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Install pulumi with Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget

Cloud native development platform. Version 3.273.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-10-28. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#pulumi.

Install command Security notes

agent safety

Agent safety answer

pulumi is an infrastructure-as-code CLI that can mutate cloud resources from local state and credentials.

Credential access

Reads cloud credentials, Pulumi tokens, stack config, and secret providers.

Remote mutation

Can create, update, and destroy cloud infrastructure.

Publish/artifact risk

Can deploy application infrastructure and write stack outputs.

Recommended control

Gate pulumi up, destroy, refresh with writes, and config secret changes.

Agent-use guidance

Allow preview only by default; require approval for any state-changing operation.

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install pulumi

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install pulumi

MacPorts ports tree · sysutils/pulumi/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%

sudo apk add pulumi

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · pulumi · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#pulumi

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/pu/pulumi/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%

sudo pacman -S pulumi

Arch Linux sync databases · pulumi · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

Windows

Chocolateyverified · 92%

choco install pulumi

Chocolatey community package catalog · pulumi · source: community.chocolatey.org

Scoopverified · 92%

scoop install main/pulumi

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/pulumi.json · source: api.github.com

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%

winget install --id Pulumi.Pulumi -e

Windows Package Manager source index · Pulumi.Pulumi · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Cloud native development platform

Project links

Commands and aliases

pulumi
pulumi-language-bun
pulumi-language-dotnet
pulumi-language-go
pulumi-language-java
pulumi-language-nodejs
pulumi-language-pcl
pulumi-language-python
pulumi-language-python-exec
pulumi-language-yaml
pulumi-resource-pulumi-nodejs
pulumi-resource-pulumi-python
pulumi-watch

history

Project history and usage

Pulumi is an open-source infrastructure-as-code platform that provisions cloud, Kubernetes, and SaaS resources using general-purpose programming languages or YAML. Its CLI evaluates programs, previews changes, performs updates, and records deployment state in Pulumi Cloud or a self-managed backend.

Project history

Pulumi was founded in 2017 to simplify cloud engineering through general-purpose programming languages. The project launched publicly as open source in June 2018 with support for major clouds and Kubernetes.

Pulumi 1.0 reached general availability in September 2019. Subsequent development broadened language support, providers, component packages, policy, automation APIs, managed deployments, and environment and secrets management.

Adoption history

Pulumi attracted teams that wanted infrastructure as code without placing all resource definitions in a separate domain-specific language. Support for TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Go, .NET, Java, and YAML made it accessible to application-development and platform-engineering teams.

The project combines an open-source CLI and SDKs with Pulumi Cloud for managed state and organizational workflows. It also supports self-managed state backends, allowing teams to adopt the programming model independently of the hosted service.

How it is used

A typical workflow uses pulumi new to scaffold a project, pulumi stack to select an isolated deployment, pulumi config to manage stack values, pulumi preview to inspect proposed changes, and pulumi up to apply them. Pulumi.yaml identifies the project, while Pulumi.<stack-name>.yaml stores stack settings.

Teams use Pulumi for multi-cloud provisioning, Kubernetes resources, SaaS configuration, reusable platform components, CI/CD, policy as code, and embedded deployment automation. Backend and encryption-provider choices determine how state and secrets are stored.

Why package nerds care

Pulumi made ordinary language package ecosystems, IDEs, tests, functions, and abstractions first-class infrastructure-authoring tools. Reusable infrastructure components can therefore be distributed through familiar language registries as well as Pulumi's package ecosystem.

Its provider model also connects package cultures: Pulumi publishes native providers and can consume Terraform or OpenTofu providers, modules, and state, making interoperability a central part of its infrastructure package story.

Timeline

2017: Pulumi is founded.
2018: Pulumi launches publicly as an open-source cloud development platform.
2019: Pulumi 1.0 reaches general availability.
2020: Pulumi 2.0 launches.
2021: Pulumi 3.0 launches.
2023: Pulumi introduces ESC for environments, secrets, and configuration.

Related projects

OpenTofu and Terraform represent the declarative HCL-oriented infrastructure workflow that Pulumi commonly contrasts or interoperates with.
Kubernetes is both a major deployment target and the basis of native Pulumi provider and component workflows.
Pulumi ESC supplies environments, secrets, and configuration for Pulumi infrastructure and deployment workflows.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: orange

infrastructure as code tool.

Risk classifier

orange risk · high confidence · infrastructure

Why

infrastructure as code tool

Signals

override:pulumi

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 5 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: ./Pulumi.yaml./Pulumi.yml./Pulumi.<stack>.yaml./Pulumi.<stack>.yml
Windows: .\Pulumi.yaml.\Pulumi.yml.\Pulumi.<stack>.yaml.\Pulumi.<stack>.yml

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: ~/.pulumi/credentials.json

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure
`pulumi`	cli	global executable
`pulumi-language-bun`	cli	global executable
`pulumi-language-dotnet`	cli	global executable
`pulumi-language-go`	cli	global executable
`pulumi-language-java`	cli	global executable
`pulumi-language-nodejs`	cli	global executable
`pulumi-language-pcl`	cli	global executable
`pulumi-language-python`	cli	global executable
`pulumi-language-python-exec`	cli	global executable
`pulumi-language-yaml`	cli	global executable
`pulumi-resource-pulumi-nodejs`	cli	global executable
`pulumi-resource-pulumi-python`	cli	global executable
`pulumi-watch`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-11-04

manager version3.273.0

manager updated2026-10-28

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi

infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/pulumi/puluminone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:pulumi
Version	3.273.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/pulumi
Homepage	https://www.pulumi.com/
Repository	https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi
Upstream docs	https://www.pulumi.com/
License	Apache-2.0
Source archive	https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi.git
Last updated	2026-10-28T21:45:32Z
Pulse	updated
Build dependencies	go
Bottle	available (on arm64_golden_gate, arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_tahoe, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	pulumi
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

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

pulumi

nix profile install nixpkgs#pulumi

normalized package name match
Matched by: Pulumi

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

apk95%

pulumi 3.255.0-r0

Infrastructure as Code SDK

https://pulumi.com/

sudo apk add pulumi

License: Apache-2.0
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: pulumi
1 dependencies
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Pulumi

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: pulumi from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

pulumi-bash-completion 3.255.0-r0

Bash completions for pulumi

https://pulumi.com/

sudo apk add pulumi-bash-completion

License: Apache-2.0
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: pulumi
normalized package name match
Matched by: Pulumi

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: pulumi-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

pulumi-fish-completion 3.255.0-r0

Fish completions for pulumi

https://pulumi.com/

sudo apk add pulumi-fish-completion

License: Apache-2.0
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: pulumi
normalized package name match
Matched by: Pulumi

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: pulumi-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

pulumi-language-go 3.255.0-r0

Infrastructure as Code SDK (Go language provider)

https://pulumi.com/

sudo apk add pulumi-language-go

License: Apache-2.0
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: pulumi
1 dependencies
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Pulumi

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: pulumi-language-go from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

pulumi-language-nodejs 3.255.0-r0

Infrastructure as Code SDK (NodeJS language provider)

https://pulumi.com/

sudo apk add pulumi-language-nodejs

License: Apache-2.0
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: pulumi
1 dependencies
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Pulumi

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: pulumi-language-nodejs from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

pulumi-language-pcl 3.255.0-r0

Infrastructure as Code SDK (PCL language provider)

https://pulumi.com/

sudo apk add pulumi-language-pcl

License: Apache-2.0
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: pulumi
1 dependencies
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Pulumi

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: pulumi-language-pcl from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

pulumi-language-python 3.255.0-r0

Infrastructure as Code SDK (Python language provider)

https://pulumi.com/

sudo apk add pulumi-language-python

License: Apache-2.0
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: pulumi
1 dependencies
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Pulumi

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: pulumi-language-python from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

pulumi-zsh-completion 3.255.0-r0

Zsh completions for pulumi

https://pulumi.com/

sudo apk add pulumi-zsh-completion

License: Apache-2.0
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: pulumi
normalized package name match
Matched by: Pulumi

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: pulumi-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

pacman95%

pulumi 3.256.0-1

Modern Infrastructure as Code

https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi

sudo pacman -S pulumi

License: Apache
Architecture: x86_64
1 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Pulumi

Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: pulumi from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

MacPorts95%

pulumi

sudo port install pulumi

normalized package name match
Matched by: Pulumi

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

Chocolatey95%

pulumi

choco install pulumi

normalized package name match
Matched by: Pulumi

Chocolatey community package catalog · community.chocolatey.org · Chocolatey community package catalog: pulumi from https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','privazer'

Scoop95%

main/pulumi

scoop install main/pulumi

normalized package name match
Matched by: Pulumi

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

winget95%

Pulumi.Pulumi

winget install --id Pulumi.Pulumi -e

normalized package name match
Matched by: Pulumi

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

apk92%

pulumi-language-dotnet 3.109.0-r0

Infrastructure as Code SDK (.NET language provider)

https://pulumi.com/

sudo apk add pulumi-language-dotnet

License: Apache-2.0
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: pulumi-language-dotnet
1 dependencies
1 provides
installed executable or alias match
Matched by: Pulumi Language Dotnet

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: pulumi-language-dotnet from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk92%

pulumi-language-java 1.34.0-r0

Infrastructure as Code SDK (Java language provider)

https://pulumi.com/

sudo apk add pulumi-language-java

License: Apache-2.0
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: pulumi-language-java
1 dependencies
1 provides
installed executable or alias match
Matched by: Pulumi Language Java

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: pulumi-language-java from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/pulumi.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated agent safety answer
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment
pkg.so package database
pkgdb category and tag curation

Install pulumi with Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget

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Credential access

Remote mutation

Publish/artifact risk

Recommended control

Agent-use guidance

Additional install commands

macOS

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Windows

Package summary

Project links

Commands and aliases

Project history and usage

Project history

Adoption history

How it is used

Why package nerds care

Timeline

Related projects

Sources

Risk level: orange

Risk classifier

Why

Signals

Install behavior

Recommended review

Configuration and credential file locations

Configuration files

Credential files

Installed executables

Version and freshness

Package metadata

Source database details

Other package-manager records

Internal package links

Topical hubs

Related tools

Same workflow

Generated from repository data

Combined YAML source

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