# Install gwctl with Homebrew CLI for managing and inspecting Gateway API resources in Kubernetes clusters. Version 0.2.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-27. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:gwctl ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install gwctl ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:gwctl - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 0.2.0 - **Source summary:** CLI for managing and inspecting Gateway API resources in Kubernetes clusters - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-27T14:57:53+02:00 - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - gwctl (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 0.2.0 ## Project history and usage gwctl is a Kubernetes SIGs command-line tool for managing and understanding Kubernetes Gateway API resources. Its README describes create, view, describe, analyze, delete, and graphing workflows for Gateway API resources and other Kubernetes objects. ### Project history The public GitHub repository was created on 2024-09-12 under kubernetes-sigs. The README places the tool inside the Gateway API ecosystem and explicitly marks it as an experimental Gateway API feature, meaning incompatible changes are expected while the design settles. GitHub releases show v0.1.0 on 2024-11-01 and v0.2.0 on 2025-11-28. That release cadence and the experimental warning fit a young Kubernetes-adjacent CLI being iterated alongside Gateway API resource patterns. ### Adoption history gwctl's adoption path is through the Kubernetes SIGs organization and the Gateway API community rather than through a standalone vendor. The README says discussion happens in the same Slack channel and community meetings as the rest of the Gateway API subproject. Homebrew packaging gives macOS and Linux users a short install path, while source builds use Go, Git, and make. For cluster operators, this places gwctl beside kubectl as a specialized inspection and analysis tool for Gateway API topologies. ### How it is used The README demonstrates applying Gateway API CRDs, loading sample resources, listing GatewayClasses, Gateways, HTTPRoutes, Services, policies, pods, and CRDs, and describing Gateway resources with related routes, backends, and policy information. gwctl also has analysis and graphing roles: gwctl analyze can evaluate resource definitions before creation, and gwctl get -o graph emits DOT graphs that visualize relationships among Gateway API resources. ### Why package nerds care gwctl is package-manager relevant because it packages a specialized Kubernetes API understanding into one CLI. Rather than being another generic kubectl wrapper, it encodes Gateway API relationships, policy inheritance, warnings, and graph output, which are hard to see from raw YAML alone. ### Timeline - 2024-09-12: Public kubernetes-sigs/gwctl repository created. - 2024-11-01: v0.1.0 GitHub release published. - 2025-11-28: v0.2.0 GitHub release published. - 2026: README continues to describe gwctl as an experimental Gateway API feature. ### Related projects - Kubernetes: gwctl manages resources in Kubernetes clusters. - Gateway API: gwctl is developed around Gateway API resource models and community channels. - kubectl and kustomize: gwctl examples use Kubernetes-style resource operations and kustomize URLs. ### 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/gwctl.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/gwctl.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - cross-ecosystem install command graph