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Install grafanactl with Homebrew, Nix

CLI to interact with Grafana. Version 0.1.10 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-29. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#grafanactl.

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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install grafanactl

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#grafanactl

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/gr/grafanactl/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

CLI to interact with Grafana

Commands and aliases

  • grafanactl

history

Project history and usage

grafanactl is a Grafana Labs command-line tool for managing Grafana resources and environments through Grafana APIs. It belongs to the observability-as-code layer around Grafana rather than to the Grafana server itself.

Project history

The Grafana documentation presents grafanactl as a CLI for authentication, multiple environments, and administrative/resource workflows through the Grafana REST API. The repository README describes it as public-preview software used by Grafana Labs while still under active development.

By 2026 the repository README pointed users toward gcx as the successor CLI and said the grafanactl repository would be archived on June 1, 2026. That makes grafanactl a transitional package in the Grafana CLI lineage.

Adoption history

grafanactl adoption is tied to teams treating Grafana configuration as code: backing up resources, restoring resources, serving local resource definitions, and switching contexts between Grafana instances. Its Homebrew package gives macOS users a simple binary install for that workflow.

How it is used

Users configure contexts, authenticate to Grafana, and run resource commands such as pulling resources to YAML or serving resources locally for preview and migration workflows.

Why package nerds care

grafanactl is significant as a small, purpose-built companion CLI: it packages Grafana API automation separately from the large Grafana server package, which keeps scripted resource management available in shells and CI jobs.

Timeline

  • 2026-04-27: GitHub release page listed v0.1.10.
  • 2026-06-01: Repository README named this date for archival in favor of gcx.

Related projects

  • Grafana is the server and API target.
  • gcx is the successor CLI named by the Grafana repository.
  • Grafana App SDK resources are part of the ecosystem around resource management.

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
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/grafanactl/config.yaml~/.config/grafanactl/config.yaml

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/grafanactl/config.yaml~/.config/grafanactl/config.yaml

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
grafanactlexecutableindexed executableDiscovered 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 version0.1.10
manager updated2026-07-29
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:grafanactl
Version0.1.10
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://grafana.github.io/grafanactl/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/grafana/grafanactl
Last updated2026-07-29T16:05:05+02:00
Pulseupdated
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone declared

source database matches

Other package-manager records

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Nix95%

grafanactl

nix profile install nixpkgs#grafanactl
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Grafanactl
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gr/grafanactl/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

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.

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