# Install yoke with Homebrew, scoop Helm-inspired infrastructure-as-code package deployer. Version 0.20.21 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-25. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:yoke ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install yoke ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install extras/yoke ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/yoke.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:yoke - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.20.21 - **Source summary:** Helm-inspired infrastructure-as-code package deployer - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-25T04:21:08Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-09T07:20:21+00:00 ## Executables - yoke (cli) - yoke (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: 2026-07-09 - Package-manager version: 0.20.21 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-25 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/yokecd/yoke - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage Yoke is a newer Kubernetes package-management-as-code tool. It is Helm-inspired, but instead of treating packages primarily as YAML templates, it treats packages, called Flights, as programs compiled to WebAssembly that generate Kubernetes resources. ### Project history The `yokecd/yoke` repository was created on 2024-02-14. The project documentation presents Yoke as infrastructure as code for Kubernetes resource management, built around real programming languages, native control flow, type checking, compiler guarantees, testing, linters, and normal software-engineering tooling. Yoke's central abstraction is the Flight, explicitly analogous to a Helm Chart. A Flight is both the code that describes Kubernetes resources and the packaged wasm executable that emits the desired resources for deployment. The docs also describe related pieces including a client-side CLI, Helm compatibility, an ArgoCD config-management plugin, a server-side controller, Air Traffic Controller, and a Go SDK. ### Adoption history Yoke is still pre-1.0, and its changelog explicitly says backwards compatibility is not guaranteed before v1.0.0. Adoption should therefore be read as early platform-engineering experimentation rather than mature cluster-standard tooling. Its visible niche is among Kubernetes users frustrated with raw YAML and text templating, especially teams interested in wasm as a portable package format and code-first GitOps workflows. ### How it is used Users install the `yoke` CLI from source, binaries, Homebrew, or Scoop, then deploy a package with commands such as `yoke takeoff my-release https://.../main.wasm.gz`. Flights output one resource, a list of resources, or staged lists of resources to be applied as a single release. The package is most relevant when a team wants Helm-like release management but wants package definitions authored in general-purpose languages and distributed through language package ecosystems or wasm artifacts. ### Why package nerds care Yoke is package-nerd interesting because it reframes a Kubernetes package as an executable artifact instead of a directory of templates. That pulls together package managers, wasm runtimes, language module ecosystems, GitOps, and Kubernetes apply semantics in one CLI. The project is also a good example of a pre-1.0 package where Homebrew availability can precede broad stability: useful for early adopters, but the package history should preserve the compatibility caveat. ### Timeline - 2024-02-14: `yokecd/yoke` GitHub repository created. - 2025-2026: Changelog shows rapid pre-1.0 iteration across the CLI, Air Traffic Controller, YokeCD, ArgoCD integration, checksum support, signing, and module verification. - 2026-04-08: Changelog records v0.20.12 and related atc/yokecd component releases. ### Related projects - Helm is the comparison point for Charts and release management. - Timoni, CUE, Jsonnet, PKL, and other structured-data/IaC tools are named in Yoke's docs as neighboring approaches. - Wazero is the Go wasm runtime embedded by Yoke. - ArgoCD integration and Air Traffic Controller are part of the wider Yoke project. ### 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:** yoke - **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 - Scoop - extras/yoke: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/yoke.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/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. - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control 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. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [glasskube](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/glasskube/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, kubernetes, package-management. - [helm](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/helm/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, kubernetes, package-management. - [cdk8s](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cdk8s/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code, kubernetes. - [chaoskube](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/chaoskube/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, helm, kubernetes. - [cozyhr](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cozyhr/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, helm, kubernetes. - [fleet-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fleet-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, helm, kubernetes. - [helmfile](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/helmfile/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, helm, kubernetes. - [helmify](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/helmify/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, helm, kubernetes. - [kubecfg](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kubecfg/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure, code, infrastructure. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/yoke.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/yoke.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