# falcoctl mit Homebrew, Nix, zypper installieren Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für falcoctl in AI-Agent-Workflows. ## Installation ```sh sudo av install brew:falcoctl ``` Weitere Installationsbefehle: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install falcoctl ``` Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#falcoctl ``` Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fa/falcoctl/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install falcoctl ``` Evidenz: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: falcoctl from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst ## Paketfakten - **Paketschlüssel:** brew:falcoctl - **Paketmanager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 0.13.0 - **Quellzusammenfassung:** CLI tool for working with Falco and its ecosystem components - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-07-26T11:37:55+02:00 - **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - falcoctl (Alias) ## Installationsverhalten - Bottle: nicht verfügbar ## Version und Aktualität - Seite generiert: 2026-08-03 - Manager-Version: 0.13.0 ## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung falcoctl is the official administrative CLI for Falco and its ecosystem components. It installs, searches, and updates Falco artifacts such as rules files and plugins through configured indexes and registries. ### Projektgeschichte The repository was created in 2019 and its first GitHub release was labeled an initial proof of concept. It later became part of the Falco project's core, stable repository set, with the README badges identifying it as both a Falco core repository and stable project. The tool exists because Falco is no longer just one binary and one rules file. The Falco project documents falcoctl as the component that makes it easier to install rules and plugins and perform administrative tasks, and also notes that falcoctl is bundled together with Falco. ### Adoptionsgeschichte falcoctl's adoption is tied to Falco's ecosystem packaging. Its README documents Linux and macOS release artifacts, Homebrew installation on macOS, source builds, and the default falcosecurity artifact index at `https://falcosecurity.github.io/falcoctl/index.yaml`. The broader Falco documentation describes Falco as a graduated CNCF project used in production by listed organizations, and names falcoctl among the main project components and ecosystem tools. That makes falcoctl important even when users encounter it indirectly through Falco packaging. ### Wie es verwendet wird The basic workflow begins with `falcoctl index add`, which stores index metadata locally and downloads an index file. Users then run commands such as `falcoctl index list`, `falcoctl artifact search`, and `falcoctl artifact install` to discover and install Falco rules files and plugins from registries such as GHCR. The default system configuration file is `/etc/falcoctl/falcoctl.yaml`, while user state under `~/.config/falcoctl/` stores caches, index metadata, and OAuth2 client credentials. Registry authentication can also be configured in the YAML file for private or cloud registries. ### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren falcoctl matters to package and runtime-security users because it separates Falco ecosystem artifact distribution from the Falco daemon itself. Instead of hand-copying rule files and plugins, operators can use a package-manager-like index and artifact model that fits CI, container, and host automation. ### Zeitleiste - 2019: Repository created. - 2019: v0.0.1 released as an initial proof of concept. - 2022: README examples show the default falcosecurity artifact index workflow. - 2026: v0.13.0 released. ### Related projects - Falco is the runtime security project falcoctl administers. - Falco rules and plugins are the main artifact types handled by falcoctl. - Falco Evolution tracks falcoctl as a core, stable repository. ### Quellen - - - - - - ## 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: /etc/falcoctl/falcoctl.yaml ## Credential files - Unix: /etc/falcoctl/falcoctl.yaml ## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge - Nix - falcoctl: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fa/falcoctl/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper - falcoctl - 0.13.0-1.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: falcoctl from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | CLI / Administrative tooling for Falco | https://github.com/falcosecurity/falcoctl - zypper - falcoctl-bash-completion - 0.13.0-1.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: falcoctl-bash-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Bash Completion for falcoctl | https://github.com/falcosecurity/falcoctl - zypper - falcoctl-fish-completion - 0.13.0-1.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: falcoctl-fish-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Fish Completion for falcoctl | https://github.com/falcosecurity/falcoctl - zypper - falcoctl-zsh-completion - 0.13.0-1.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: falcoctl-zsh-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Zsh Completion for falcoctl | https://github.com/falcosecurity/falcoctl ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/falcoctl.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/falcoctl.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