# Install cekit with Homebrew

Container Evolution Kit. Version 4.16.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-13.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:cekit
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install cekit
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:cekit
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 4.16.0
- **Source summary:** Container Evolution Kit
- **Homepage:** <https://cekit.io>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-13T10:08:44Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- cekit (alias)
- cekit-cache (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 4.16.0
## 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

- <https://api.github.com/repos/cekit/cekit>
- <https://github.com/cekit/cekit>
- <https://cekit.io>
- <https://docs.cekit.io/>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/cekit.json>


## Security Notes

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

- **Geiger risk:** orange / medium
- 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.


## Configuration files

- Unix: ~/.cekit/config, image.yaml

## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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