# Install doctl with Homebrew, apk, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget Command-line tool for DigitalOcean. Version 1.163.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-25. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:doctl ``` ## Agent safety answer doctl controls DigitalOcean resources from local credentials. - **Credential access:** Reads DigitalOcean tokens, kubeconfig, and environment credentials. - **Remote mutation:** Can create, delete, and modify droplets, clusters, registries, and apps. - **Publish/artifact risk:** Can deploy apps and push container registry artifacts. - **Recommended control:** Gate mutating doctl commands and credential access. - **Agent-use guidance:** Allow read-only listings; require approval for writes, deletes, deploys, and token changes. Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install doctl ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install doctl ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: www/doctl/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add doctl ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: doctl from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install doctl ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: doctl from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#doctl ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/do/doctl/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S doctl ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: doctl from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/doctl ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/doctl.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id DigitalOcean.Doctl -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: DigitalOcean.Doctl from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:doctl - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.163.0 - **Source summary:** Command-line tool for DigitalOcean - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-25T12:48:13Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - doctl (cli) - doctl (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: 1.163.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-25 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/digitalocean/doctl - Upstream latest detected: v1.163.0 (current) ## Project history and usage doctl is DigitalOcean's official command-line interface for the DigitalOcean API. It is the package-manager-facing form of DigitalOcean cloud automation: a Go binary that exposes account, compute, database, Kubernetes, registry, app, VPC, and billing workflows from a terminal. ### Project history DigitalOcean created the public GitHub repository in May 2015. The README identifies doctl as a CLI for the DigitalOcean API and lists a broad command tree covering both early compute primitives and later platform services such as Kubernetes, Apps, databases, monitoring, registries, and VPCs. ### Adoption history doctl has broad package-manager adoption. The official README documents Homebrew on macOS, Snap on supported Linux systems, Arch Linux, Fedora, Nix, Docker Hub images, GitHub release downloads, and source builds. Homebrew analytics show tens of thousands of annual installs, which is high for a provider-specific cloud CLI. ### How it is used Users authenticate with `doctl auth init`, which stores API tokens and defaults in a YAML config file. The CLI is used both interactively and in scripts, often with JSON output, shell completion, multiple authentication contexts, and resource commands such as droplet listing, domain record creation, registry login, and Kubernetes configuration. ### Why package nerds care doctl matters to package nerds because it is a well-maintained example of the cloud-provider CLI pattern: a single static Go program, packaged across Homebrew, Linux distros, Snap, Windows managers, Docker images, and GitHub releases, with API authentication and shell ergonomics as first-class concerns. ### Timeline - 2015: Public GitHub repository created. - 2010s: README documents install routes across Homebrew, Snap, distro packages, Docker Hub, and GitHub releases. - 2026-06: v1.163.0 published with release assets for macOS, Linux, Windows, checksums, and source. ### Related projects - doctl is tied to the DigitalOcean API and Control Panel. Its README also documents integration points with kubectl, Docker registry credentials, shell completion, and Docker Hub images. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for doctl. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## 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 - macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/doctl/config.yaml - Unix: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/doctl/config.yaml, ~/.config/doctl/config.yaml ## Credential files - macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/doctl/config.yaml - Unix: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/doctl/config.yaml, ~/.config/doctl/config.yaml ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** doctl - **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 - doctl: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/do/doctl/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk - doctl - 1.160.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: doctl from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Official command line interface for the DigitalOcean API | https://github.com/digitalocean/doctl - apk - doctl-bash-completion - 1.160.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: doctl-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Bash completions for doctl | https://github.com/digitalocean/doctl - apk - doctl-fish-completion - 1.160.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: doctl-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fish completions for doctl | https://github.com/digitalocean/doctl - apk - doctl-zsh-completion - 1.160.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: doctl-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Zsh completions for doctl | https://github.com/digitalocean/doctl - dnf - doctl - 1.160.1-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: doctl from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | The official command line interface for the DigitalOcean API | https://github.com/digitalocean/doctl - pacman - doctl - 1.159.0-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: doctl from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | The official command line interface for the DigitalOcean API | https://github.com/digitalocean/doctl - MacPorts - doctl: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: www/doctl/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - main/doctl: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/doctl.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget - DigitalOcean.Doctl: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: DigitalOcean.Doctl 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. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Documentation packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/documentation-tools/) - Matched documentation, manual, or publishing metadata. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [hcloud](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hcloud/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: api-client, cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure. - [osc-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/osc-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: api-client, cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure. - [triton](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/triton/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, cloud-management. - [ucloud](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ucloud/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: api-client, cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure, cloud-management. - [aiven-client](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aiven-client/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure. - [aliyun-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aliyun-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure. - [azion](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/azion/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure. - [cloudmonkey](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cloudmonkey/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/doctl.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/doctl.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 - curated agent safety answer