# ktop mit Homebrew, Nix, zypper installieren Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für ktop in AI-Agent-Workflows. ## Installation ```sh sudo av install brew:ktop ``` Weitere Installationsbefehle: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install ktop ``` Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#ktop ``` Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/kt/ktop/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install ktop ``` Evidenz: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: ktop from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst ## Paketfakten - **Paketschlüssel:** brew:ktop - **Paketmanager:** Homebrew - **Paketmanager-Seite:** - **Version:** 0.5.3 - **Quellzusammenfassung:** Top-like tool for your Kubernetes clusters - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream-Dokumentation:** - **Lizenz:** Apache-2.0 - **Quellarchiv:** - **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-07-27T21:58:42+02:00 - **Generiert:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00 ## Executables - ktop (cli) - ktop (Alias) ## Build-Abhängigkeiten - go ## Installationsverhalten - Post-install-Hook: nicht definiert - Bottle: verfügbar auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Version und Aktualität - Seite generiert: 2026-08-04 - Manager-Version: 0.5.3 - Manager aktualisiert: 2026-07-27 - lokale Daten: OK - Upstream-Repository: https://github.com/vladimirvivien/ktop - neueste erkannte Version: v0.5.3 (aktuell) ## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung ktop is a terminal dashboard for Kubernetes clusters, explicitly modeled after Unix top-style tools. It continuously displays node, pod, and container metrics and lets users drill from cluster overview into workload details and logs. ### Projektgeschichte The GitHub repository was created on 2016-12-29. The project documentation describes ktop as a local, single-binary tool that connects through the Kubernetes API using the same kubeconfig credentials that kubectl uses. The project evolved around a specific gap in the Kubernetes CLI experience: `kubectl top` gives a snapshot, while ktop keeps an interactive terminal display open and supports hierarchical navigation through nodes, pods, containers, and logs. ### Adoptionsgeschichte ktop is distributed through Kubernetes-native and general package-manager channels: the documentation lists installation as a kubectl plugin through krew, through Homebrew, through `go install`, through Docker, and through GitHub release binaries. Its adoption path is tied to operators and developers who want live cluster inspection without installing agents or server-side components. ### Wie es verwendet wird ktop uses `$KUBECONFIG` or `~/.kube/config`, supports context and namespace selection, and can use Prometheus scraping, Kubernetes Metrics Server, or a no-metrics fallback that shows resource requests and limits. ### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren ktop is package-nerd notable as a Kubernetes-era reinterpretation of a classic Unix admin interface. It also shows how kubectl plugins, Go single binaries, Homebrew formulae, and container images can all distribute the same cluster-ops tool. ### Zeitleiste - 2016-12-29: vladimirvivien/ktop repository created on GitHub. - 2026-06-24: GitHub repository metadata recorded ongoing updates to the project. - 2026: Project documentation described krew, Homebrew, Docker, Go install, and binary-release installation paths. ### Related projects - ktop is related to kubectl top, the krew plugin manager, Kubernetes Metrics Server, Prometheus, cAdvisor/kubelet metrics endpoints, and other terminal cluster dashboards. ### Quellen - - - - - ## Sicherheitshinweise infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal. - **Geiger-Risiko:** orange / mittel - infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal ## 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. ## Credential files - Unix: $KUBECONFIG, ~/.kube/config ## Details aus der Quelldatenbank - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** ktop - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge - Nix - ktop: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/kt/ktop/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper - ktop - 0.5.3-1.7: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: ktop from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | A top-like tool for your Kubernetes clusters | https://github.com/vladimirvivien/ktop ## Verwandte Links - [Cloud CLI packages](https://pkg.so/de/cloud-clis/) - Belongs to a cloud or infrastructure command family. - [Secret-risk packages](https://pkg.so/de/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/de/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://pkg.so/de/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [go](https://pkg.so/de/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [prometheus](https://pkg.so/de/brew/prometheus/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, metrics, monitoring. - [kubetui](https://pkg.so/de/brew/kubetui/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, kubernetes, monitoring. - [kubesess](https://pkg.so/de/brew/kubesess/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, kubectl-plugin, kubernetes. - [kubectl-klock](https://pkg.so/de/brew/kubectl-klock/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, kubectl-plugin, kubernetes. - [kubernetes-cli](https://pkg.so/de/brew/kubernetes-cli/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, kubernetes. - [k9s](https://pkg.so/de/brew/k9s/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, kubernetes. - [k3d](https://pkg.so/de/brew/k3d/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, kubernetes. - [ctlptl](https://pkg.so/de/brew/ctlptl/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, kubernetes. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/ktop.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/ktop.yml) ## Quellen - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - pkgdb category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph