# tfk8s mit Homebrew, apt, MacPorts, Nix installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für tfk8s in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:tfk8s
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install tfk8s
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install tfk8s
```

  Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/tfk8s/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install tfk8s
```

  Evidenz: Debian stable package indexes: tfk8s from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#tfk8s
```

  Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/tf/tfk8s/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:tfk8s
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.1.10
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Kubernetes YAML manifests to Terraform HCL converter
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/jrhouston/tfk8s>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/jrhouston/tfk8s>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-07-26T00:50:38+02:00
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- tfk8s (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 0.1.10
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

tfk8s is a Go CLI for converting Kubernetes YAML manifests into Terraform HCL for the Terraform Kubernetes provider. Its README frames the tool around copying examples from Kubernetes documentation or migrating existing YAML manifests without hand-converting them to HCL.

### Projektgeschichte

The project occupies the bridge between Kubernetes YAML workflows and Terraform-managed Kubernetes resources. The README focuses on practical conversions: YAML files to `.tf`, `kubectl get ... -o yaml` piped through tfk8s, Helm template output converted to Terraform, and recursive conversion of manifest trees.

The release history is compact but focused. GitHub lists v0.1.10 as the latest release, with v0.1.x releases adding fixes such as stripping generated fields, supporting `generateName`, handling heredoc strings, ignoring empty YAML documents, and removing a dependency on the Terraform project.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

The repository shows about a thousand GitHub stars and is packaged by Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, MacPorts, and Nix according to the input metadata. That is broad packaging for a narrow converter, suggesting sustained utility for users moving between Kubernetes-native and Terraform-native representations.

Its adoption niche is migration and copy-paste ergonomics: developers can bring Kubernetes examples, Helm output, or live-cluster YAML into Terraform code review without manually mapping every object into HCL.

### Wie es verwendet wird

The standard workflow is `tfk8s -f input.yaml -o output.tf` or piping YAML into stdin and redirecting HCL. Flags include input/output file selection, map-only output, provider alias population, stripping server-side fields, quote-stripping for map keys, and version display.

The README documents use with `kubectl`, Helm, and `find`, making it useful in shell pipelines rather than only as an interactive conversion tool.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

tfk8s is package-nerd interesting because it is a format converter with a very clear boundary: Kubernetes YAML in, Terraform HCL out. It reduces a boring migration chore and fits naturally as a small CLI installed from a system package manager.

Its presence in multiple package ecosystems makes it easier to use in CI and migration scripts without vendoring a custom converter into every repository.

### Zeitleiste

- 2022: Repository page lists v0.1.10 as the latest release.
- 2022: v0.1.x release notes record support and cleanup for generated fields, `generateName`, heredoc strings, empty YAML documents, and Terraform dependency removal.

### Related projects

- Terraform Kubernetes Provider is the target provider named by the README.
- `kubectl` and Helm are documented input producers for tfk8s conversion workflows.

### Quellen

- <https://github.com/jrhouston/tfk8s>
- <https://github.com/jrhouston/tfk8s/releases>
- source_facts.package-manager


## Sicherheitshinweise

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** orange / mittel
- infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Debian apt - tfk8s - 0.1.10-2+b10: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: tfk8s from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Tool for converting Kubernetes YAML manifests to Terraform HCL | https://github.com/jrhouston/tfk8s
- Nix - tfk8s: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/tf/tfk8s/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - tfk8s - 0.1.10-2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: tfk8s from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Tool for converting Kubernetes YAML manifests to Terraform HCL | https://github.com/jrhouston/tfk8s
- MacPorts - tfk8s: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/tfk8s/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/tfk8s.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/tfk8s.yml)


## Quellen

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