# Install nova-fairwinds with Homebrew, Nix, zypper, apt, scoop, winget Find outdated or deprecated Helm charts running in your cluster. Version 3.12.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-26. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install nova-api. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:nova-fairwinds ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install nova-fairwinds ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#nova ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/no/nova/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install nova ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: nova from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install nova-api ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: nova-api from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - Ubuntu apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install nova-ajax-console-proxy ``` Evidence: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: nova-ajax-console-proxy from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/nova ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/nova.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id Jasmine.Nova -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: Jasmine.Nova from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:nova-fairwinds - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 3.12.0 - **Source summary:** Find outdated or deprecated Helm charts running in your cluster - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-26T19:43:16+02:00 - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - nova (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 3.12.0 ## Project history and usage Fairwinds Nova is a Kubernetes/Helm maintenance CLI that scans a cluster for installed Helm charts, compares them with known Helm repositories, and reports available updates or deprecated charts. Later versions also scan for out-of-date container images. The GitHub repository was created on 2020-05-19 and had 866 stars and 50 forks when queried on 2026-07-01. Homebrew packages it as nova-fairwinds to avoid name collisions with unrelated packages named nova. ### Project history Nova belongs to Fairwinds' family of Kubernetes operations tools. Its docs cross-promote Polaris for policy checks, Goldilocks for resource right-sizing, Pluto for Kubernetes API deprecation detection, and rbac-manager for RBAC management. The project reached the 1.0 line in 2020. GitHub tags include 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, and 1.0.3, and GitHub releases show continued 3.x maintenance through v3.12.0 on 2026-04-27. ### Adoption history Nova's adoption is specialized: it targets Kubernetes operators who already run Helm and want automated upgrade/deprecation visibility. Homebrew's formula API reported 941 install-on-request events in its 365-day analytics window. Its ecosystem role is not to deploy charts, but to audit what is already deployed. Fairwinds also positions Fairwinds Insights as the commercial path for running checks across multiple clusters, tracking results, and integrating with Slack, Datadog, and Jira. ### How it is used Users install the nova binary, point it at a Kubernetes context, and run scans to see which Helm releases have newer chart versions or deprecation signals. The docs list installation by GitHub Releases, asdf, Homebrew via the Fairwinds tap, and source builds. For package maintainers and platform teams, Nova is a small CI/ops utility: run it periodically against clusters, export or review findings, then feed chart-upgrade work into the normal release process. Version 3.12.0 also changed container image distribution to signed immutable images under us-docker.pkg.dev/fairwinds-ops/oss/nova. ### Why package nerds care Nova is most interesting as a dependency-hygiene scanner for Helm estates. It fills the same operational niche for Helm chart drift that Pluto fills for Kubernetes API deprecations: a narrow CLI that turns cluster state into upgrade work. ### Timeline - 2020-05-19: GitHub repository created. - 2020: 1.0.x tags created. - 2026-04-21: v3.11.15 released. - 2026-04-27: v3.12.0 released with registry migration and immutable/signed image notes. ### Related projects - Helm - Kubernetes - Fairwinds Polaris - Fairwinds Goldilocks - Fairwinds Pluto - Fairwinds Insights ### Sources - - - - - - - ## Security Notes infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal. - **Geiger risk:** orange / medium - infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - nova-api - 2:31.0.0-6+deb13u2: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: nova-api from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | OpenStack Compute - compute API frontend | http://www.openstack.org/software/openstack-compute/ - Debian apt - nova-common - 2:31.0.0-6+deb13u2: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: nova-common from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | OpenStack Compute - common files | http://www.openstack.org/software/openstack-compute/ - Debian apt - nova-compute - 2:31.0.0-6+deb13u2: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: nova-compute from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | OpenStack Compute - compute node | http://www.openstack.org/software/openstack-compute/ - Debian apt - nova-compute-ironic - 2:31.0.0-6+deb13u2: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: nova-compute-ironic from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | OpenStack Compute - compute node (Ironic) | http://www.openstack.org/software/openstack-compute/ - Debian apt - nova-compute-kvm - 2:31.0.0-6+deb13u2: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: nova-compute-kvm from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | OpenStack Compute - compute node (KVM) | http://www.openstack.org/software/openstack-compute/ - Debian apt - nova-compute-lxc - 2:31.0.0-6+deb13u2: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: nova-compute-lxc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | OpenStack Compute - compute node (LXC) | http://www.openstack.org/software/openstack-compute/ - Debian apt - nova-compute-qemu - 2:31.0.0-6+deb13u2: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: nova-compute-qemu from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | OpenStack Compute - compute node (QEmu) | http://www.openstack.org/software/openstack-compute/ - Debian apt - nova-conductor - 2:31.0.0-6+deb13u2: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: nova-conductor from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | OpenStack Compute - conductor service | http://www.openstack.org/software/openstack-compute/ - Debian apt - nova-consoleproxy - 2:31.0.0-6+deb13u2: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: nova-consoleproxy from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | OpenStack Compute - NoVNC proxy | http://www.openstack.org/software/openstack-compute/ - Debian apt - nova-doc - 2:31.0.0-6+deb13u2: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: nova-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | OpenStack Compute - documentation | http://www.openstack.org/software/openstack-compute/ - Debian apt - nova-scheduler - 2:31.0.0-6+deb13u2: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: nova-scheduler from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | OpenStack Compute - virtual machine scheduler | http://www.openstack.org/software/openstack-compute/ - Debian apt - python3-nova - 2:31.0.0-6+deb13u2: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: python3-nova from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | OpenStack Compute - libraries | http://www.openstack.org/software/openstack-compute/ - Nix - nova: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/no/nova/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - nova-ajax-console-proxy - 3:29.0.1-0ubuntu1: installed executable or alias match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: nova-ajax-console-proxy from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | OpenStack Compute - AJAX console proxy - transitional package | https://launchpad.net/nova - Ubuntu apt - nova-api - 3:29.0.1-0ubuntu1: installed executable or alias match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: nova-api from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | OpenStack Compute - API frontend | https://launchpad.net/nova - Ubuntu apt - nova-api-metadata - 3:29.0.1-0ubuntu1: installed executable or alias match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: nova-api-metadata from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | OpenStack Compute - metadata API frontend | https://launchpad.net/nova ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/nova-fairwinds.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/nova-fairwinds.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