# Install rancher-cli

Unified tool to manage your Rancher server. Version 2.14.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-28.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:rancher-cli
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install rancher-cli
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install rancher-cli
```

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

### Linux

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install rancher-cli
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: rancher-cli from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#rancher
```

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

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/rancher-cli
```

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

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:rancher-cli
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/rancher-cli>
- **Version:** 2.14.2
- **Source summary:** Unified tool to manage your Rancher server
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/rancher/cli>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/rancher/cli>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/rancher/cli#readme>
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/rancher/cli/archive/refs/tags/v2.14.2.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-28T19:10:09Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- rancher (cli)
- rancher (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: 2.14.2
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-28
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/rancher/cli
- Upstream latest detected: v2.14.2 (current)

## 安全说明

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** rancher-cli
- **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

- zypper - rancher-cli - 2.14.1-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: rancher-cli from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | Rancher CLI | https://github.com/rancher/cli
- MacPorts - rancher-cli: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/rancher-cli/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - main/rancher-cli: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/rancher-cli.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Nix - rancher: installed executable or alias 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

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- [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [go](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [rke](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/rke/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, cluster-management, kubernetes, rancher.
- [k9s](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/k9s/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, cluster-management, kubernetes.
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- [skaffold](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/skaffold/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, containers, kubernetes.
- [argo](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/argo/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, containers, kubernetes.
- [clusterctl](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/clusterctl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, cluster-management, kubernetes.
- [kops](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/kops/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, cluster-management, kubernetes.
- [mcp-server-kubernetes](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/mcp-server-kubernetes/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure, cluster, cluster-management.
- [osdctl](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/osdctl/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure, cluster, cluster-management.
- [pvetui](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/pvetui/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure, cluster, cluster-management.

## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- 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