# Install kubefirst with Homebrew, Nix, zypper GitOps Infrastructure & Application Delivery Platform for kubernetes. Version 2.10.5 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:kubefirst ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install kubefirst ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#kubefirst ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ku/kubefirst/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install kubefirst ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: kubefirst from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:kubefirst - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.10.5 - **Source summary:** GitOps Infrastructure & Application Delivery Platform for kubernetes - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - kubefirst (cli) - kubefirst (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: 2.10.5 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/konstructio/kubefirst - Upstream latest detected: v2.10.5 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## 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 Notes infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal. - **Geiger risk:** orange / medium - infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal ## 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:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - kubefirst: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ku/kubefirst/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper - kubefirst - 2.10.5-1.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: kubefirst from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | CLI for the KubeFirst GitOps Infrastructure & Application Delivery Platform | https://github.com/kubefirst/kubefirst - zypper - kubefirst-bash-completion - 2.10.5-1.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: kubefirst-bash-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Bash Completion for kubefirst | https://github.com/kubefirst/kubefirst - zypper - kubefirst-fish-completion - 2.10.5-1.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: kubefirst-fish-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Fish Completion for kubefirst | https://github.com/kubefirst/kubefirst - zypper - kubefirst-zsh-completion - 2.10.5-1.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: kubefirst-zsh-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Zsh Completion for kubefirst | https://github.com/kubefirst/kubefirst ## 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. - [cozyhr](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cozyhr/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, gitops, kubernetes. - [fleet-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fleet-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, gitops, kubernetes. - [argocd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/argocd/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, gitops, kubernetes. - [argocd-autopilot](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/argocd-autopilot/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, gitops, kubernetes. - [clusterawsadm](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/clusterawsadm/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, infrastructure, kubernetes. - [clusterctl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/clusterctl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, infrastructure, kubernetes. - [glasskube](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/glasskube/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, gitops, kubernetes. - [juju](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/juju/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, infrastructure, kubernetes. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/kubefirst.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/kubefirst.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - 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