macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install crossplanelocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew / rank 2479
Install crossplane with Homebrew, apk, Nix, winget, zypper
Build control planes without needing to write code. Version 2.4.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-27. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#crossplane.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add crossplaneAlpine Linux edge package indexes · crossplane · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#crossplanenixpkgs package indexes · crossplane · source: raw.githubusercontent.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install crossplane-cliopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · crossplane-cli · source: download.opensuse.org
Windows
Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id Crossplane.CrossplaneCli -eWindows Package Manager source index · Crossplane.CrossplaneCli · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com
overview
Package summary
Build control planes without needing to write code
Project links
Commands and aliases
- crossplane
history
Project history and usage
The Homebrew `crossplane` formula packages the Crossplane CLI, the command-line companion to the Crossplane cloud-native control plane framework. The CLI is used for Crossplane development and administration rather than as the Crossplane controller itself.
Project history
Crossplane was created by Upbound as an open source framework for building Kubernetes-style control planes. CNCF records Crossplane's project path as accepted on June 25, 2020, moved to Incubating on September 14, 2021, and Graduated on October 28, 2025.
The standalone Crossplane CLI repository describes the tool as a single binary for macOS, Linux, and Windows. Its v2-era command set focuses on platform and package work: building, installing, updating, and pushing packages; building projects; rendering and testing composition functions; and troubleshooting Crossplane resources.
Adoption history
Crossplane's own adopters file lists organizations using it for internal developer platforms, cloud management, and infrastructure provisioning, including Upbound, Renault, SAP, NASA Science Cloud, Nike, Elastic, and many others. That public adopter list made Crossplane important to package managers because the CLI became a local workstation tool for a production Kubernetes control-plane ecosystem.
How it is used
The CLI is installed on a user's computer and most commands are independent of direct access to a Crossplane pod. Some commands still depend on local platform tools, such as a Docker-compatible container runtime for rendering composition functions and building projects.
In package-manager terms, the CLI turns Crossplane from only a cluster-side controller into a local developer tool: users can install it with Homebrew, Winget, Nix, APK, or distribution packages and use it in CI or workstation workflows around Crossplane packages.
Why package nerds care
Crossplane is significant because it brings cloud infrastructure management into Kubernetes APIs and package-like control-plane components. The CLI's packaging matters for repeatable platform engineering workflows, especially where teams build and distribute Crossplane packages rather than only applying YAML to a cluster.
Timeline
- 2020: Crossplane accepted to CNCF
- 2021: Crossplane moved to CNCF Incubating
- 2025: Crossplane moved to CNCF Graduated
- 2026: Crossplane CLI v2.4.0 release
Related projects
- The CLI is part of the Crossplane ecosystem alongside the crossplane/crossplane core project, Crossplane Packages, Composition Functions, Kubernetes, and the CNCF project infrastructure.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
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
~/.kube/config
Credential files
Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.
- Unix
~/.kube/config
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
crossplane | 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 version2.4.1
manager updated2026-07-27
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:crossplane |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.4.1 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/crossplane/cli |
| Repository | https://github.com/crossplane/cli |
| Last updated | 2026-07-27T22:04:05+02:00 |
| 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%
crossplane
nix profile install nixpkgs#crossplane- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Crossplane
apk95%
crossplane 0.5.8-r5
Quick and reliable way to convert NGINX configurations into JSON and back.
https://github.com/nginxinc/crossplane/
sudo apk add crossplane- License: Apache-2.0
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: crossplane
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Crossplane
apk95%
crossplane-pyc 0.5.8-r5
Precompiled Python bytecode for crossplane
https://github.com/nginxinc/crossplane/
sudo apk add crossplane-pyc- License: Apache-2.0
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: crossplane
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Crossplane
zypper95%
crossplane-cli 2.4.1-1.1
The Cloud Native Control Plane
https://github.com/crossplane/cli
sudo zypper install crossplane-cli- License: Apache-2.0
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: crossplane-cli
- 1 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Crossplane
winget95%
Crossplane.CrossplaneCli
winget install --id Crossplane.CrossplaneCli -e- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Crossplane
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.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation