install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install egctl

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Debian aptverified · 92%

sudo apt install egctl

Debian stable package indexes · egctl · source: deb.debian.org

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#egctl

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

overview

Package summary

Command-line utility for operating Envoy Gateway

Project links

Commands and aliases

egctl

history

Project history and usage

egctl is the command-line utility shipped with Envoy Gateway, the Envoy project for managing Envoy Proxy as a standalone or Kubernetes application gateway. Its history is therefore tied to Envoy Gateway's rise around Kubernetes Gateway API rather than to an independent CLI lineage.

Project history

Envoy Gateway was introduced as an open source project for dynamically provisioning and configuring Envoy Proxy from Gateway API resources. The egctl binary became part of the release artifacts for operators who need a packaged command-line surface alongside the controller and Kubernetes manifests.

The earliest public Envoy Gateway release on GitHub was v0.1.0 in May 2022. Releases quickly added prebuilt egctl archives for common operating systems, making the CLI easy for Homebrew and other package managers to distribute separately from the full Kubernetes install manifests.

Adoption history

egctl adoption follows Envoy Gateway adoption in cloud-native shops experimenting with or standardizing on Kubernetes Gateway API. The input package metadata lists Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, and Nix, which fits a tool used by platform engineers across laptops, CI images, and operations hosts.

How it is used

egctl is used for operating and inspecting Envoy Gateway deployments, complementing kubectl and the Gateway API objects that actually drive configuration. It is a package-manager-friendly way to put Envoy Gateway diagnostics and operator commands on a workstation without installing the whole project from source.

Why package nerds care

For package nerds, egctl is a neat example of a sub-binary packaged out of a larger cloud-native controller repository. Its release assets sit next to CRDs and install manifests, so packaging it is about extracting the useful operator CLI from a broader Kubernetes release train.

Timeline

2022-05-13: Envoy Gateway v0.1.0 prerelease appears.
2022-10-20: Envoy Gateway v0.2.0 is published as a non-prerelease.
2023-11-02: v0.6.0 shows the project maturing through 2023.
2026-06-05: v1.8.1 release includes egctl archives for Linux, macOS, and Windows.

Related projects

Envoy Proxy is the data-plane proxy managed by Envoy Gateway.
Kubernetes Gateway API provides the resource model that Envoy Gateway watches and implements.
kubectl remains the general Kubernetes CLI that egctl complements for Envoy Gateway-specific operations.

Sources

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for egctl. 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.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`egctl`	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 generated2026-07-10

manager version1.8.2

manager updated2026-07-01

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv1.8.2

https://github.com/envoyproxy/gateway

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:egctl
Version	1.8.2
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/egctl
Homepage	https://gateway.envoyproxy.io/
Repository	https://github.com/envoyproxy/gateway
Upstream docs	https://gateway.envoyproxy.io/docs
License	Apache-2.0
Source archive	https://github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/archive/refs/tags/v1.8.2.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-07-01T10:18:29Z
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	egctl
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	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.

Debian apt95%

egctl 1:0.1-1.1

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https://github.com/unterwulf/egctl

sudo apt install egctl

Section: misc
Architecture: amd64
1 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Egctl

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: egctl from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Nix95%

egctl

nix profile install nixpkgs#egctl

normalized package name match
Matched by: Egctl

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/eg/egctl/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Ubuntu apt95%

egctl 1:0.1-1.1

control state of EnerGenie Programmable surge protector

https://github.com/unterwulf/egctl

sudo apt install egctl

Section: universe/misc
Architecture: amd64
1 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Egctl

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: egctl from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

package graph

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

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.

combined/egctl.yml

Used sources

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

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