krewfile

krewfile is just like Brewfile (brew bundle) or Gemfiles but for the krew kubernetes plugin manager.

Demo

Usage

Define a krewfile like the following at ~/.krewfile:

index foo https://github.com/foo/custom-index.git

# this is a comment
foo/some-package
explore # great module
modify-secret
neat
oidc-login
pv-migrate
stern
krew

Now run krewfile and it will install all the plugins defined in the file and also remove all the plugins that are not in the file.

If you want to install plugins from a different index than the default one, you can add indices to your krewfile (see first line in the example), and then use that index just like you would in the krew CLI. Have look at the krew docs for more info.

You can also put your krewfile at any other location and point to that using the -file CLI parameter.

Lastly, you can use the -command flag to overwrite the binary to call. By default, krew is used, but you might as well use -command "kubectl krew" to use the kubectl plugin instead.

Installation

From source

If you have Go 1.16+, you can directly install by running:

go install github.com/brumhard/krewfile@latest

Based on your go configuration the krewfile binary can be found in $GOPATH/bin or $HOME/go/bin in case $GOPATH is not set. Make sure to add the respective directory to your $PATH. For more information see go docs for further information. Run go env to view your current configuration.

From releases

The releases contain build for Linux, Windows and MacOS as well as Linux packages.

brew

brew install brumhard/tap/krewfile

nix

This repo contains a flake.nix file which you can use for example with

nix run github:brumhard/krewfile# -- -help

Using home-manager module

If you're using flakes to manage your system, add the krewfile input as follows:

# ...
inputs.krewfile = {
  url = "github:brumhard/krewfile";
  inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
};

You can now access the module via inputs.krewfile.homeManagerModules.krewfile. Assuming a setup with properly configured imports via home-manager.extraSpecialArgs, the module can be imported and configured as shown below:

{ inputs, pkgs, ... }: {
  imports = [
    # ...
    inputs.krewfile.homeManagerModules.krewfile
  ];

  programs.krewfile = {
    enable = true;
    krewPackage = pkgs.krew;
    indexes = { foo = "https://github.com/nilic/kubectl-netshoot.git" };
    plugins = [
      "foo/some-package"
      "explore"
      "modify-secret"
      "neat"
      "oidc-login"
      "pv-migrate"
      "stern"
    ];
  };
}