Install cyphernetes with Homebrew

Project links

• Homepage
• Repository

Commands and aliases

• cyphernetes

Project history

The GitHub repository was created in November 2023. Its README describes Cyphernetes as a Cypher-inspired query language for Kubernetes, mixing ASCII-art, SQL, and JSONPath ideas so users can express Kubernetes graph operations more directly than with long kubectl pipelines.

The repository is organized as a monorepo containing the core parser and engine, the cyphernetes CLI, a web client, docs, and an operator. That layout explains why the Homebrew package is a CLI but the project is broader than a single command.

Adoption history

Official README installation instructions include Homebrew, go install, and release binaries, and the acknowledgments thank contributors for getting the project into Homebrew. That is a small but concrete signal that the project intentionally targeted package-manager distribution.

How it is used

Users run cyphernetes web for a local web client, cyphernetes shell for an interactive shell, cyphernetes query for one-off scripts and CI/CD, kubectl cypher as a plugin, or the operator for dynamic Kubernetes workflows. Queries can match Kubernetes resources, filter them by status fields, return projections, or create related resources such as Services from Deployments.

Why package nerds care

Cyphernetes is package-nerd-interesting because it turns a familiar database query-language style into a Kubernetes CLI. It belongs to the family of kubectl-adjacent tools that trade verbose shell pipelines for a domain language and then ship as one installable binary.

Timeline

• 2023: AvitalTamir/cyphernetes repository created on GitHub.
• 2024: Early v0.1 through v0.6 tags appear in the repository tag history.
• 2025: v0.18.x releases published and Homebrew installation documented in the official README.

Related projects

• Neo4j Cypher is the named inspiration for the query language.
• kubectl is the operational baseline Cyphernetes often replaces or complements.
• The Cyphernetes operator extends the query language into Kubernetes workflow automation.

Sources

• https://github.com/AvitalTamir/cyphernetes
• https://github.com/AvitalTamir/cyphernetes#readme
• https://github.com/AvitalTamir/cyphernetes/tree/main/docs
• https://api.github.com/repos/AvitalTamir/cyphernetes
• https://api.github.com/repos/AvitalTamir/cyphernetes/releases?per_page=10
• https://api.github.com/repos/AvitalTamir/cyphernetes/tags?per_page=100