# Install minikube with Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget, zypper Run a Kubernetes cluster locally. Version 1.38.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:minikube ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install minikube ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install minikube ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/minikube/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add docker-machine-driver-kvm2 ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: docker-machine-driver-kvm2 from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#minikube ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mi/minikube/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S minikube ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: minikube from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install minikube ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: minikube from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - Chocolatey (92%): ```sh choco install Minikube ``` Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: Minikube from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','meshlab' - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/minikube ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/minikube.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id Kubernetes.minikube -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: Kubernetes.minikube from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:minikube - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.38.1 - **Source summary:** Run a Kubernetes cluster locally - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - minikube (cli) - minikube (alias) ## Dependencies - kubernetes-cli ## Build dependencies - go - go-bindata ## 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: 1.38.1 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage minikube grew inside the Kubernetes project as the standard local-development distribution for running Kubernetes on a laptop or workstation. Its core promise is a local Kubernetes cluster on macOS, Linux, or Windows, with a CLI that handles lifecycle actions such as start, stop, status, and delete. The project reached its 1.0.0 milestone in March 2019 alongside Kubernetes 1.14 support, with release notes emphasizing fast local development and broad support for Kubernetes features that fit on a single-machine cluster. ### Project history Technically, minikube started from the single-node VM model that made Kubernetes approachable before developers had access to cloud clusters. VirtualBox was the original and widely documented driver, but the tool expanded into a driver framework that can run Kubernetes through VMs, containers, bare metal, or remote SSH depending on host OS and user needs. That driver model is one of minikube's main differences from narrower tools such as kind: minikube is a general local Kubernetes workstation, not only a Kubernetes-in-Docker test cluster. ### How it is used minikube became a Kubernetes teaching, tutorial, and CI fixture because it gives users a real Kubernetes API server with a short feedback loop. Kubernetes documentation uses it for cluster-introduction tutorials, the Kubernetes blog described it as the most popular community-built local Kubernetes option on Linux, and the minikube docs include workflows for GitHub Actions. In practice, developers use it to test manifests, Helm charts, ingress, storage, add-ons, and application deployments before moving work to shared or production clusters. ### Sources - - - - - - ## Security Notes Kubernetes cluster infrastructure. - **Geiger risk:** orange / high - Kubernetes cluster infrastructure ## 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: ~/.minikube/config/config.json ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** minikube - **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 - minikube: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mi/minikube/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk - docker-machine-driver-kvm2 - 1.34.0-r15: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: docker-machine-driver-kvm2 from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | minikube-maintained KVM driver for docker-machine | https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube - apk - minikube - 1.34.0-r15: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: minikube from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Tool that makes it easy to run Kubernetes locally | https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube - apk - minikube-bash-completion - 1.34.0-r15: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: minikube-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Bash completions for minikube | https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube - apk - minikube-fish-completion - 1.34.0-r15: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: minikube-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fish completions for minikube | https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube - apk - minikube-zsh-completion - 1.34.0-r15: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: minikube-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Zsh completions for minikube | https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube - pacman - minikube - 1.38.1-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: minikube from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A tool that makes it easy to run Kubernetes locally | https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube - zypper - minikube - 1.38.1-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: minikube from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Tool to run Kubernetes locally | https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube - zypper - minikube-bash-completion - 1.38.1-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: minikube-bash-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Minikube bash completion | https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube - zypper - minikube-fish-completion - 1.38.1-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: minikube-fish-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Minikube fish completion | https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube - zypper - minikube-zsh-completion - 1.38.1-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: minikube-zsh-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Minikube zsh completion | https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube - MacPorts - minikube: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/minikube/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Chocolatey - Minikube: normalized package name match | Chocolatey community package catalog: Minikube from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','meshlab' - Scoop - main/minikube: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/minikube.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget - Kubernetes.minikube: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: Kubernetes.minikube from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## 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. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [kubernetes-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kubernetes-cli/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [go-bindata](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go-bindata/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cri-tools](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cri-tools/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, containers, developer-tools, kubernetes. - [kind](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kind/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, kubernetes, local-cluster. - [kompose](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kompose/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, containers, developer-tools, kubernetes. - [chart-releaser](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/chart-releaser/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, kubernetes. - 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Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, kubernetes, kubernetes-cli. - [kubectl-tree](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kubectl-tree/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, kubernetes, kubernetes-cli. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/minikube.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/minikube.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