Cypher-inspired query language for Kubernetes, mixing ASCII-art, SQL, and JSONPath ideas so users can express Kubernetes graph operations more directly than with long kubectl pipelines.

The repository is organized as a monorepo containing the core parser and engine, the cyphernetes CLI, a web client, docs, and an operator. That layout explains why the Homebrew package is a CLI but the project is broader than a single command.

Adoption history

Official README installation instructions include Homebrew, go install, and release binaries, and the acknowledgments thank contributors for getting the project into Homebrew. That is a small but concrete signal that the project intentionally targeted package-manager distribution.

How it is used

Users run cyphernetes web for a local web client, cyphernetes shell for an interactive shell, cyphernetes query for one-off scripts and CI/CD, kubectl cypher as a plugin, or the operator for dynamic Kubernetes workflows. Queries can match Kubernetes resources, filter them by status fields, return projections, or create related resources such as Services from Deployments.

Why package nerds care

Cyphernetes is package-nerd-interesting because it turns a familiar database query-language style into a Kubernetes CLI. It belongs to the family of kubectl-adjacent tools that trade verbose shell pipelines for a domain language and then ship as one installable binary.

Timeline

  • 2023: AvitalTamir/cyphernetes repository created on GitHub.
  • 2024: Early v0.1 through v0.6 tags appear in the repository tag history.
  • 2025: v0.18.x releases published and Homebrew installation documented in the official README.

Related projects

  • Neo4j Cypher is the named inspiration for the query language.
  • kubectl is the operational baseline Cyphernetes often replaces or complements.
  • The Cyphernetes operator extends the query language into Kubernetes workflow automation.

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

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.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
cyphernetescliglobal 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 version0.18.2
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.18.2

https://github.com/AvitalTamir/cyphernetes

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:cyphernetes
Version0.18.2
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/cyphernetes
Homepagehttps://cyphernet.es
Repositoryhttps://github.com/AvitalTamir/cyphernetes
Upstream docshttps://cyphernet.es/docs
LicenseApache-2.0
Source archivehttps://github.com/AvitalTamir/cyphernetes/archive/refs/tags/v0.18.2.tar.gz
Build dependenciesgo
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 Namecyphernetes
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

package graph

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

Related tools

  • goBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

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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.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment