install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install glasskube

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install glasskube

MacPorts ports tree · devel/glasskube/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#glasskube

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

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%

sudo zypper install glasskube-cli

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · glasskube-cli · source: download.opensuse.org

overview

Package summary

Missing Package Manager for Kubernetes

Project links

Commands and aliases

glasskube

history

Project history and usage

Glasskube is an open-source Kubernetes package manager that presents Kubernetes applications as dependency-aware packages managed through a CLI, a local web UI, and GitOps-friendly custom resources. Its project pitch frames it as a simpler package-management layer inspired by Homebrew and npm.

Project history

The project appeared publicly in early 2024 with alpha releases and a README explaining that its authors had spent years in the Kubernetes ecosystem struggling with package management, configuration, and distribution. Glasskube's design responds to those problems with typed package configuration, dependencies, update previews, repositories, and package custom resources.

Adoption history

Glasskube entered a crowded Kubernetes packaging space around Helm, Kustomize, operators, Artifact Hub, and GitOps tools. Its adoption story is early but visible through its GitHub releases, documentation, Homebrew installation path, CNCF Landscape badge, package repository, and supported package examples such as cert-manager, ingress-nginx, kube-prometheus, Kubernetes Dashboard, and CloudNativePG.

How it is used

Practitioners install the CLI, point it at a kubeconfig, bootstrap the in-cluster components, start the local package-manager UI with glasskube serve, and then install, update, configure, describe, open, suspend, resume, or uninstall Kubernetes packages. Noninteractive users manage package repositories and values through CLI flags, while GitOps users work with the package custom resources.

Why package nerds care

For package nerds, Glasskube is interesting because it imports expectations from OS package managers into Kubernetes: a central package repository, dependency handling, typed configuration, package status, and update workflows. Its Homebrew formula is mainly the entry point to a cluster-side package manager rather than the package manager's whole state.

Timeline

2024: Alpha releases begin in the GitHub release stream.
2024: The README positions Glasskube as a Kubernetes package manager inspired by Homebrew and npm.
2024: Changelog entries show package-operator, UI, GitOps, and repository workflow development.

Related projects

Kubernetes, Helm, Kustomize, Renovate, Artifact Hub, cert-manager, ingress-nginx, kube-prometheus, CloudNativePG.

Sources

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:package manager,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 2 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: ~/.kube/config

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: ~/.kube/config

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`glasskube`	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 generated2026-07-08

manager version0.26.1

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv0.26.1

https://github.com/glasskube/glasskube

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:glasskube
Version	0.26.1
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/glasskube
Homepage	https://glasskube.dev/products/package-manager/docs/
Repository	https://github.com/glasskube/glasskube
Upstream docs	https://glasskube.dev/products/package-manager/docs
License	Apache-2.0
Source archive	https://github.com/glasskube/glasskube/archive/refs/tags/v0.26.1.tar.gz
Build dependencies	go, node
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	glasskube
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.

Nix95%

glasskube

nix profile install nixpkgs#glasskube

normalized package name match
Matched by: Glasskube

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

zypper95%

glasskube-cli 0.26.1-1.5

The next generation Package Manager for Kubernetes

https://github.com/glasskube/glasskube

sudo zypper install glasskube-cli

License: Apache-2.0
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: glasskube-cli
1 dependencies
2 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Glasskube

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: glasskube-cli from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

MacPorts95%

glasskube

sudo port install glasskube

normalized package name match
Matched by: Glasskube

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: devel/glasskube/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/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.

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/glasskube.yml

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

Install glasskube with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, zypper