minikube
brew install minikube
v1.38.1
Apache-2.0
Local single-node Kubernetes cluster runtime for development and testing.
Why you might care
Minikube provisions a minimal Kubernetes environment on your machine (via Docker, KVM, VirtualBox, or other drivers) without cloud costs—essential for testing k8s manifests and Helm charts locally. It's the de facto standard for local k8s development before deploying to staging/production, and dramatically faster than spinning up cloud clusters for iteration.
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Runtime dependencies
Build dependencies
Links
- https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/
- Brew formula source: Formula/m/minikube.rb
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