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macOS

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brew install cekit

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overview

Package summary

Container Evolution Kit

Project links

Homepage

Commands and aliases

cekit
cekit-cache

history

Project history and usage

CEKit is a container image creation tool that builds container images from YAML image definitions, with an emphasis on modularity, reuse, and image testing.

Project history

The project documentation records an earlier migration from Concreate dotfiles to the CEKit layout, moving configuration into the ~/.cekit directory and ~/.cekit/config file. The public GitHub repository was created in 2017 and uses CEKit as the Container Evolution Kit name.

Adoption history

CEKit is aimed at build pipelines that need structured image descriptors rather than handwritten Dockerfiles. Its documentation includes Red Hat and OSBS-oriented features, and the package facts show distribution through Homebrew and Fedora/DNF.

How it is used

A typical CEKit project starts with an image.yaml image descriptor. Users can also keep global options in ~/.cekit/config or pass an alternate config file with --config.

Why package nerds care

For package maintainers, CEKit is interesting because it treats container image builds as descriptor-driven artifacts with reusable modules and multiple builder backends. That makes it closer to a packaging/build-system tool than a simple Docker wrapper.

Timeline

2017: Public GitHub repository created for cekit/cekit.
2.x docs: CEKit documented migration from Concreate dotfiles to ~/.cekit and ~/.cekit/config.
4.x docs: CEKit documents image.yaml descriptors, ~/.cekit/config, and container image build/test workflows.

Related projects

Concreate is the predecessor configuration layout referenced by CEKit's migration notes.
Docker, Podman, Buildah, and OSBS are relevant builder or build-system integrations in the CEKit ecosystem.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: orange

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

Risk classifier

orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure

Why

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal

Signals

text:container

Install behavior

No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

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

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: ~/.cekit/configimage.yaml

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`cekit`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.
`cekit-cache`	executable	indexed executable	Discovered from the local executable index.

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 generated2026-08-03

manager version4.16.0

manager updated2026-07-13

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:cekit
Version	4.16.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://cekit.io
Last updated	2026-07-13T10:08:44Z
Pulse	updated
Bottle	not recorded
Service	none declared

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/cekit.yml

Used sources

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

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