# argocd-autopilot mit Homebrew, Nix, zypper, scoop installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für argocd-autopilot in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:argocd-autopilot
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install argocd-autopilot
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#argocd-autopilot
```

  Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ar/argocd-autopilot/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install argocd-autopilot
```

  Evidenz: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: argocd-autopilot from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/argocd-autopilot
```

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

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:argocd-autopilot
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.4.20
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Opinionated way of installing Argo CD and managing GitOps repositories
- **Homepage:** <https://argoproj.io>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/argoproj-labs/argocd-autopilot>
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- argocd-autopilot (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 0.4.20
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Argo CD Autopilot is an argoproj-labs CLI for bootstrapping Argo CD and managing a GitOps repository with an opinionated structure. It targets a common early Argo CD problem: users know they want GitOps, but not how to lay out repos, add apps, promote changes, or manage Argo CD itself through Git.

### Projektgeschichte

The GitHub repository was created in March 2021 and the first public release, v0.1.2, followed in April 2021. The project lives under argoproj-labs, which the official argoproj README describes as a separate organization for community contributions related to the Argo ecosystem, administered by individual project owners.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

Autopilot is distributed as a CLI through Homebrew, Scoop, Chocolatey, AUR, direct release tarballs, and Docker according to its README and Homebrew formula. Its adoption is tied to Argo CD and GitOps operators rather than to a standalone runtime: the tool creates or updates Git repositories, installs Argo CD, and relies on Kubernetes context plus Git credentials.

### Wie es verwendet wird

A typical session exports `GIT_TOKEN` and `GIT_REPO`, then runs `argocd-autopilot repo bootstrap` against the current Kubernetes context. After bootstrap, users create projects and applications; Autopilot commits manifests to the GitOps repository and lets Argo CD reconcile them into the cluster.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Autopilot is a useful package-manager artifact because it packages a GitOps workflow convention, not just an API client. Installing the binary gives operators a repeatable bootstrap path for repo layout and Argo CD self-management, which is exactly the kind of operational glue that becomes valuable as a named CLI.

### Zeitleiste

- 2021: GitHub repository created under argoproj-labs.
- 2021: v0.1.2 published as the first GitHub release visible through the releases API.
- 2023: v0.4.x line continues with regular maintenance releases.
- 2025: v0.4.20 published and packaged by Homebrew.

### Related projects

- The project is explicitly built around Argo CD and the Argo ecosystem. It also installs the ApplicationSet controller during bootstrap according to its README, tying it to the GitOps app-generation workflow used by Argo CD users.

### Quellen

- <https://api.github.com/repos/argoproj-labs/argocd-autopilot>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/argoproj-labs/argocd-autopilot/releases>
- <https://github.com/argoproj-labs/argocd-autopilot#readme>
- <https://github.com/argoproj/argoproj#readme>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/HEAD/Formula/a/argocd-autopilot.rb>


## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** grün / niedrig
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## 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

- Unix: ~/.kube/config
## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Nix - argocd-autopilot: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ar/argocd-autopilot/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- zypper - argocd-autopilot - 0.4.20-1.7: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: argocd-autopilot from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Opinionated way of installing Argo-CD | https://github.com/argoproj-labs/argocd-autopilot
- zypper - argocd-autopilot-bash-completion - 0.4.20-1.7: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: argocd-autopilot-bash-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Bash Completion for argocd-autopilot | https://github.com/argoproj-labs/argocd-autopilot
- zypper - argocd-autopilot-fish-completion - 0.4.20-1.7: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: argocd-autopilot-fish-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Fish Completion for argocd-autopilot | https://github.com/argoproj-labs/argocd-autopilot
- zypper - argocd-autopilot-zsh-completion - 0.4.20-1.7: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: argocd-autopilot-zsh-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Zsh Completion for argocd-autopilot | https://github.com/argoproj-labs/argocd-autopilot
- Scoop - main/argocd-autopilot: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/argocd-autopilot.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/argocd-autopilot.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/argocd-autopilot.yml)


## Quellen

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
