# Install cdk8s-cli with npm

This is the command line tool for Cloud Development Kit (CDK) for Kubernetes (cdk8s). Version 2.207.22 via npm; verified 2026-06-20.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:cdk8s-cli
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g cdk8s-cli
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:cdk8s-cli
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/cdk8s-cli>
- **Version:** 2.207.22
- **Source summary:** This is the command line tool for Cloud Development Kit (CDK) for Kubernetes (cdk8s).
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/cdk8s-team/cdk8s-cli#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/cdk8s-team/cdk8s-cli>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/cdk8s-team/cdk8s-cli#readme>
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/cdk8s-cli/-/cdk8s-cli-2.207.22.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/cdk8s-team/cdk8s-cli/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-06-13T07:47:50.956Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-20T07:49:39.687Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

- cdk8s (cli)

## Dependencies

- @types/node
- ajv
- cdk8s
- cdk8s-plus-33
- codemaker
- colors
- constructs
- fs-extra
- jsii-pacmak
- jsii-rosetta
- jsii-srcmak
- json2jsii
- semver
- sscaff
- table
- yaml
- yargs

## Build dependencies

- @cdk8s/projen-common
- @stylistic/eslint-plugin
- @types/fs-extra
- @types/jest
- @types/json-schema
- @types/semver
- @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin
- @typescript-eslint/parser
- commit-and-tag-version
- constructs
- eslint
- eslint-import-resolver-typescript
- eslint-plugin-import
- fast-glob
- jest
- jest-junit
- projen
- ts-jest
- ts-node
- typescript
- typescript-json-schema

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 2.207.22
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-20
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/cdk8s-team/cdk8s-cli
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for cdk8s-cli. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 2.207.22, Latest 1: 1.196.100, Next: 0.33.0-pre.713769883c9b4fe0ec443d0e776155d720b65cb6
- **Version Count:** 2,570
- **Maintainers:** cdk8s-team
- **Author:** Amazon Web Services
- **Publisher:** GitHub Actions
- **Engines:** Node: >= 16.20.0
- **Integrity:** sha512-d3Ga2HTJTLhvN17PT4jvoHxGHNJ+oGRkdgi9ogrD2XPwS8VpF+C47+03UFEwHMtOKOEV6wEWgt+Bw36Hyiq06A==
- **Shasum:** 3bf05a6a1178c06d6b0baecc1ae1637df574e38b
- **Unpacked Size:** 416,439
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2020-03-03T08:53:04.497Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-06-13T07:47:50.956Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-06-13T07:47:51.242Z

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - cdk8s-cli: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cd/cdk8s-cli/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

- [Cloud CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/cloud-clis/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [cdk8s](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cdk8s/) - Executable or command metadata overlaps with this package. Shared terms: cdk8s, cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure, infrastructure.
- [cdktf-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/cdktf-cli/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cdk, cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure, codemaker.
- [kubernetes-fluent-client](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/kubernetes-fluent-client/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure, infrastructure, k8s.

## Sources

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