chef-workstation ☆

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Description:
All-in-one installer for the tools you need to manage your Chef infrastructure

Type: Cask | Latest Version: 25.12.1102,14@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025

Links: Homepage | @chef | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Devops

Tags: chef infrastructure-as-code devops automation devtools

Install: brew install --cask chef-workstation

About:
Chef Workstation is a comprehensive suite that provides all the necessary tools to author and test Chef Infra code, including InSpec, Chef CLI, and Habitat. It replaces the separate ChefDK and Chef Client installations, offering a unified environment for infrastructure automation. This package enables developers to manage infrastructure configurations efficiently from their local machines.

Key Features:

Bundled tools including InSpec, Habitat, and Chef CLI
Unified environment replacing ChefDK and Chef Client
Local testing and development of Chef Infra recipes
Includes Test Kitchen for convergence testing

Use Cases:

Authoring and testing infrastructure-as-code (IaC) for servers
Converging local or remote nodes using Chef Solo
Performing compliance scans with InSpec

Alternatives:

ChefDK – Legacy toolkit; Chef Workstation is the modern replacement combining client and workstation tools.
Terraform – Provisions infrastructure resources, whereas Chef focuses on configuration management of OS state.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Aug 12, 2024 10:44pm	24.8.1068	0	VERSION_BUMP	2341dcf8