install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrew Caskverified · 100%

brew install --cask confluent-cli

local Homebrew cask metadata

overview

Package summary

Enables developers to manage Confluent Cloud or Confluent Platform

Project links

Commands and aliases

confluent

history

Project history and usage

Confluent CLI is Confluent's terminal client for managing Confluent Cloud and Confluent Platform deployments. It packages Kafka, Flink, Schema Registry, networking, identity, API-key, and platform-management workflows behind the confluent command.

Project history

The official repository states that the CLI manages Confluent Cloud and Confluent Platform from the terminal and that its command reference is generated from the repository. Confluent's documentation positions it as the starting point for working with both managed and self-managed Confluent environments.

The modern CLI is distributed as a first-party tool across macOS, Linux, Windows, Docker, APT, YUM, and Homebrew tap channels. Its update-check behavior and user configuration are recorded in ~/.confluent/config.json, which also makes the file important for credentials and operational state.

Adoption history

Adoption follows Confluent's own platform surface: users install the CLI to create and inspect clusters, environments, API keys, Kafka topics, Flink resources, networks, and related services. The release feed shows frequent additions tracking Confluent Cloud and Platform features, including Flink, Tableflow, network endpoints, certificate authorities, and API-key behavior.

How it is used

Common usage starts with login and environment selection, then proceeds through cluster, topic, API-key, connector, Flink, Schema Registry, and local-services commands. The docs also describe direct API-key and secret use for produce and consume flows, with a reminder that generated secrets must be saved because they are not retrievable later.

Why package nerds care

For package maintainers, Confluent CLI is a vendor CLI with fast release cadence, prebuilt platform archives, self-update behavior, Docker images, and first-party package repositories. The Homebrew cask wraps that vendor distribution for macOS users who want the official confluent binary managed alongside other tools.

Timeline

2026: v4.60.0 added Materialized Table commands for Confluent Cloud.
2026: v4.61.0 added Azure Private Link and GCP Private Service Connect ingress support.
2026: v4.67.0 added Global API key support to confluent api-key store and use.
2026: v4.68.0 added endpoint listing and on-premises Flink application, secret-mapping, event, and secret commands.

Related projects

Official sources tie the CLI to Confluent Cloud, Confluent Platform, Apache Kafka, Flink, Schema Registry, Control Center, package repositories, Docker, and the confluentinc/cli GitHub repository.

Sources

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for confluent-cli. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

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

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: ~/.confluent/config.json

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: ~/.confluent/config.json

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`confluent`	binary	Homebrew cask binary	confluent

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 generated2026-07-25

manager version4.70.1

manager updated2026-07-22

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://docs.confluent.io/confluent-cli/current/overview.html

infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://docs.confluent.io/confluent-cli/current/overview.htmlnone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	cask:confluent-cli
Version	4.70.1
Package manager	Homebrew Cask
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/confluent-cli
Homepage	https://docs.confluent.io/confluent-cli/current/overview.html
Upstream docs	https://docs.confluent.io/confluent-cli/current/overview.html
Source archive	https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/confluent.cloud/confluent-cli/archives/4.70.1/confluent_4.70.1_darwin_arm64.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-07-22T22:01:11Z
Pulse	updated
SHA-256	5da568c584d3452b46285970a1939c4d41c6f8cbda970fa432ca3b3f02af7bd5
Download URL	https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/confluent.cloud/confluent-cli/archives/4.70.1/confluent_4.70.1_darwin_arm64.tar.gz
Bottle	not recorded
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew cask API
Tap	homebrew/cask
Full Token	confluent-cli
Names	Confluent CLI
Artifacts	Binary 1 Target 1 Zap 1
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no

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%

confluent-cli

nix profile install nixpkgs#confluent-cli

normalized package name match
Matched by: Confluent Cli

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/co/confluent-cli/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

MacPorts95%

confluent-cli

sudo port install confluent-cli

normalized package name match
Matched by: Confluent Cli

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/confluent-cli/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Scoop95%

main/confluent-cli

scoop install main/confluent-cli

normalized package name match
Matched by: Confluent Cli

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/confluent-cli.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

winget95%

ConfluentInc.Confluent-CLI

winget install --id ConfluentInc.Confluent-CLI -e

normalized package name match
Matched by: Confluent Cli

Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: ConfluentInc.Confluent-CLI from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

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.

combined/confluent-cli.yml

Used sources

Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

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