# Install kdash with Homebrew, MacPorts

Simple and fast dashboard for Kubernetes. Version 2.1.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-22. Also installable with macports: sudo port install kdash.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:kdash
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install kdash
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install kdash
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/kdash/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:kdash
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.1.1
- **Source summary:** Simple and fast dashboard for Kubernetes
- **Homepage:** <https://kdash-rs.github.io/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/kdash-rs/kdash>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-22T20:59:01Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- kdash (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2.1.1
## Project history and usage

KDash is a Rust terminal dashboard for Kubernetes. The README describes it as a simple and fast dashboard and shows a keyboard-driven TUI for inspecting Kubernetes resources.

### Project history

The repository was created in April 2021 and the first tagged release, v0.0.1, was published on April 17, 2021. The project grew as a terminal alternative to graphical Kubernetes dashboards, adding broader resource support, filtering, YAML/log/describe views, custom resource support, and cross-platform binary distribution.

The 1.0.0 release on April 9, 2026 added a troubleshoot tab, shell access, aggregate logs, deeper navigation, configurable keybindings/themes, and live kubeconfig watching. The 2.0.0 release on June 15, 2026 changed the app from mostly observational to operational by adding resource actions, edit, delete, rollout restart, scaling, port-forwarding, and confirmation prompts for impactful actions.

### Adoption history

KDash is distributed through Homebrew, MacPorts, Cargo, Scoop, Chocolatey, AUR, Docker, manual release binaries, and an install script documented in the README. The README also displays crates.io, GitHub download, Docker pull, and crates.io download badges, which reflects packaging as a first-class part of the project.

### How it is used

Users run kdash in a terminal with Kubernetes credentials available through kubeconfig. The interface supports keyboard navigation across resources, logs, YAML, describe output, filtering, namespace changes, context switching, copying, secret decoding, port-forwarding, and action menus.

### Why package nerds care

KDash sits in the modern Rust TUI category alongside other single-binary operations tools. It is package-interesting because it offers Kubernetes observability and some day-to-day actions without a browser dashboard, while still fitting neatly into Homebrew, Cargo, Docker, Windows package managers, and release-binary workflows.

### Timeline

- 2021-04-13: GitHub repository created.
- 2021-04-17: v0.0.1 release published.
- 2023-07-04: v0.4.0 added basic Custom Resource Definition support.
- 2026-04-09: v1.0.0 release added troubleshoot, shell, aggregate logs, and custom configuration support.
- 2026-06-15: v2.0.0 release added resource management actions and port-forwarding.
- 2026-06-29: v2.0.2 release published.

### Related projects

- KDash is part of the Kubernetes CLI ecosystem and relies on users' kubeconfig context; its README also references kubectl-backed actions and related package channels such as Cargo, Docker, Scoop, Chocolatey, and AUR.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/kdash-rs/kdash>
- <https://github.com/kdash-rs/kdash/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md>
- <https://github.com/kdash-rs/kdash/releases>
- <https://kdash-rs.github.io/>


## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for kdash. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Other Package-Manager Records

- MacPorts - kdash: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/kdash/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph