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Install devspace with Homebrew, Nix, scoop

CLI helps develop/deploy/debug apps with Docker and k8s. Version 6.3.21 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-05.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install devspace

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#devspace

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/de/devspace/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install main/devspace

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/devspace.json · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

CLI helps develop/deploy/debug apps with Docker and k8s

Commands and aliases

  • devspace

history

Project history and usage

DevSpace is a command-line tool for developing, deploying, and debugging applications with Docker and Kubernetes. Its package-manager identity is centered on a single local binary plus a project-level devspace.yaml file that teams commit with their source.

Project history

The official README says DevSpace was created by Loft Labs and is a Cloud Native Computing Foundation sandbox project. The documentation describes it as a client-only developer tool: it runs on the user's machine, talks to Kubernetes through the normal kube-context, and does not require a server-side DevSpace component.

DevSpace's configuration model grew around devspace.yaml. The current config reference says every project using DevSpace needs a devspace.yaml that defines how to build, deploy, debug, and develop the project.

Adoption history

DevSpace found a niche among Kubernetes development teams that wanted a repeatable local-to-cluster workflow without asking every developer to memorize kubectl, Helm, image build, port-forwarding, and file-sync commands. CNCF sandbox status gave the project a recognizable cloud-native governance home.

How it is used

The common loop is to initialize or maintain a devspace.yaml, select a Kubernetes context and namespace, and run devspace dev. The official docs describe devspace dev as executing a configured pipeline, deploying dependencies and manifests, starting a development container, syncing files, forwarding ports, and exposing a localhost UI.

Why package nerds care

DevSpace is interesting as a package because it packages a whole Kubernetes development workflow into one CLI. The formula is not merely a wrapper around kubectl; it is a portable workflow runner whose config travels with the repo and can standardize local, staging, and production-adjacent routines.

Timeline

  • Created by Loft Labs: DevSpace begins as a Kubernetes developer workflow tool.
  • CNCF sandbox: the official README identifies DevSpace as a Cloud Native Computing Foundation sandbox project.
  • 6.x docs: the current documentation centers the workflow on devspace.yaml and devspace dev.

Related projects

  • kubectl, Helm, Docker, and Kubernetes are adjacent tools in the workflow DevSpace automates.
  • Loft Labs is the original creator and related commercial/cloud-native ecosystem vendor.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
  • 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
devspace.yaml

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
devspacecliglobal 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 version6.3.21
manager updated2026-07-05
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv6.3.21

https://github.com/devspace-sh/devspace

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:devspace
Version6.3.21
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/devspace
Homepagehttps://devspace.sh/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/devspace-sh/devspace
Upstream docshttps://www.devspace.sh/docs/getting-started/development
LicenseApache-2.0
Source archivehttps://github.com/devspace-sh/devspace/archive/refs/tags/v6.3.21.tar.gz
Last updated2026-07-05T00:14:30+09:00
Pulseupdated
Dependencieskubernetes-cli
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 Namedevspace
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • 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.

Nix95%

devspace

nix profile install nixpkgs#devspace
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Devspace
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/de/devspace/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Scoop95%

main/devspace

scoop install main/devspace
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Devspace
Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/devspace.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

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

Related tools

  • kubernetes-cliRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • goBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

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  • helmShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, devops, kubernetes.
  • helmfileShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, devops, kubernetes.

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 configuration and credential file locations
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment