# Install mesheryctl with Homebrew, zypper Command-line utility for Meshery, the cloud native management plane. Version 1.0.44 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-21. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:mesheryctl ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install mesheryctl ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install mesheryctl ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: mesheryctl from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:mesheryctl - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.0.44 - **Source summary:** Command-line utility for Meshery, the cloud native management plane - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-21T07:15:09Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - mesheryctl (cli) - mesheryctl (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: 1.0.44 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-21 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/meshery/meshery - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage mesheryctl is the command-line client for Meshery, the open source cloud native management plane stewarded by Layer5 and accepted into the CNCF Sandbox on June 22, 2021. Meshery began in the service-mesh operations niche and grew into a broader Kubernetes and cloud-native infrastructure manager, with Meshery itself described by the project as a platform for designing, deploying, and operating Kubernetes-based infrastructure and applications. ### Project history The CLI occupies the automation and operator-facing side of that platform. Meshery documentation describes mesheryctl as both the lifecycle manager for Meshery deployments and an alternate client for Meshery Server's REST API, alongside the web UI. In practice, users install or start Meshery, run system checks, authenticate, and invoke Meshery's application and infrastructure-management functions from scripts or terminals rather than from the browser. ### How it is used Its package-manager niche is a Kubernetes/cloud-native admin binary rather than a general SDK. Homebrew and zypper packaging make it convenient for workstation and CI use, while the upstream source keeps the CLI in the main meshery/meshery repository beside the server and UI it controls. ### 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. ## Configuration files - Unix: ~/.meshery/config.yaml ## Credential files - Unix: ~/.meshery/auth.json ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** mesheryctl - **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 - zypper - mesheryctl - 1.0.40-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: mesheryctl from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | CLI for the meshery cloud native management plane | https://github.com/meshery/meshery - zypper - mesheryctl-bash-completion - 1.0.40-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: mesheryctl-bash-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Bash Completion for mesheryctl | https://github.com/meshery/meshery - zypper - mesheryctl-fish-completion - 1.0.40-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: mesheryctl-fish-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Fish Completion for mesheryctl | https://github.com/meshery/meshery - zypper - mesheryctl-zsh-completion - 1.0.40-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: mesheryctl-zsh-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Zsh Completion for mesheryctl | https://github.com/meshery/meshery ## 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. - [crossplane](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/crossplane/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, cloud-native, kubernetes. - [devspace](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/devspace/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, cloud-native, kubernetes. - [epinio](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/epinio/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, cloud-native, kubernetes. - [glasskube](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/glasskube/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, cloud-native, kubernetes. - [istioctl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/istioctl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, kubernetes, service-mesh. - [kyma-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kyma-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, cloud-native, kubernetes. - [linkerd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/linkerd/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, kubernetes, service-mesh. - [volcano-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/volcano-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, cloud-native, kubernetes. - [kumactl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kumactl/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure, command-line, infrastructure. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/mesheryctl.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/mesheryctl.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