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Install minikube with Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper, chocolatey, scoop, winget

Run a Kubernetes cluster locally. Version 1.38.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#minikube.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install minikube

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install minikube

MacPorts ports tree · sysutils/minikube/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add minikube

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · minikube · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#minikube

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/mi/minikube/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S minikube

Arch Linux sync databases · minikube · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install minikube

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · minikube · source: download.opensuse.org

Windows

Chocolateyverified · 92%
choco install Minikube

Chocolatey community package catalog · Minikube · source: community.chocolatey.org

Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install main/minikube

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/minikube.json · source: api.github.com

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id Kubernetes.minikube -e

Windows Package Manager source index · Kubernetes.minikube · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Run a Kubernetes cluster locally

Commands and aliases

  • minikube

history

Project history and usage

minikube grew inside the Kubernetes project as the standard local-development distribution for running Kubernetes on a laptop or workstation. Its core promise is a local Kubernetes cluster on macOS, Linux, or Windows, with a CLI that handles lifecycle actions such as start, stop, status, and delete. The project reached its 1.0.0 milestone in March 2019 alongside Kubernetes 1.14 support, with release notes emphasizing fast local development and broad support for Kubernetes features that fit on a single-machine cluster.

Project history

Technically, minikube started from the single-node VM model that made Kubernetes approachable before developers had access to cloud clusters. VirtualBox was the original and widely documented driver, but the tool expanded into a driver framework that can run Kubernetes through VMs, containers, bare metal, or remote SSH depending on host OS and user needs. That driver model is one of minikube's main differences from narrower tools such as kind: minikube is a general local Kubernetes workstation, not only a Kubernetes-in-Docker test cluster.

How it is used

minikube became a Kubernetes teaching, tutorial, and CI fixture because it gives users a real Kubernetes API server with a short feedback loop. Kubernetes documentation uses it for cluster-introduction tutorials, the Kubernetes blog described it as the most popular community-built local Kubernetes option on Linux, and the minikube docs include workflows for GitHub Actions. In practice, developers use it to test manifests, Helm charts, ingress, storage, add-ons, and application deployments before moving work to shared or production clusters.

security posture

Risk level: orange

Kubernetes cluster infrastructure.

Risk classifier

orange risk · high confidence · infrastructure

Why

  • Kubernetes cluster infrastructure

Signals

  • override:minikube

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.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
~/.minikube/config/config.json

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
minikubeexecutableindexed 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 version1.38.1
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:minikube
Version1.38.1
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/kubernetes/minikube
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone 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.

Nix95%

minikube

nix profile install nixpkgs#minikube
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Minikube
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mi/minikube/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
apk95%

docker-machine-driver-kvm2 1.34.0-r16

minikube-maintained KVM driver for docker-machine

https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube

sudo apk add docker-machine-driver-kvm2
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: minikube
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Minikube
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: docker-machine-driver-kvm2 from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

minikube 1.34.0-r16

Tool that makes it easy to run Kubernetes locally

https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube

sudo apk add minikube
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: minikube
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Minikube
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: minikube from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

minikube-bash-completion 1.34.0-r16

Bash completions for minikube

https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube

sudo apk add minikube-bash-completion
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: minikube
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Minikube
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: minikube-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

minikube-fish-completion 1.34.0-r16

Fish completions for minikube

https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube

sudo apk add minikube-fish-completion
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: minikube
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Minikube
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: minikube-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

minikube-zsh-completion 1.34.0-r16

Zsh completions for minikube

https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube

sudo apk add minikube-zsh-completion
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: minikube
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Minikube
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: minikube-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
pacman95%

minikube 1.38.1-2

A tool that makes it easy to run Kubernetes locally

https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube

sudo pacman -S minikube
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 1 dependencies
  • 2 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Minikube
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: minikube from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
zypper95%

minikube 1.38.1-1.4

Tool to run Kubernetes locally

https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube

sudo zypper install minikube
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Category: System/Management
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: minikube
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Minikube
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: minikube from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

minikube-bash-completion 1.38.1-1.4

Minikube bash completion

https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube

sudo zypper install minikube-bash-completion
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Category: System/Management
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: minikube
  • 3 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Minikube
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: minikube-bash-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

minikube-fish-completion 1.38.1-1.4

Minikube fish completion

https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube

sudo zypper install minikube-fish-completion
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Category: System/Management
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: minikube
  • 2 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Minikube
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: minikube-fish-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

minikube-zsh-completion 1.38.1-1.4

Minikube zsh completion

https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube

sudo zypper install minikube-zsh-completion
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Category: System/Management
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: minikube
  • 2 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Minikube
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: minikube-zsh-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
MacPorts95%

minikube

sudo port install minikube
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Minikube
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/minikube/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Chocolatey95%

Minikube

choco install Minikube
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Minikube
Chocolatey community package catalog · community.chocolatey.org · Chocolatey community package catalog: Minikube from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','microsoft-windows-terminal'
Scoop95%

main/minikube

scoop install main/minikube
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Minikube
Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/minikube.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
winget95%

Kubernetes.minikube

winget install --id Kubernetes.minikube -e
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Minikube
Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: Kubernetes.minikube from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

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