# Install glooctl with Homebrew, Nix

Envoy-Powered API Gateway. Version 1.21.12 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-29. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#glooctl.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:glooctl
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install glooctl
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#glooctl
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gl/glooctl/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:glooctl
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.21.12
- **Source summary:** Envoy-Powered API Gateway
- **Homepage:** <https://docs.solo.io/gloo-edge/main/reference/cli/glooctl/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/solo-io/gloo>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-29T16:05:03+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- glooctl (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.21.12
## Project history and usage

glooctl is the command-line tool for Solo.io's Gloo Edge and Gloo Gateway ecosystem, an Envoy-based API gateway for Kubernetes and hybrid application routing.

### Project history

The glooctl binary developed inside the solo-io/gloo repository as the operational CLI for Gloo Edge. The repository and documentation describe the broader project as an Envoy-powered API gateway that evolved toward Kubernetes-native ingress and Gateway API workflows while preserving the Gloo Edge API surface.

### Adoption history

Its adoption follows the Kubernetes gateway ecosystem: operators install it from Homebrew or Nix, use it beside kubectl and Helm, and manage Envoy-backed gateway resources through Solo.io's documented Gloo distributions.

### How it is used

Practitioners use glooctl for setup, installation, diagnostics, and resource inspection in Gloo environments. The CLI reference groups commands around checking installations, installing gateway components, inspecting resources, and managing local CLI configuration.

### Why package nerds care

glooctl is a representative cloud-native vendor CLI: a single executable that wraps Kubernetes control-plane operations while remaining package-manager installable for local admin machines and CI runners.

### Timeline

- 2019: v0.1.0 tag appeared in the solo-io/gloo repository.
- 2020s: Gloo documentation and repository materials emphasized Envoy, Kubernetes Gateway API, and hybrid application routing.

### Related projects

- glooctl is tied to Gloo Edge, Gloo Gateway, Envoy Proxy, Kubernetes Gateway API, and Kubernetes package workflows such as Helm.

### Sources

- <https://docs.solo.io/gloo-edge/main/reference/cli/glooctl/>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/glooctl>
- <https://github.com/solo-io/gloo>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/solo-io/gloo/main/README.md>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## 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

- Unix: ~/.gloo/glooctl-config.yaml
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - glooctl: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gl/glooctl/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/glooctl.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/glooctl.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph