brew / rank 3564

Install cloud-provider-kind with Homebrew, apk, Nix

Cloud provider for KIND clusters. Version 0.11.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-25. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#cloud-provider-kind.

Install command Security notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install cloud-provider-kind

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%

sudo apk add cloud-provider-kind

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · cloud-provider-kind · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#cloud-provider-kind

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/cl/cloud-provider-kind/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Cloud provider for KIND clusters

Project links

Commands and aliases

cloud-provider-kind

history

Project history and usage

cloud-provider-kind is a Kubernetes SIGs project that gives kind clusters a local cloud-provider-style LoadBalancer experience. It is newer and narrower than kind itself, but its official docs provide enough source-backed context for package history.

Project history

The kubernetes-sigs/cloud-provider-kind repository was created in 2023 to fill a specific gap in kind-based testing: kind is useful for cheap local Kubernetes clusters, but does not itself provide all behavior that depends on cloud providers, especially LoadBalancer services.

The README documents the provider as a local controller that watches kind clusters and LoadBalancer Services, then creates corresponding containers to expose those Services. It also added a published controller-manager image starting with v0.4.0.

Adoption history

Official installation paths include `go install`, building from source, Docker, and community-supported Homebrew packaging. The README explicitly says package-manager builds are community supported and not produced by the maintainers.

The project gained visible Kubernetes community attention through a KubeCon EU 2024 talk linked from the README, which is meaningful adoption evidence for a Kubernetes SIG utility.

How it is used

Users create a kind cluster, run `cloud-provider-kind` in a terminal, and then create LoadBalancer Services or Gateway API resources that the provider exposes through local containers.

The provider also supports Gateway API behavior and a registry override environment variable for mirroring its proxy image.

Why package nerds care

For package maintainers, cloud-provider-kind is interesting because upstream treats Homebrew as a community package while Go install and container images remain closer to the project. That split matters for users who expect Kubernetes SIG artifacts to be canonical.

It is also a small but useful example of packaging local Kubernetes infrastructure behavior as a single CLI.

Timeline

2023: kubernetes-sigs/cloud-provider-kind GitHub repository metadata was created.
v0.4.0: The README records availability of the registry.k8s.io controller-manager image.
2024: The README links a KubeCon EU talk about load balancing on kind.

Related projects

kind is the local Kubernetes cluster tool that cloud-provider-kind extends.
Kubernetes Gateway API is supported by cloud-provider-kind.
Kubernetes cloud-provider implementations are the broader family of projects whose behavior this tool emulates locally.

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:cluster,cloud

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.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`cloud-provider-kind`	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 version0.11.1

manager updated2026-07-25

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:cloud-provider-kind
Version	0.11.1
Package manager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://kubernetes-sigs.github.io/cloud-provider-kind/
Repository	https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cloud-provider-kind
Last updated	2026-07-25T14:20:50-04:00
Pulse	updated
Bottle	not recorded
Service	none declared

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

cloud-provider-kind

nix profile install nixpkgs#cloud-provider-kind

normalized package name match
Matched by: Cloud Provider Kind

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cl/cloud-provider-kind/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

apk95%

cloud-provider-kind 0.11.1-r1

Cloud provider for KIND clusters

https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cloud-provider-kind

sudo apk add cloud-provider-kind

License: Apache-2.0
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: cloud-provider-kind
1 dependencies
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Cloud Provider Kind

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: cloud-provider-kind from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

cloud-provider-kind-doc 0.11.1-r1

Cloud provider for KIND clusters (documentation)