# Install kubevpn with Homebrew, Nix, scoop

Offers a Cloud-Native Dev Environment that connects to your K8s cluster network. Version 2.11.6 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-31. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#kubevpn.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:kubevpn
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install kubevpn
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#kubevpn
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ku/kubevpn/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install extras/kubevpn
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/kubevpn.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:kubevpn
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.11.6
- **Source summary:** Offers a Cloud-Native Dev Environment that connects to your K8s cluster network
- **Homepage:** <https://www.kubevpn.dev>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/kubenetworks/kubevpn>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-31T07:11:51Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- kubevpn (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2.11.6
## Project history and usage

KubeVPN is a Kubernetes-focused local-development CLI that connects a developer machine to a cluster network and routes traffic between local processes and in-cluster services.

### Project history

The project is developed under the kubenetworks organization and is written as a Go command-line tool. Its documentation frames the tool around a cloud-native development loop: connect to the Kubernetes network, resolve services and pods from the local machine, and optionally intercept service traffic so local code can participate in a cluster-like environment.

### Adoption history

KubeVPN is packaged for Homebrew, Scoop, Nix, Snap, GitHub Releases, and Krew. That packaging footprint is the main visible adoption signal: it targets developers who want cluster-network access without hand-configuring VPN routes, port-forward chains, or ad hoc proxy scripts.

### How it is used

Typical usage starts with `kubevpn connect`, which deploys cluster-side traffic-manager resources, configures routes and DNS on the developer machine, and lets local tools access services through Kubernetes names or service IPs. The README and quickstart also describe inbound interception and running a pod workload locally with cluster-like network, volume, and environment behavior.

### Why package nerds care

For package collectors, KubeVPN sits in the family of Kubernetes inner-loop tools alongside Telepresence-style interceptors and krew plugins. Its packaging across Homebrew and Krew is notable because it treats a cluster networking workflow as a single developer CLI rather than as a collection of kubectl port-forward sessions.

### Timeline

- 2020s: KubeVPN appears as a kubenetworks Go CLI for Kubernetes local development and service-network access.
- 2020s: The project documents installs through Homebrew, Snap, Scoop, Krew, and GitHub release archives.
- 2025: GitHub release pages show automated v2.x binary releases for macOS, Linux, and Windows.

### Related projects

- KubeVPN is related to Kubernetes, kubectl, Krew, service-mesh traffic interception tools, and local-cluster development tools such as Telepresence.

### Sources

- <https://artifacthub.io/packages/krew/kubevpn/kubevpn>
- <https://github.com/kubenetworks/kubevpn>
- <https://github.com/kubenetworks/kubevpn/releases>
- <https://kubevpn.dev/docs/quickstart/>


## Security Notes

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

- **Geiger risk:** orange / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
- infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - kubevpn: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ku/kubevpn/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - extras/kubevpn: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/kubevpn.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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