# Install kubecm with Homebrew, Nix KubeConfig Manager. Version 0.35.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:kubecm ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install kubecm ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#kubecm ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ku/kubecm/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:kubecm - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.35.1 - **Source summary:** KubeConfig Manager - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - kubecm (cli) - kubecm (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: 0.35.1 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/sunny0826/kubecm - Upstream latest detected: v0.35.1 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## 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. ### Sources - - - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## 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 ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** kubecm - **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 - kubecm: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ku/kubecm/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/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. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [kubectx](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kubectx/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, kubeconfig, kubectl, kubernetes. - [krew](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/krew/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, kubectl, kubernetes. - [kubecolor](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kubecolor/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, kubectl, kubernetes. - [kubectl-ai](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kubectl-ai/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, kubectl, kubernetes. - [kubectl-tree](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kubectl-tree/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, kubectl, kubernetes. - [kubelogin](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kubelogin/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, kubectl, kubernetes. - [kubergrunt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kubergrunt/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, kubectl, kubernetes. - [kubernetes-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kubernetes-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, kubectl, kubernetes. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/kubecm.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/kubecm.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