generated: '2026-09-05' method: searched source: >- proxy.golang.org module proxy, api.github.com releases, registry.terraform.io, github.com/carvel-dev/homebrew, and https://carvel.dev//docs/latest/install/ note: >- Carvel ships no client SDK for a hosted API — it has no hosted API. What it distributes are the tools themselves: seven Go modules under the carvel.dev module path, signed release binaries on GitHub Releases, a Homebrew tap, a GitHub Action, and a Terraform provider. Versions and dates below were read from each registry's own metadata endpoint on 2026-09-05. packages: - language: go registry: go name: carvel.dev/ytt url: https://pkg.go.dev/carvel.dev/ytt install: go install carvel.dev/ytt/cmd/ytt@latest official: true version: v0.55.2 published: '2026-08-13' source: https://proxy.golang.org/carvel.dev/ytt/@latest - language: go registry: go name: carvel.dev/kapp url: https://pkg.go.dev/carvel.dev/kapp install: go install carvel.dev/kapp/cmd/kapp@latest official: true version: v0.66.0 published: '2026-02-16' source: https://proxy.golang.org/carvel.dev/kapp/@latest note: >- The module proxy's highest semver tag (v0.66.0) is ahead of the latest published GitHub release (v0.65.4, 2026-08-25); the release binaries are the distribution the docs point at. - language: go registry: go name: carvel.dev/kbld url: https://pkg.go.dev/carvel.dev/kbld install: go install carvel.dev/kbld/cmd/kbld@latest official: true version: v0.49.1 published: '2026-06-17' source: https://proxy.golang.org/carvel.dev/kbld/@latest - language: go registry: go name: carvel.dev/imgpkg url: https://pkg.go.dev/carvel.dev/imgpkg install: go install carvel.dev/imgpkg/cmd/imgpkg@latest official: true version: v0.48.1 published: '2026-05-27' source: https://proxy.golang.org/carvel.dev/imgpkg/@latest - language: go registry: go name: carvel.dev/vendir url: https://pkg.go.dev/carvel.dev/vendir install: go install carvel.dev/vendir/cmd/vendir@latest official: true version: v0.46.1 published: '2026-08-25' source: https://proxy.golang.org/carvel.dev/vendir/@latest - language: go registry: go name: carvel.dev/kapp-controller url: https://pkg.go.dev/carvel.dev/kapp-controller install: go get carvel.dev/kapp-controller official: true version: v0.60.6 published: '2026-08-28' source: https://proxy.golang.org/carvel.dev/kapp-controller/@latest note: Also the Go API for the kappctrl.k14s.io and packaging.carvel.dev CRD types. - language: go registry: go name: carvel.dev/secretgen-controller url: https://pkg.go.dev/carvel.dev/secretgen-controller install: go get carvel.dev/secretgen-controller official: true version: v0.21.2 published: '2026-08-25' source: https://proxy.golang.org/carvel.dev/secretgen-controller/@latest - language: binary registry: github-releases name: ytt url: https://github.com/carvel-dev/ytt/releases install: brew tap carvel-dev/carvel && brew install ytt official: true version: v0.55.2 published: '2026-08-14' source: https://api.github.com/repos/carvel-dev/ytt/releases/latest - language: binary registry: github-releases name: kapp url: https://github.com/carvel-dev/kapp/releases install: brew tap carvel-dev/carvel && brew install kapp official: true version: v0.65.4 published: '2026-08-25' source: https://api.github.com/repos/carvel-dev/kapp/releases/latest - language: binary registry: github-releases name: kbld url: https://github.com/carvel-dev/kbld/releases install: brew tap carvel-dev/carvel && brew install kbld official: true version: v0.49.1 published: '2026-06-17' source: https://api.github.com/repos/carvel-dev/kbld/releases/latest - language: binary registry: github-releases name: imgpkg url: https://github.com/carvel-dev/imgpkg/releases install: brew tap carvel-dev/carvel && brew install imgpkg official: true version: v0.48.1 published: '2026-06-01' source: https://api.github.com/repos/carvel-dev/imgpkg/releases/latest - language: binary registry: github-releases name: vendir url: https://github.com/carvel-dev/vendir/releases install: brew tap carvel-dev/carvel && brew install vendir official: true version: v0.46.1 published: '2026-08-25' source: https://api.github.com/repos/carvel-dev/vendir/releases/latest - language: binary registry: github-releases name: kctrl url: https://github.com/carvel-dev/kapp-controller/releases install: brew tap carvel-dev/carvel && brew install kctrl official: true version: v0.60.6 published: '2026-08-28' source: https://api.github.com/repos/carvel-dev/kapp-controller/releases/latest note: kctrl is the kapp-controller CLI; the controller image ships in the same release. - language: binary registry: github-releases name: secretgen-controller url: https://github.com/carvel-dev/secretgen-controller/releases install: kapp deploy -a sg -f https://github.com/carvel-dev/secretgen-controller/releases/latest/download/release.yml official: true version: v0.21.2 published: '2026-08-25' source: https://api.github.com/repos/carvel-dev/secretgen-controller/releases/latest - language: shell registry: homebrew name: carvel-dev/carvel url: https://github.com/carvel-dev/homebrew install: brew tap carvel-dev/carvel official: true version: null published: null note: >- A self-hosted tap, not a homebrew-core formula, so there is no versions API to query. Formula versions read from the tap's develop branch on 2026-09-05 — ytt v0.55.1, kapp v0.65.4, kbld v0.49.1, imgpkg v0.48.1, vendir v0.46.1, kctrl v0.60.6, kwt v0.0.8. The ytt formula trails the v0.55.2 release by one patch. - language: shell registry: cdn name: install.sh url: https://carvel.dev/install.sh install: curl -L https://carvel.dev/install.sh | bash official: true version: null published: null note: >- Unpinned distribution — the script always floats to the versions it hard-codes at fetch time, so a consumer cannot tell from the URL which tool versions they are getting. Served 200 on 2026-09-05 (4,417 bytes). - language: typescript registry: github-releases name: carvel-dev/setup-action url: https://github.com/carvel-dev/setup-action install: 'uses: carvel-dev/setup-action@v2' official: true version: v2.2.0 published: '2026-04-27' source: https://api.github.com/repos/carvel-dev/setup-action/releases/latest note: GitHub Action that installs ytt, kbld, kapp, kctrl, imgpkg, vendir and kwt in CI. - language: hcl registry: terraform name: carvel-dev/carvel url: https://registry.terraform.io/providers/carvel-dev/carvel/latest install: 'terraform { required_providers { carvel = { source = "carvel-dev/carvel" } } }' official: true version: 0.11.2 published: '2023-07-12' source: https://registry.terraform.io/v1/providers/carvel-dev/carvel note: >- Community-tier provider in the carvel-dev namespace with ytt and kapp resources. Last release 2023-07-12 — three years behind the tools it wraps, which is the clearest decay signal in this set.