# Install kagent with Homebrew

Kubernetes native framework for building AI agents. Version 0.9.12 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-27.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:kagent
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install kagent
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:kagent
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.9.12
- **Source summary:** Kubernetes native framework for building AI agents
- **Homepage:** <https://kagent.dev>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/kagent-dev/kagent>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-27T21:58:36+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- kagent (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.9.12
## Project history and usage

kagent is an open-source Kubernetes-native framework for running AI agents as cloud-native workloads for operations, troubleshooting, and automation.

### Project history

The project was created at Solo.io in 2025 and documented as a Cloud Native Computing Foundation sandbox project. Its design centers on DevOps and platform-engineering use cases: agents run close to Kubernetes workloads, use cluster-native APIs, and can coordinate multi-step operational tasks.

### Adoption history

A 2025 project blog post described the first 100 days as reaching CNCF Sandbox status, more than 100 contributors, and more than 1,000 GitHub stars. Release metadata shows frequent 0.x releases through 2025 and 2026, consistent with a fast-moving early-stage cloud-native project.

### How it is used

Users install kagent into a Kubernetes environment, define agents and tools, connect an LLM provider, and use the framework to automate investigation, remediation, and workflow tasks around cluster operations.

### Why package nerds care

For package managers, kagent is part of the 2025-2026 wave of CLIs that package LLM-agent infrastructure as normal cloud-native tooling rather than as a standalone chat application. The Homebrew formula gives platform engineers a familiar entry point into that stack.

### Timeline

- 2025: kagent created at Solo.io.
- 2025: Project accepted as a CNCF Sandbox project.
- 2025-06-10: v0.3.13 appears in the public GitHub release feed.
- 2026-06-29: v0.10.0-beta1 published.

### Related projects

- Related projects and standards include Kubernetes, CNCF, Model Context Protocol servers, kgateway, kmcp, and other cloud-native agent frameworks.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/kagent-dev/kagent/releases?per_page=100>
- <https://kagent.dev/>
- <https://kagent.dev/blog/kagent-celebrating-100-days>
- <https://kagent.dev/docs/kagent/introduction/what-is-kagent>


## 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/kagent.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/kagent.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph