Command-line tool

vcluster

brew/vcluster

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Creates fully functional virtual k8s cluster inside host k8s cluster's namespace kubernetes cloud-native kubectl k8s helm k3s multi-tenancy platform-engineering vcluster virtual-clusters

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id loft-sh.vcluster -e
scoop install vcluster

macOS

brew install vcluster

Linux

brew install vcluster

Create a virtual cluster in a specific namespace

vcluster create vcluster_name -n namespace

Connect to a virtual cluster with a local port and insecure mode

vcluster connect vcluster_name -n namespace --local-port port --insecure

List all virtual clusters

vcluster list

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