# Install kubekey

Installer for Kubernetes and / or KubeSphere, and related cloud-native add-ons. Version 4.0.5 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-05.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:kubekey
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install kubekey
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:kubekey
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/kubekey>
- **Version:** 4.0.5
- **Source summary:** Installer for Kubernetes and / or KubeSphere, and related cloud-native add-ons
- **Homepage:** <https://kubesphere.io>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/kubesphere/kubekey>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/kubesphere/kubekey>
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/kubesphere/kubekey.git>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-05T12:50:08Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- kk (cli)
- kk (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: 4.0.5
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-05
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/kubesphere/kubekey
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## 安全说明

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

- **Geiger risk:** orange / medium
- infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** kubekey
- **Aliases:** kk
- **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


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## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
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- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- cross-ecosystem install command graph