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Command-line utility for operating Envoy Gateway. Version 1.8.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-26.
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Package summary
Command-line utility for operating Envoy Gateway
Project links
Commands and aliases
- egctl
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Project history and usage
egctl is the command-line utility shipped with Envoy Gateway, the Envoy project for managing Envoy Proxy as a standalone or Kubernetes application gateway. Its history is therefore tied to Envoy Gateway's rise around Kubernetes Gateway API rather than to an independent CLI lineage.
Project history
Envoy Gateway was introduced as an open source project for dynamically provisioning and configuring Envoy Proxy from Gateway API resources. The egctl binary became part of the release artifacts for operators who need a packaged command-line surface alongside the controller and Kubernetes manifests.
The earliest public Envoy Gateway release on GitHub was v0.1.0 in May 2022. Releases quickly added prebuilt egctl archives for common operating systems, making the CLI easy for Homebrew and other package managers to distribute separately from the full Kubernetes install manifests.
Adoption history
egctl adoption follows Envoy Gateway adoption in cloud-native shops experimenting with or standardizing on Kubernetes Gateway API. The input package metadata lists Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, and Nix, which fits a tool used by platform engineers across laptops, CI images, and operations hosts.
How it is used
egctl is used for operating and inspecting Envoy Gateway deployments, complementing kubectl and the Gateway API objects that actually drive configuration. It is a package-manager-friendly way to put Envoy Gateway diagnostics and operator commands on a workstation without installing the whole project from source.
Why package nerds care
For package nerds, egctl is a neat example of a sub-binary packaged out of a larger cloud-native controller repository. Its release assets sit next to CRDs and install manifests, so packaging it is about extracting the useful operator CLI from a broader Kubernetes release train.
Timeline
- 2022-05-13: Envoy Gateway v0.1.0 prerelease appears.
- 2022-10-20: Envoy Gateway v0.2.0 is published as a non-prerelease.
- 2023-11-02: v0.6.0 shows the project maturing through 2023.
- 2026-06-05: v1.8.1 release includes egctl archives for Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Related projects
- Envoy Proxy is the data-plane proxy managed by Envoy Gateway.
- Kubernetes Gateway API provides the resource model that Envoy Gateway watches and implements.
- kubectl remains the general Kubernetes CLI that egctl complements for Envoy Gateway-specific operations.
Sources
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for egctl. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
egctl | 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 version1.8.3
manager updated2026-07-26
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:egctl |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.8.3 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://gateway.envoyproxy.io/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/envoyproxy/gateway |
| Last updated | 2026-07-26T04:11:37+02:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
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
- Nucleus package database
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation