hartl3y94 / toolctl

The tool to control your tools

toolctl

toolctl helps you manage your tools on Linux and macOS.

Installation

Automatic

sudo bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://toolctl.io/install)"

Manual

You can download the latest version of toolctl and run it from any directory you like.

Getting Started

Get information about tools

Info about all installed and supported tools

❯ toolctl info
[k9s      ] ✨ k9s v0.25.8: Kubernetes CLI to manage your clusters in style
[k9s      ] ✅ k9s v0.25.8 is installed at /usr/local/bin/k9s
[kubectl  ] ✨ kubectl v1.23.0: The Kubernetes command-line tool
[kubectl  ] 🔄 kubectl v1.21.2 is installed at /usr/local/bin/kubectl

Info about a specific tool

❯ toolctl info gh
✨ gh v2.4.0: GitHub's official command line tool
🏠 https://cli.github.com/
❌ Not installed

Install tools

Install the latest version of a tool

❯ toolctl install k9s
👷 Installing v0.25.8 ...
🎉 Successfully installed

Install a specific version of a tool

❯ toolctl install [email protected]
👷 Installing v0.11.15 ...
🎉 Successfully installed

Upgrade tools

❯ toolctl upgrade
[gh     ] ✅ already up-to-date
[toolctl] ✅ already up-to-date
[yq     ] 👷 Upgrading from v4.13.4 to v4.13.5 ...
[yq     ] 👷 Removing v4.13.4 ...
[yq     ] 👷 Installing v4.13.5 ...
[yq     ] 🎉 Successfully installed

Supported Tools

Currently, toolctl supports the following tools:

• age: A simple, modern and secure encryption tool
• chezmoi: Manage your dotfiles across multiple diverse machines, securely
• dive: A tool for exploring each layer in a docker image
• gh: GitHub's official command line tool
• golangci-lint: Fast linters runner for Go
• helm: The Kubernetes package manager
• k9s: Kubernetes CLI to manage your clusters in style
• kubectl: The Kubernetes command-line tool
• kubectx: Faster way to switch between Kubernetes contexts
• kubefwd: Bulk port forwarding Kubernetes services for local development
• kubens: Faster way to switch between Kubernetes namespaces
• kuberlr: Simple management of multiple kubectl versions
• kustomize: Template-free customization of Kubernetes configuration
• minikube: Run Kubernetes locally
• pulumi: Developer-first infrastructure as code
• sops: Simple and flexible tool for managing secrets
• stern: Multi pod and container log tailing for Kubernetes
• terraform: Infrastructure as code software tool
• tkn: A CLI for interacting with Tekton
• toolctl: The tool to control your tools
• yq: Portable command-line YAML processor

Our goal is to support as many tools as possible, so expect this list to grow significantly over time.

In general, toolctl currently supports any tool that:

✔ consists of a single executable file
✔ has no external dependencies
✔ runs on Linux and/or macOS
✔ includes a version command or flag
✔ provides its source code and precompiled binaries online under a free and open source license

If you know a tool that fits all of these criteria, please open an issue and let us know!

Credits

The toolctl logo was created with gopherize.me. Artwork by Ashley McNamara based on original artwork by Renee French.

License

MIT