generated: '2026-09-05'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://buildpacks.io/docs/for-platform-operators/how-to/integrate-ci/pack/ (install) and
  https://buildpacks.io/docs/for-platform-operators/how-to/integrate-ci/pack/cli/ (command reference)
provider: Cloud Native Buildpacks
providerId: buildpacks
description: >-
  `pack` is the reference command-line implementation of the CNB Platform API — for most users it IS
  the Cloud Native Buildpacks interface, since the specifications themselves are file-format and
  process contracts rather than a hosted HTTP API. A second first-party CLI, `kp`, drives kpack from
  outside a cluster.
clis:
- name: pack
  official: true
  version: 0.40.9
  released: '2026-08-09'
  repository: https://github.com/buildpacks/pack
  docs: https://buildpacks.io/docs/for-platform-operators/how-to/integrate-ci/pack/cli/
  implements: CNB Platform API
  install:
  - method: homebrew
    platform: macOS, Linux
    command: brew install buildpacks/tap/pack
  - method: apt (PPA)
    platform: Ubuntu
    command: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cncf-buildpacks/pack-cli && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install pack-cli
  - method: dnf
    platform: Fedora
    command: sudo dnf install pack
  - method: pacman
    platform: Arch Linux
    command: pacman -S pack-cli
  - method: zypper
    platform: openSUSE
    command: sudo zypper refresh && sudo zypper install buildpacks-cli
  - method: chocolatey
    platform: Windows
    command: choco install pack --version=0.40.9
  - method: scoop
    platform: Windows
    command: scoop install pack
  - method: mise
    platform: cross-platform
    command: mise use -g pack@latest
  - method: tarball
    platform: Linux
    command: curl -sSL "https://github.com/buildpacks/pack/releases/download/v0.40.9/pack-v0.40.9-linux.tgz" | sudo tar -C /usr/local/bin/ --no-same-owner -xzv pack
  - method: docker
    platform: any
    command: docker run -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -v $PWD:/workspace -w /workspace buildpacksio/pack build <my-image> --builder <builder-image>
  - method: go
    platform: any
    command: go get -u github.com/buildpacks/pack
  commands:
  - name: pack build
    group: build
    description: Turn application source into a runnable OCI image using a builder.
  - name: pack rebase
    group: build
    description: Replace the base-image layers of an existing app image without rebuilding from source.
  - name: pack builder
    group: builders
    subcommands: [create, inspect, suggest]
  - name: pack buildpack
    group: buildpacks
    subcommands: [inspect, new, package, pull, register, yank]
    note: >-
      `register` publishes to the Buildpack Registry via an authenticated GitHub Issue; `yank`
      marks a published version unusable and `yank --undo` reverses it (see
      conventions/buildpacks-conventions.yml → reversibility).
  - name: pack extension
    group: extensions
    subcommands: [inspect, new, package, pull, register, yank]
  - name: pack manifest
    group: images
    subcommands: [add, annotate, create, inspect, push, remove, rm]
    description: Manage OCI image indexes (multi-architecture manifest lists).
  - name: pack sbom
    group: supply chain
    subcommands: [download]
    description: Retrieve the CycloneDX/SPDX/Syft SBOM embedded in a CNB-built image.
  - name: pack inspect
    group: inspect
    description: Inspect a CNB-built image.
  - name: pack config
    group: config
    subcommands:
    - default-builder
    - experimental
    - lifecycle-image
    - pull-policy
    - registries (add, default, list, remove)
    - registry-mirrors (add, list, remove)
    - run-image-mirrors (add, list, remove)
    - trusted-builders (add, list, remove)
  - name: pack stack
    group: deprecated
    subcommands: [suggest]
    note: Stacks are deprecated as of Platform API 0.12 / Buildpack API 0.10.
  - name: pack report
    group: support
    description: Print diagnostic configuration for bug reports.
  - name: pack completion
    group: shell
  - name: pack version
    group: shell
  global_flags:
  - --force-color
  - --no-color
  - -q, --quiet
  - --timestamps
  - -v, --verbose
- name: kp
  official: true
  org: buildpacks-community
  version: v0.17.2
  released: '2026-06-08'
  repository: https://github.com/buildpacks-community/kpack-cli
  description: >-
    Command-line client for kpack — creates and inspects the Image, Build, Builder, ClusterBuilder,
    ClusterStack and ClusterStore resources described by openapi/buildpacks-kpack-swagger.json.
  install:
  - method: github release
    command: download the kp binary from https://github.com/buildpacks-community/kpack-cli/releases
    verified: searched
  - method: homebrew
    command: null
    verified: none
    note: >-
      A Homebrew tap repository exists at https://github.com/buildpacks-community/homebrew-kpack-cli
      (org repo listing, 2026-09-05), but the exact formula name was not confirmed on this pass —
      the GitHub contents API rate-limited the check. Recorded as unverified rather than guessed.
  command_surface: not enumerated here — this record captures the pack CLI in detail; kp is recorded as present.