macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
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Install kubevela with Homebrew, Nix
Application Platform based on Kubernetes and Open Application Model. Version 1.11.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-27. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#kubevela.
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Linux
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#kubevelanixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ku/kubevela/package.nix · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Application Platform based on Kubernetes and Open Application Model
Project links
Commands and aliases
- vela
history
Project history and usage
KubeVela is a Kubernetes-based application delivery platform built around Open Application Model ideas. Among the packages in this batch, it is the large ecosystem project: a CNCF project, a controller/CLI platform, and a long-running attempt to give platform teams a programmable application abstraction above raw Kubernetes objects.
Project history
KubeVela was publicly launched in November 2020 around KubeCon + CloudNativeCon as an extensible application platform based on Open Application Model and Kubernetes. The project framed OAM as a way to separate developer-facing application descriptions from platform-engineer-defined components, traits, policies, and workflows.
Adoption history
CNCF records show KubeVela was accepted to the foundation on June 22, 2021 and moved to Incubating maturity on February 27, 2023. The repository scale, release count, documentation site, community calls, and CNCF status make it substantially more adopted than the one-purpose CLIs in this batch.
How it is used
Operators install KubeVela into Kubernetes and use the vela CLI to define, deploy, and operate applications across clusters and environments. The project documentation emphasizes render, orchestrate, deploy workflows, GitOps and CI/CD integration, CUE-powered extensibility, addons, observability, multi-tenancy, and multi-cluster delivery.
Why package nerds care
KubeVela is interesting to package maintainers because the Homebrew package ships the vela CLI for a much larger control-plane system. It is also a good example of Kubernetes ecosystem packaging where a CLI, CRDs, Helm charts, release assets, docs, and CNCF metadata all describe different parts of the same project.
Timeline
- 2020: KubeVela was launched publicly as an OAM-and-Kubernetes application platform.
- 2021: CNCF accepted KubeVela on June 22, 2021.
- 2023: KubeVela moved to CNCF Incubating maturity on February 27, 2023.
- 2026: The GitHub release page listed v1.10.9 on June 30, 2026.
Related projects
- Related projects include Open Application Model, Kubernetes, CUE, Helm, Argo CD, Crossplane, Dapr, and platform-engineering systems that expose higher-level application delivery abstractions. KubeVela is especially tied to OAM because the OAM specification describes KubeVela as a driving implementation.
Sources
- https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/kubevela
- https://github.com/kubevela/kubevela
- https://github.com/kubevela/kubevela/releases
- https://kubevela.io/blog/2020/12/7/kubevela-the-extensible-app-platform-based-on-open-application-model-and-kubernetes/
- https://kubevela.io/docs
- https://oam.dev/
- https://www.cncf.io/blog/2023/02/27/kubevela-brings-software-delivery-control-plane-capabilities-to-cncf-incubator/
- https://www.cncf.io/projects/kubevela/
security posture
Risk level: orange
infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.
Risk classifier
orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure
Why
- infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal
Signals
- text:kubernetes
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.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
vela | executable | indexed executable | Discovered 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 version1.11.0
manager updated2026-07-27
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:kubevela |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.11.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://kubevela.io |
| Repository | https://github.com/kubevela/kubevela |
| Last updated | 2026-07-27T21:58:47+02:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
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kubevela
nix profile install nixpkgs#kubevela- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Kubevela
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.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation