# Install ktop with Homebrew, Nix, zypper Top-like tool for your Kubernetes clusters. Version 0.5.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-15. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:ktop ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install ktop ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#ktop ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/kt/ktop/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install ktop ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: ktop from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:ktop - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.5.3 - **Source summary:** Top-like tool for your Kubernetes clusters - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-15T10:20:19-04:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - ktop (cli) - ktop (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: 0.5.3 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-15 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/vladimirvivien/ktop - Upstream latest detected: v0.5.3 (current) ## Project history and usage ktop is a terminal dashboard for Kubernetes clusters, explicitly modeled after Unix top-style tools. It continuously displays node, pod, and container metrics and lets users drill from cluster overview into workload details and logs. ### Project history The GitHub repository was created on 2016-12-29. The project documentation describes ktop as a local, single-binary tool that connects through the Kubernetes API using the same kubeconfig credentials that kubectl uses. The project evolved around a specific gap in the Kubernetes CLI experience: `kubectl top` gives a snapshot, while ktop keeps an interactive terminal display open and supports hierarchical navigation through nodes, pods, containers, and logs. ### Adoption history ktop is distributed through Kubernetes-native and general package-manager channels: the documentation lists installation as a kubectl plugin through krew, through Homebrew, through `go install`, through Docker, and through GitHub release binaries. Its adoption path is tied to operators and developers who want live cluster inspection without installing agents or server-side components. ### How it is used ktop uses `$KUBECONFIG` or `~/.kube/config`, supports context and namespace selection, and can use Prometheus scraping, Kubernetes Metrics Server, or a no-metrics fallback that shows resource requests and limits. ### Why package nerds care ktop is package-nerd notable as a Kubernetes-era reinterpretation of a classic Unix admin interface. It also shows how kubectl plugins, Go single binaries, Homebrew formulae, and container images can all distribute the same cluster-ops tool. ### Timeline - 2016-12-29: vladimirvivien/ktop repository created on GitHub. - 2026-06-24: GitHub repository metadata recorded ongoing updates to the project. - 2026: Project documentation described krew, Homebrew, Docker, Go install, and binary-release installation paths. ### Related projects - ktop is related to kubectl top, the krew plugin manager, Kubernetes Metrics Server, Prometheus, cAdvisor/kubelet metrics endpoints, and other terminal cluster dashboards. ### 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. ## Credential files - Unix: $KUBECONFIG, ~/.kube/config ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** ktop - **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 - ktop: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/kt/ktop/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper - ktop - 0.5.3-1.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: ktop from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | A top-like tool for your Kubernetes clusters | https://github.com/vladimirvivien/ktop ## Related links - [Cloud CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/cloud-clis/) - Belongs to a cloud or infrastructure 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. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [kubesess](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kubesess/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, kubectl-plugin, kubernetes. - [kubetui](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kubetui/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, kubernetes, monitoring. - [prometheus](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/prometheus/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, metrics, monitoring. - [thanos](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/thanos/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, metrics, monitoring. - [cdk8s](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cdk8s/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, kubernetes. - [chaoskube](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/chaoskube/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, kubernetes. - [click](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/click/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, kubernetes. - [cloud-provider-kind](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cloud-provider-kind/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, kubernetes. - [k8sgpt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/k8sgpt/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure, clusters, infrastructure. - [k9s](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/k9s/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure, clusters, infrastructure. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/ktop.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/ktop.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