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Install kubecm with Homebrew, Nix

KubeConfig Manager. Version 0.35.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install kubecm

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#kubecm

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

overview

Package summary

KubeConfig Manager

Commands and aliases

  • kubecm

history

Project history and usage

KubeCM is a kubeconfig manager for Kubernetes users who work with multiple clusters, namespaces, and context files. It wraps common kubeconfig chores such as listing, switching, merging, deleting, and distributing configurations behind an interactive CLI.

Project history

The sunny0826/kubecm repository was created on 2019-07-23, and the first GitHub release, v0.0.1, was published on 2019-07-25. The README describes the project plainly as a way to manage kubeconfig more easily.

As the project evolved, its README highlighted context management, kubeconfig merging, interactive selection, a Git-backed registry for team distribution, multi-platform support, and shell completion.

Adoption history

KubeCM sits in the same everyday-operator niche as kubectx and kubens: tools that reduce friction around switching clusters and namespaces. Its documented install paths include Homebrew, GitHub release binaries, and Krew as the kc plugin, which covers both standalone CLI users and kubectl-plugin users.

How it is used

The tool is centered on ~/.kube/config and related kubeconfig files. Users employ it to switch contexts, merge files, clean up entries, and share cluster access definitions through the registry feature.

Because kubeconfig files may contain sensitive access material, KubeCM is operationally adjacent to credentials even though it does not define a separate credentials store of its own.

Why package nerds care

KubeCM is package-nerd-significant as a quality-of-life CLI rather than as infrastructure plumbing. It packages a pile of tiny kubeconfig edits into one cross-platform binary that can be installed with Homebrew or Krew and carried across developer machines.

Its popularity reflects a Kubernetes reality: once users touch many clusters, the kubeconfig file becomes a database they need tools to query, merge, and prune.

Timeline

  • 2019-07-23: GitHub repository created.
  • 2019-07-25: GitHub release v0.0.1 published.
  • 2019-07-26: GitHub release v0.0.2 published.
  • 2026-03-09: GitHub release v0.35.1 published.

Related projects

  • kubectl is the command-line client whose kubeconfig state KubeCM helps manage.
  • Krew distributes KubeCM as the kc kubectl plugin.
  • kubectx and kubens are adjacent context and namespace switching tools in the same operator-workflow space.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

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
~/.kube/config

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
kubecmcliglobal 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 version0.35.1
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.35.1

https://github.com/sunny0826/kubecm

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:kubecm
Version0.35.1
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/kubecm
Homepagehttps://kubecm.cloud
Repositoryhttps://github.com/sunny0826/kubecm
Upstream docshttps://github.com/sunny0826/kubecm#readme
LicenseApache-2.0
Source archivehttps://github.com/sunny0826/kubecm/archive/refs/tags/v0.35.1.tar.gz
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 Namekubecm
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.

Nix95%

kubecm

nix profile install nixpkgs#kubecm
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Kubecm
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package graph

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

Related tools

  • goBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • kubectxShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, kubeconfig, kubectl, kubernetes.
  • krewShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, kubectl, kubernetes.
  • kubecolorShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, kubectl, kubernetes.
  • kubectl-aiShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, kubectl, kubernetes.
  • kubectl-treeShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, kubectl, kubernetes.
  • kubeloginShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, kubectl, kubernetes.

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.

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