Install teleport with Homebrew

Project links

• Homepage
• Repository

Commands and aliases

• fdpass-teleport
• sessionhelper
• tbot
• tctl
• teleport
• teleport-update
• tsh

Project history

Teleport's own 2018 release notes say it began as an SSH library built for Gravity, Gravitational's product for managing Kubernetes applications on private clouds. After it was open sourced, users asked for enterprise SSH features such as RBAC and SAML/OAuth2 authentication without needing Gravity.

By Teleport 2.4 in January 2018, the project was already described as a modern SSH and kubectl bastion server with certificate-based authentication, SSO integration, built-in bastion behavior, and session recording. Teleport 3.0 in October 2018 added native Kubernetes support and positioned the proxy as a single authentication endpoint for SSH and Kubernetes.

Adoption history

Teleport grew from SSH-focused access into a broader platform as teams tried to replace static keys, VPNs, and hand-built bastions. The 2020 Teleport Cloud announcement says Teleport had moved from early adopters to organizations such as NASDAQ, Snowflake, and IBM and had expanded from SSH into Kubernetes and internal application access.

Current docs make the CLI adoption model clear: engineers use `tsh` to authenticate, list resources, connect to servers, proxy applications, connect to databases, and manage sessions, while administrators use Teleport services and `tctl` to enroll and govern resources.

How it is used

Package users install Teleport for several binaries, especially `teleport` for cluster services, `tsh` for user access, `tctl` for administration, and `tbot` for machine identity. Typical package usage involves generating `/etc/teleport.yaml`, running services under systemd or launch tooling, and storing user certificates under `~/.tsh`.

In package-manager culture, Teleport is a heavy-duty CLI package: upgrades, service definitions, config paths, and client/server version compatibility all matter because the package controls access to production infrastructure.

Why package nerds care

Teleport is significant because it packages an entire access-control plane into installable binaries. For package maintainers and operators, it sits in the sensitive zone where a package is both a daemon and a security boundary.

The Homebrew formula is especially useful for client-side users who need `tsh` and related tools on laptops, while server packages matter for running auth, proxy, node, Kubernetes, database, and application services.

Timeline

• 2015: gravitational/teleport repository created.
• 2018: Teleport 2.4 release notes describe the project's open source SSH-server roots and commercial editions.
• 2018: Teleport 3.0 adds native Kubernetes support.
• 2020: Teleport Cloud preview is announced as a hosted way to run Teleport.
• 2026: Teleport 18.9.2 is published in the official GitHub releases.

Related projects

• Gravity is the Gravitational product whose SSH library origins fed into Teleport.
• OpenSSH and kubectl are the familiar client workflows Teleport integrates with and augments.
• Teleport Connect, tctl, tsh, and tbot are related tools within the same Teleport ecosystem.

Sources

• https://github.com/gravitational/teleport
• https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/releases/tag/v18.9.2
• https://goteleport.com/blog/teleport-2-4-released/
• https://goteleport.com/blog/teleport-cloud/
• https://goteleport.com/blog/teleport-release-3/
• https://goteleport.com/docs/connect-your-client/teleport-clients/tsh/
• https://goteleport.com/docs/core-concepts/