macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install kubefirstlocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew
Install kubefirst with Homebrew, Nix, zypper
GitOps Infrastructure & Application Delivery Platform for kubernetes. Version 2.10.5 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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Linux
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#kubefirstnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ku/kubefirst/package.nix · source: api.github.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install kubefirstopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · kubefirst · source: download.opensuse.org
overview
Package summary
GitOps Infrastructure & Application Delivery Platform for kubernetes
Project links
Commands and aliases
- kubefirst
history
Project history and usage
Kubefirst is a Kubernetes platform bootstrapper focused on creating GitOps-based application delivery environments. Its CLI-oriented packaging made a multi-tool platform stack installable from developer package managers, while its product history moved from open source project to Civo-owned Konstruct-era platform tooling.
Project history
Civo's acquisition announcement states that Kubefirst started in 2019 as an open source project. The public GitHub repository under konstructio was created on January 26, 2021, and the README describes the Kubefirst CLI as creating instant GitOps platforms that integrate cloud-native tools from scratch in minutes.
The project evolved from a CLI-only bootstrapper into a broader platform story. The repository README documents Kubefirst Pro as a commercial platform management UI installed with the OSS platform by default, and the Konstruct documentation presents the successor product direction as an internal developer platform with GitOps delivery.
Adoption history
Kubefirst targeted platform-engineering teams that wanted a repeatable GitOps baseline instead of wiring together Argo CD, infrastructure automation, secrets, ingress, and application delivery by hand. The README lists install guides for Akamai, AWS, Azure, Civo, DigitalOcean, Google Cloud, Vultr, K3s, and k3d, showing that the project positioned itself as cloud-provider agnostic.
On March 5, 2024, Civo announced that it had acquired Kubefirst from Kubeshop and would keep the open source version and cloud-agnostic integrations. That acquisition is a notable adoption milestone because it moved the project from independent platform tool to part of a cloud provider's developer-platform portfolio.
How it is used
Users run the kubefirst CLI to create a GitOps platform rather than a single Kubernetes resource. Its workflows are organized around platform installs for public clouds and local clusters, with documentation for each target provider's prerequisites, command flow, and resulting platform.
Package-manager users care about the CLI because it turns a large platform bootstrap into a versioned command-line artifact, making it easier to install, pin, upgrade, and reproduce in automation.
Why package nerds care
Kubefirst is significant less as a tiny Unix-style utility and more as an example of a full platform bootstrapper distributed like a normal CLI. It sits in the same package-manager lane as cluster installers and GitOps bootstrappers: one binary creates a large opinionated stack.
Timeline
- 2019: Kubefirst started as an open source project, according to Civo's acquisition announcement
- 2021-01-26: konstructio/kubefirst public GitHub repository created
- 2024-03-05: Civo announced acquisition of Kubefirst from Kubeshop
- 2026-01-31: v2.10.5 release published
Related projects
- Konstruct is the Civo documentation and product direction associated with the Kubefirst platform lineage.
- Argo CD, GitLab, Vault, Atlantis, external-dns, ingress-nginx, and External Secrets Operator appear in the repository topics and reflect the cloud-native tools Kubefirst assembled into a platform.
Sources
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,infrastructure
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.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
kubefirst | cli | global 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 version2.10.5
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv2.10.5
https://github.com/konstructio/kubefirst
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:kubefirst |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.10.5 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/kubefirst |
| Homepage | https://kubefirst.konstruct.io/docs/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/konstructio/kubefirst |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/konstructio/kubefirst#readme |
| License | MIT |
| Source archive | https://github.com/konstructio/kubefirst/archive/refs/tags/v2.10.5.tar.gz |
| Build dependencies | go |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | kubefirst |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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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%
kubefirst
nix profile install nixpkgs#kubefirst- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Kubefirst
zypper95%
kubefirst 2.10.5-1.4
CLI for the KubeFirst GitOps Infrastructure & Application Delivery Platform
https://github.com/kubefirst/kubefirst
sudo zypper install kubefirst- License: MIT
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: kubefirst
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Kubefirst
zypper95%
kubefirst-bash-completion 2.10.5-1.4
Bash Completion for kubefirst
https://github.com/kubefirst/kubefirst
sudo zypper install kubefirst-bash-completion- License: MIT
- Category: System/Shells
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: kubefirst
- 2 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Kubefirst
zypper95%
kubefirst-fish-completion 2.10.5-1.4
Fish Completion for kubefirst
https://github.com/kubefirst/kubefirst
sudo zypper install kubefirst-fish-completion- License: MIT
- Category: System/Shells
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: kubefirst
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Kubefirst
zypper95%
kubefirst-zsh-completion 2.10.5-1.4
Zsh Completion for kubefirst
https://github.com/kubefirst/kubefirst
sudo zypper install kubefirst-zsh-completion- License: MIT
- Category: System/Shells
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: kubefirst
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Kubefirst
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.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment