install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install pulumictl

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#pulumictl

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

overview

Package summary

Swiss army knife for Pulumi development

Project links

Commands and aliases

pulumictl

history

Project history and usage

pulumictl is Pulumi's maintainer-oriented command-line toolbox for development and release-engineering tasks.

Project history

Pulumi created pulumictl as a collection of development and release-management utilities for the Pulumi project. It consolidates maintainer-oriented operations that do not belong in the end-user Pulumi infrastructure CLI.

Adoption history

pulumictl is available as a standalone executable through release artifacts and package ecosystems including Homebrew and Nix, according to the supplied package metadata.

How it is used

Pulumi maintainers and contributors use pulumictl for project-specific automation such as version, changelog, and release operations. It complements rather than replaces the main pulumi CLI.

Why package nerds care

The utility exposes parts of Pulumi's own release-engineering workflow as a compact CLI, which is useful to maintainers working across Pulumi's many repositories and versioned components.

Timeline

The project emerged as a separate Pulumi utility for development and release automation.
It later gained distribution through Homebrew and Nix package ecosystems.

Related projects

Pulumi CLI
Pulumi SDKs
Pulumi providers

Sources

https://github.com/pulumi/pulumictl#readme
source_facts.package-manager

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 7 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.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`pulumictl`	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 version0.0.50

manager updated2026-09-13

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv0.0.50

https://github.com/pulumi/pulumictl

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:pulumictl
Version	0.0.50
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/pulumictl
Homepage	https://github.com/pulumi/pulumictl
Repository	https://github.com/pulumi/pulumictl
License	Apache-2.0
Source archive	https://github.com/pulumi/pulumictl/archive/refs/tags/v0.0.50.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-09-13T03:15:01Z
Pulse	updated
Build dependencies	go
Bottle	available (on arm64_golden_gate, arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, 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	pulumictl
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%

pulumictl

nix profile install nixpkgs#pulumictl

normalized package name match
Matched by: Pulumictl

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

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

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/pulumictl.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
cross-ecosystem install command graph
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 pulumictl with Homebrew, Nix