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Install kubevious with Homebrew

Detects and prevents Kubernetes misconfigurations and violations. Version 1.0.64 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-15.

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brew install kubevious

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overview

Package summary

Detects and prevents Kubernetes misconfigurations and violations

Commands and aliases

  • kubevious

history

Project history and usage

Kubevious CLI is a Kubernetes manifest assurance and validation tool. It packages the Kubevious rules-and-dashboard lineage into a command suitable for local YAML checks, GitOps validation, CI/CD pipelines, and live-cluster troubleshooting.

Project history

The Kubevious CLI README says the CLI was created from lessons learned in the Kubevious Dashboard project and from the evolution of its rules framework. That origin explains its emphasis on cross-manifest validation rather than checking one YAML file at a time.

Adoption history

The CLI has a smaller footprint than KubeVela or kubespy, but it is distributed through Homebrew, npm, precompiled binaries, Docker, and GitHub Actions Marketplace. Its repository release list shows many 1.0.x releases, which suggests maintenance around Kubernetes schema and rule details.

How it is used

Users run kubevious guard or lint against files, directories, URLs, stdin, Helm charts, Kustomize output, and live-cluster manifests. The tool is meant to catch typos, schema errors, conflicts, inconsistencies, compliance issues, and best-practice violations before changes reach a cluster.

Why package nerds care

Kubevious CLI is package-nerd significant as a validation binary that can sit in pre-commit hooks, CI, and package-manager install paths. It overlaps with kubeval, kubeconform, conftest, Polaris, and kube-score, but its README emphasizes application-centric, cross-manifest validation inherited from the Kubevious dashboard.

Timeline

  • 2020: Public Kubevious dashboard material described an application-centric Kubernetes validation and visualization project.
  • 2023: Kubevious CLI mirror/package metadata described the CLI as the newer standalone validation tool based on the dashboard foundation.
  • 2025: The GitHub release list showed the v1.0.6x series with fixes and rule/schema changes.

Related projects

  • Related projects include Kubevious Dashboard, Kubernetes Dashboard, kubeval, kubeconform, conftest, Polaris, kube-score, Helm, and Kustomize. The CLI is closest to policy and manifest validation tools, but with Kubevious-specific app-centric correlation.

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

CommandKindExposureNote
kubeviousexecutableindexed 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 version1.0.64
manager updated2026-06-15
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:kubevious
Version1.0.64
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://kubevious.io
Last updated2026-06-15T10:20:19-04:00
Pulseupdated
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone declared

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  • curated package history
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