arkade is a command-line tool that functions as a marketplace and installer for developer tools and Kubernetes applications. It provides two primary workflows: downloading CLI binaries (over 200 tools) and installing Kubernetes Helm charts (over 50 apps) with custom overrides. The tool also supports OCI image installation/publishing, Helm chart image version upgrades, system-level package installation (e.g., Node.js, Caddy), and self-updating with SHA-256 verification. The architecture is a monolithic Go CLI built with Cobra, where each subcommand (get, install, update, system, oci, chart, etc.) is a separate command tree. Entry points include main.go (root command) and the various command files under cmd/. External dependencies include GitHub releases API, Helm CLI, kubectl, Docker (for qemu-static), and OCI registries. The codebase demonstrates solid engineering with reusable patterns such as template-based tool definitions, safe archive extraction, and a builder pattern for installer options, though it suffers from a large manual catalog that requires ongoing maintenance.
inletsctl is a CLI tool for automating the creation and management of inlets tunnel servers on various cloud providers. It provisions VMs with inlets-preinstalled via cloud-init, provides connection strings for clients, and supports deletion and Kubernetes port-forwarding. The application uses a modular Cobra-based architecture with provider-specific implementations abstracted through the cloud-provision package. Key functions include creating HTTPS/TCP tunnel servers, deleting cloud resources, downloading inlets binaries, and forwarding Kubernetes services to local machines.