# Install cyphernetes with Homebrew Kubernetes Query Language. Version 0.18.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-27. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:cyphernetes ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install cyphernetes ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:cyphernetes - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 0.18.2 - **Source summary:** Kubernetes Query Language - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-27T22:04:06+02:00 - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - cyphernetes (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 0.18.2 ## Project history and usage Cyphernetes is a Kubernetes query tool that applies a Cypher-inspired graph language to Kubernetes resources. It packages Kubernetes inspection and mutation workflows as shell, one-shot CLI, web UI, kubectl plugin, Go API, and operator entry points. ### 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 - - - - - - ## Security Notes infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal. - **Geiger risk:** orange / medium - infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/cyphernetes.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/cyphernetes.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - cross-ecosystem install command graph