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title: Install KubeIntellect (kq) on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of KubeIntellect (kq) for Linux - Chat with your
  Kubernetes cluster from the terminal
url: https://snapcraft.io/kubeintellect
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# KubeIntellect (kq) (kubeintellect)

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latest/stable 1.6.0

Install latest/stable of KubeIntellect (kq)

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install kubeintellect
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* kubeintellect

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### License

* AGPL-3.0-or-later

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### Last updated

* 4 September 2026 - latest/stable
* 4 September 2026 - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [kubeintellect.com](https://kubeintellect.com "https://kubeintellect.com")
* [github.com/MSKazemi/kubeintellect](https://github.com/MSKazemi/kubeintellect "https://github.com/MSKazemi/kubeintellect")

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### Contact

* [github.com/MSKazemi/kubeintellect/discussions](https://github.com/MSKazemi/kubeintellect/discussions "https://github.com/MSKazemi/kubeintellect/discussions")

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### Source code

* [github.com/MSKazemi/kubeintellect](https://github.com/MSKazemi/kubeintellect "https://github.com/MSKazemi/kubeintellect")

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/MSKazemi/kubeintellect/issues](https://github.com/MSKazemi/kubeintellect/issues "https://github.com/MSKazemi/kubeintellect/issues")

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/kubeintellect#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/kubeintellect#tab-security)

#### Chat with your Kubernetes cluster from the terminal

**KubeIntellect** is an AI agent platform for Kubernetes operations, and `kq` is
its terminal client: an interactive REPL that lets you query, debug and triage a
cluster in plain English.

This snap packages the **client** only. It talks over HTTPS to a KubeIntellect
server (self-hosted via the published container image, or any OpenAI /
Azure OpenAI compatible backend selected with `--backend`).

Highlights:

* Interactive REPL with streaming responses, slash commands and Tab completion
* Session persistence, resume, full-text search and conversation branching
* Token and cost tracking per session
* Human-in-the-loop approval before any mutating action
* Multi-cluster: switch kubectl context live, or bundle cluster + backend +
  credentials into named profiles
* Shell completion for bash, zsh and fish (`kq completion <shell>`)

**After installing, connect the two personal-files interfaces** so `kq` can read
your kubeconfig and keep its own state:

```
 sudo snap connect kubeintellect:dot-kube
 sudo snap connect kubeintellect:dot-kube-q
```

and, if you want the short command name:

```
 sudo snap alias kubeintellect.kq kq
```

Point it at a backend with `KUBE_Q_URL` (and `KUBE_Q_API_KEY` where required),
then run `kubeintellect`. See <https://github.com/MSKazemi/kubeintellect> for the
server side and full documentation.

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## Install KubeIntellect (kq) on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/kubeintellect/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/kubeintellect/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/kubeintellect/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/kubeintellect/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/kubeintellect/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/kubeintellect/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/kubeintellect/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/kubeintellect/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/kubeintellect/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/kubeintellect/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/kubeintellect/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/kubeintellect/ubuntu)

[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/kubeintellect/raspbian)