Install Podplane

Podplane provides CLI releases for macOS, Windows, and Linux on amd64 and arm64.

Install the CLI

On macOS with Homebrew:

brew install podplane/tap/podplane

Or on macOS/Linux/Windows with Go:

go install github.com/podplane/podplane@latest

Confirm the CLI is available:

podplane version

Install dependencies

Install kubectl for Kubernetes access and Helm for application deployments and component management.

For a local cluster, also install:

• QEMU with qemu-img and the system binary for your architecture.
• mkcert, then (optionally) run mkcert -install so local HTTPS certificates are trusted.

The local VM workflow currently targets Apple silicon (darwin/arm64) and x86-64 Linux (linux/amd64).

For an AWS cluster, install either OpenTofu or Terraform, and configure AWS credentials or a profile that can create the required infrastructure. Podplane prefers tofu when both engines are installed.

You are now ready to start a local cluster or create an AWS cluster.