mise-krew

A mise backend plugin that installs krew kubectl plugins with version pinning support.

What is this?

Krew is the package manager for kubectl plugins. Normally, krew only installs the latest version of a plugin. This mise backend lets you install specific versions of krew plugins and manage them via mise's standard tooling.

Install

Via mise.toml (recommended)

Add to your mise.toml:

[plugins]
krew = "https://github.com/soupglasses/mise-krew"

[tools]
"krew:tree" = "latest"

Then run mise install.

Via CLI

mise plugin install krew https://github.com/soupglasses/mise-krew

Usage

Install a krew plugin (latest version):

mise use krew:tree          # Installs kubectl-tree
kubectl-tree --version      # v0.4.6

Pin a specific version:

mise use krew:volsync@v0.10.0

List available versions:

mise ls-remote krew:volsync
# v0.6.0
# v0.6.1
# ...
# v0.10.0

Configure in mise.toml:

[tools]
"krew:volsync" = "v0.10.0"
"krew:tree" = "latest"

Note: First run for a tool fetches version history from krew-index and may take a few seconds.

How it Works

1. Fetches plugin manifests from the krew-index git repository
2. Extracts version history from git commits
3. Downloads platform-specific artifacts directly from upstream URLs
4. Verifies SHA256 checksums
5. Extracts and installs according to manifest files[] mappings

Development

See DEVELOPMENT.md.

License

MIT - see LICENSE and NOTICE for third-party licenses.