# Install vals with Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop

Helm-like configuration values loader with support for various sources. Version 0.45.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-26. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#vals.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:vals
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install vals
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install vals
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/vals/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add vals
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: vals from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#vals
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S vals
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: vals from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/vals
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:vals
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.45.0
- **Source summary:** Helm-like configuration values loader with support for various sources
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/helmfile/vals>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/helmfile/vals>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-26T00:30:00+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- vals (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.45.0
## Project history and usage

`vals` is a small Helmfile-adjacent utility for resolving configuration values and secrets from external systems. The GitHub repository was created on August 10, 2019, and the README presents it as a tool for managing configuration values and secrets, with URI-style `ref+...` references that can be evaluated in YAML or JSON documents.

### Project history

`vals` is a small Helmfile-adjacent utility for resolving configuration values and secrets from external systems. The GitHub repository was created on August 10, 2019, and the README presents it as a tool for managing configuration values and secrets, with URI-style `ref+...` references that can be evaluated in YAML or JSON documents.

### Adoption history

Its niche is Kubernetes deployment configuration rather than general secret management. The README documents backends such as Vault, AWS SSM Parameter Store, AWS Secrets Manager, SOPS-encrypted files, GCP Secret Manager, 1Password, Kubernetes, Terraform state, and several newer secret stores. Helmfile's own documentation treats vals as the remote-secret/value import path: Helmfile can import configuration parameters from AWS SSM, AWS Secrets Manager, Vault, SOPS, and the broader vals backend list.

### How it is used

Typical usage is to keep references such as `ref+vault://...` or `ref+awsssm://...` in values files, then run `vals eval -f file.yaml` to render concrete values, `vals exec -f env.yaml -- command` to populate environment variables for a subprocess, or let Helmfile template functions fetch or expand those refs during release rendering. The tool is therefore most visible in GitOps and Helm workflows where teams want charts and state files to remain declarative without committing secret material.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/helmfile/vals>
- <https://github.com/helmfile/vals#readme>
- <https://helmfile.readthedocs.io/en/latest/advanced-features/>
- <https://helmfile.readthedocs.io/en/latest/remote-secrets/>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - vals: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/va/vals/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - vals - 0.42.4-r7: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: vals from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Helm-like configuration values loader with support for various sources | https://github.com/helmfile/vals
- pacman - vals - 0.43.2-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: vals from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Helm-like configuration values loader with support for various sources | https://github.com/helmfile/vals
- MacPorts - vals: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/vals/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - main/vals: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/vals.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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