# Install glasskube with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, zypper Missing Package Manager for Kubernetes. Version 0.26.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:glasskube ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install glasskube ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install glasskube ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/glasskube/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#glasskube ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gl/glasskube/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install glasskube-cli ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: glasskube-cli from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:glasskube - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.26.1 - **Source summary:** Missing Package Manager for Kubernetes - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - glasskube (cli) - glasskube (alias) ## Build dependencies - go - node ## 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: 0.26.1 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/glasskube/glasskube - Upstream latest detected: v0.26.1 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## 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 Notes infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal. - **Geiger risk:** orange / medium - infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal ## 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 - Unix: ~/.kube/config ## Credential files - Unix: ~/.kube/config ## 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:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - glasskube: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gl/glasskube/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper - glasskube-cli - 0.26.1-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: glasskube-cli from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | The next generation Package Manager for Kubernetes | https://github.com/glasskube/glasskube - MacPorts - glasskube: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/glasskube/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Cloud CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/cloud-clis/) - Belongs to a cloud or infrastructure command family. - [Package publisher tools](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/package-publishers/) - Belongs to a package publishing or registry command family. - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [node](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/node/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [helm](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/helm/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, kubernetes, package-management, package-manager. - [yoke](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/yoke/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, kubernetes, package-management. - [cozyhr](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cozyhr/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, gitops, kubernetes. - [crossplane](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/crossplane/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, cloud-native, kubernetes. - [devspace](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/devspace/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, cloud-native, kubernetes. - [epinio](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/epinio/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, cloud-native, kubernetes. - [fleet-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fleet-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, gitops, kubernetes. - [kyma-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kyma-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, cloud-native, kubernetes. - [mesheryctl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mesheryctl/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure, cloud-native, infrastructure. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/glasskube.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/glasskube.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