# Install rancher with Homebrew Cask

Kubernetes and container management on the desktop. Version 1.23.1 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install cask:rancher
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew Cask (100%):

```sh
brew install --cask rancher
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew cask metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** cask:rancher
- **Package manager:** Homebrew Cask
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/rancher>
- **Version:** 1.23.1
- **Source summary:** Kubernetes and container management on the desktop
- **Homepage:** <https://rancherdesktop.io/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/rancher-sandbox/rancher-desktop>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://rancherdesktop.io/>
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/rancher-sandbox/rancher-desktop/releases/download/v1.23.1/Rancher.Desktop-1.23.1.aarch64.dmg>
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 1.23.1
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/rancher-sandbox/rancher-desktop
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

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


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew cask API
- **Tap:** homebrew/cask
- **Full Token:** rancher
- **Names:** Rancher Desktop
- **Depends On:** Macos: >=: 12
- **Conflicts With:** Cask: docker-desktop
- **Artifacts:** App: 1, Target: 1, Uninstall: 1, Zap: 1
- **Auto Updates:** yes
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - rancher: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ra/rancher/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

- [Homebrew Cask packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/homebrew-cask-packages/) - Generated from Homebrew Cask package-manager metadata.
- [Homebrew Cask applications](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/homebrew-cask-applications/) - Cask artifact metadata includes an app bundle.

## Sources

- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph