generated: '2026-09-12'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://docs.solo.io/gateway/latest/reference/cli/ and
  https://docs.solo.io/gloo-edge/latest/reference/cli/glooctl/ (command reference),
  https://github.com/solo-io/homebrew-tap (Formula/glooctl.rb) and the release assets on
  https://github.com/solo-io/gloo/releases/tag/v1.22.3, all read on 2026-09-12.
docs: https://docs.solo.io/gloo-edge/latest/reference/cli/glooctl/
provider: Gloo
providerId: gloo
description: >-
  glooctl is Solo.io's first-party command-line client for Gloo Edge and Gloo Gateway. It is
  the primary way a human installs, inspects and debugs a Gloo installation, and it is a real
  agent surface in its own right: `glooctl check` returns a machine-inspectable health verdict
  over the whole gateway install, and `glooctl debug` collects a support bundle.
clis:
  - name: glooctl
    products:
      - gloo:gloo-edge
      - gloo:gloo-gateway
    version: v1.22.3
    version_date: '2026-08-27'
    docs: https://docs.solo.io/gloo-edge/latest/reference/cli/glooctl/
    repository: https://github.com/solo-io/gloo
    license: Apache-2.0
    install:
      - method: homebrew
        command: brew install solo-io/tap/glooctl
        source: https://github.com/solo-io/homebrew-tap
        note: Formula/glooctl.rb in the Solo.io tap.
      - method: release-binary
        source: https://github.com/solo-io/gloo/releases/tag/v1.22.3
        platforms:
          - darwin-amd64
          - darwin-arm64
          - linux-amd64
          - linux-arm64
          - windows-amd64
        note: >-
          Every binary ships with a matching .sha256 file, so an unattended install can verify
          what it downloaded.
    command_groups:
      - name: check
        summary: Validate the health and configuration of a Gloo installation.
        note: The health-verdict command; the same validation path exposed over gRPC as GlooValidationService.
      - name: install
        summary: Install Gloo into a cluster.
        examples:
          - glooctl install gateway
          - glooctl install gateway enterprise
          - glooctl install ingress
      - name: uninstall
        summary: Remove a Gloo installation.
      - name: upgrade
        summary: Upgrade glooctl itself and the installed Gloo version.
      - name: debug
        summary: Collect logs, configuration and state for support.
    config_file: >-
      glooctl reads a config file; see
      https://docs.solo.io/gloo-edge/latest/installation/advanced_configuration/glooctl-config/
  - name: meshctl
    products:
      - gloo:gloo-mesh
    docs: https://docs.solo.io/gloo-mesh-enterprise/latest/reference/cli/
    repository: https://github.com/solo-io/homebrew-tap
    status: referenced
    note: >-
      meshctl is the Gloo Mesh / Solo Enterprise for Istio counterpart to glooctl. It is
      documented in the Gloo Mesh reference section but is NOT published in the Solo.io
      Homebrew tap Formula directory (which holds glooctl, glooshot, sqoopctl, squashctl and
      supergloo), so its distribution channel was not confirmed in this pass and no version is
      recorded rather than guessed.
    version: null
    version_date: null
archived_clis:
  note: >-
    The Solo.io Homebrew tap still carries formulae for four retired tools — glooshot,
    sqoopctl, squashctl and supergloo. They are recorded here so the tap listing is not
    mistaken for the current CLI surface; none of them is part of a supported Gloo product.