# Install k3d

Little helper to run CNCF's k3s in Docker. Version 5.9.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-02.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:k3d
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install k3d
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install k3d
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/k3d/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#k3d
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/k3/k3d/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Windows

- Chocolatey (92%):

```sh
choco install k3d
```

  Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: k3d from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','jetbrains-rider'

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/k3d
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/k3d.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id k3d.k3d -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: k3d.k3d from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:k3d
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/k3d>
- **Version:** 5.9.0
- **Source summary:** Little helper to run CNCF's k3s in Docker
- **Homepage:** <https://k3d.io>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/k3d-io/k3d>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://k3d.io/>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/k3d-io/k3d/archive/refs/tags/v5.9.0.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-02T15:53:19Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- k3d (cli)
- k3d (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: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 5.9.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-02
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/k3d-io/k3d
- Upstream latest detected: v5.9.0 (current)

## 安全说明

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** k3d
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - k3d: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/k3/k3d/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- MacPorts - k3d: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/k3d/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Chocolatey - k3d: normalized package name match | Chocolatey community package catalog: k3d from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','jetbrains-rider'
- Scoop - main/k3d: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/k3d.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - k3d.k3d: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: k3d.k3d from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


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## Sources

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- 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