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Install kind with Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, scoop, winget, zypper

Run local Kubernetes cluster in Docker. Version 0.32.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-02.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install kind

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install kind

MacPorts ports tree · sysutils/kind/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add kind

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · kind · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install kind

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

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install kind

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · kind · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#kind

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

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install kind

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · kind · source: download.opensuse.org

Windows

Chocolateyverified · 92%
choco install kind

Chocolatey community package catalog · kind · source: community.chocolatey.org

Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install main/kind

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

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id Kubernetes.kind -e

Windows Package Manager source index · Kubernetes.kind · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Run local Kubernetes cluster in Docker

Commands and aliases

  • kind

history

Project history and usage

kind, short for Kubernetes IN Docker, is a Kubernetes SIGs tool for running local Kubernetes clusters where each node is a Docker container. It was designed primarily for testing Kubernetes itself, but it also became a standard local-development and CI tool.

Project history

The kind design documents describe a suite of Go packages, a command-line interface, and node/base images for running local Kubernetes clusters cheaply and reproducibly. The initial design targeted Kubernetes testing, integration with kubetest, and clusters that could be replicated by any developer without cloud infrastructure.

kind's implementation model is intentionally Kubernetes-native: node containers run the Kubernetes components, and clusters are bootstrapped with kubeadm. The public docs emphasize multi-node and high-availability clusters, building Kubernetes release builds from source, support for Linux, macOS, and Windows, and conformance certification.

Adoption history

kind became one of the default tools for Kubernetes contributors, CI jobs, controller developers, and local cluster users who need fast disposable clusters. Its value is especially clear for tests that need real Kubernetes APIs without provisioning a managed cluster.

The package-manager metadata in this batch lists kind across Homebrew, Chocolatey, Debian, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, Scoop, winget, Alpine, and openSUSE. That broad packaging spread reflects kind's role as a cross-platform Kubernetes developer utility.

How it is used

The common workflow is to install the kind binary, run kind create cluster, test against the generated kubeconfig, and delete the cluster afterward. More advanced users provide config.yaml files for multi-node clusters, port mappings, custom node images, local registries, and CI-specific settings.

kind is also used to build and test Kubernetes node images. Its release notes publish node-image digests and warn users to pin images by digest for reproducibility.

Why package nerds care

kind is package-nerd significant because it compressed an entire Kubernetes test cluster into a small CLI plus container images. That made Kubernetes integration tests scriptable on laptops and CI runners without a VM manager or cloud account.

It also sits at an interesting packaging boundary: the CLI is just one binary, but useful operation depends on Docker, podman, or nerdctl, kubeadm behavior, Kubernetes image versions, containerd changes, and pinned node-image digests.

Timeline

  • Design: The initial kind design defined Kubernetes-in-Docker clusters as Docker-container nodes for local Kubernetes testing.
  • 2020: Public interest and adoption grew as local Kubernetes-in-Docker workflows became common for development and CI.
  • 2026: kind v0.32.0 release notes described Kubernetes 1.36.1 defaults, kubeadm v1beta4 support, containerd config v4 support, and Envoy replacing HAProxy for multi-control-plane load balancing.

Related projects

  • Kubernetes is the upstream system kind runs and tests.
  • kubeadm is the bootstrap tool kind uses inside node images.
  • Docker, podman, and nerdctl are supported container runtimes for local nodes.
  • kubetest is named in the design and README as an integration target.

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:kubernetes,cluster

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.

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
config.yaml

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
kindcliglobal 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 version0.32.0
manager updated2026-06-02
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.32.0

https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:kind
Version0.32.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/kind
Homepagehttps://kind.sigs.k8s.io/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind
Upstream docshttps://kind.sigs.k8s.io/docs
LicenseApache-2.0
Source archivehttps://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/archive/refs/tags/v0.32.0.tar.gz
Last updated2026-06-02T20:02:28Z
Pulseupdated
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 Namekind
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.

Debian apt95%

kind 0.27.0-1+b2

Kubernetes IN Docker - local clusters for testing Kubernetes (program)

https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind

sudo apt install kind
  • Section: devel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: kind
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Kind
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: kind from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

kind

nix profile install nixpkgs#kind
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Kind
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ki/kind/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
apk95%

kind 0.31.0-r4

Kubernetes IN Docker - local clusters for testing Kubernetes

https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/

sudo apk add kind
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: kind
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Kind
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: kind from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

kind-bash-completion 0.31.0-r4

Bash completions for kind

https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/

sudo apk add kind-bash-completion
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: kind
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Kind
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: kind-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

kind-fish-completion 0.31.0-r4

Fish completions for kind

https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/

sudo apk add kind-fish-completion
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: kind
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Kind
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: kind-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

kind-zsh-completion 0.31.0-r4

Zsh completions for kind

https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/

sudo apk add kind-zsh-completion
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: kind
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Kind
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: kind-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
dnf95%

kind 0.31.0-2.fc44

Kubernetes IN Docker

https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind

sudo dnf install kind
  • License: Apache-2.0 AND BSD-2-Clause AND BSD-3-Clause AND CC-BY-4.0 AND MIT
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: kind
  • 3 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Kind
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: kind from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

kind 0.32.0-1.1

Kubernetes IN Docker - local clusters for testing Kubernetes

https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/

sudo zypper install kind
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: kind
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Kind
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: kind from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

kind-bash-completion 0.32.0-1.1

Bash Completion for kind

https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/

sudo zypper install kind-bash-completion
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Category: System/Shells
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: kind
  • 2 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Kind
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: kind-bash-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

kind-fish-completion 0.32.0-1.1

Fish Completion for kind

https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/

sudo zypper install kind-fish-completion
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Category: System/Shells
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: kind
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Kind
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: kind-fish-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

kind-zsh-completion 0.32.0-1.1

Zsh Completion for kind

https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/

sudo zypper install kind-zsh-completion
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Category: System/Shells
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: kind
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Kind
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: kind-zsh-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
MacPorts95%

kind

sudo port install kind
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Kind
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/kind/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Chocolatey95%

kind

choco install kind
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Kind
Chocolatey community package catalog · community.chocolatey.org · Chocolatey community package catalog: kind from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','kb5001567'
Scoop95%

main/kind

scoop install main/kind
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Kind
Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/kind.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
winget95%

Kubernetes.kind

winget install --id Kubernetes.kind -e
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Kind
Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: Kubernetes.kind from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

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