# Install confluent-cli with Homebrew Cask Enables developers to manage Confluent Cloud or Confluent Platform. Version 4.70.1 via Homebrew Cask; verified 2026-07-22. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#confluent-cli. ## Install ```sh sudo av install cask:confluent-cli ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew Cask (100%): ```sh brew install --cask confluent-cli ``` Evidence: local Homebrew cask metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** cask:confluent-cli - **Package manager:** Homebrew Cask - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 4.70.1 - **Source summary:** Enables developers to manage Confluent Cloud or Confluent Platform - **Homepage:** - **Upstream docs:** - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-22T22:01:11Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-25T07:20:51+00:00 ## Executables - confluent (binary) - confluent (alias) ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-25 - Package-manager version: 4.70.1 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-22 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://docs.confluent.io/confluent-cli/current/overview.html - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## 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 Notes 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. ## 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: ~/.confluent/config.json ## Credential files - Unix: ~/.confluent/config.json ## 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 ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - confluent-cli: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/co/confluent-cli/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - MacPorts - confluent-cli: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/confluent-cli/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - main/confluent-cli: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/confluent-cli.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget - ConfluentInc.Confluent-CLI: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: ConfluentInc.Confluent-CLI from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Related links - [Homebrew Cask packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/homebrew-cask-packages/) - Generated from Homebrew Cask package-manager metadata. - [Homebrew Cask binaries](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/homebrew-cask-binaries/) - Cask artifact metadata includes a binary. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/confluent-cli.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/confluent-cli.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - 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