Installation
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To install this release, refer to the instructions at https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew/blob/v0.4.4/README.md.

Release Assets
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Artifacts for this release can be downloaded from the following links.
It is recommended to follow [installation instructions](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew/blob/v0.4.4/README.md)
and not using these artifacts directly.

- https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew/releases/download/v0.4.4/krew-darwin_amd64.tar.gz
- https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew/releases/download/v0.4.4/krew-darwin_amd64.tar.gz.sha256
- https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew/releases/download/v0.4.4/krew-darwin_arm64.tar.gz
- https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew/releases/download/v0.4.4/krew-darwin_arm64.tar.gz.sha256
- https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew/releases/download/v0.4.4/krew-linux_amd64.tar.gz
- https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew/releases/download/v0.4.4/krew-linux_amd64.tar.gz.sha256
- https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew/releases/download/v0.4.4/krew-linux_arm.tar.gz
- https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew/releases/download/v0.4.4/krew-linux_arm.tar.gz.sha256
- https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew/releases/download/v0.4.4/krew-linux_arm64.tar.gz
- https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew/releases/download/v0.4.4/krew-linux_arm64.tar.gz.sha256
- https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew/releases/download/v0.4.4/krew-linux_ppc64le.tar.gz
- https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew/releases/download/v0.4.4/krew-linux_ppc64le.tar.gz.sha256
- https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew/releases/download/v0.4.4/krew-windows_amd64.tar.gz
- https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew/releases/download/v0.4.4/krew-windows_amd64.tar.gz.sha256
- https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew/releases/download/v0.4.4/krew.exe
- https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew/releases/download/v0.4.4/krew.exe.sha256
- https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew/releases/download/v0.4.4/krew.yaml

Thanks to our contributors for helping out with v0.4.4:
   6 Yuki Okushi
   3 Cheng Wang
   2 Ahmet Alp Balkan
   1 rumstead
   1 mgiessing
   1 matoruru
   1 lou-lan
   1 guangwu
   1 ferhat elmas
   1 Sean McGinnis
   1 Justin Garrison
   1 James Blair
   1 Daniel García
   1 Chris Kim
   1 Bishal Das
   1 Amol Mote

(krew v0.4.4 is tagged on Thu Jul 13 21:47:03 UTC 2023.)

<details>
<summary>Merged pull requests</summary>

* detect download failures when status code > 200 [#820](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew/pull/820)
* chose: update go module dependencies [#829](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew/pull/829)
* fix: CVE-2021-44716 CVE-2022-29526 CVE-2021-38561 etc. [#827](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew/pull/827)
* Support `krew search` plugins by name and description [#799](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew/pull/799)
* Use dl.k8s.io instead of hardcoded GCS URIs [#824](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew/pull/824)
* Document windows entrypoint limitation of .exe [#821](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew/pull/821)
* Broken Link issue fixed [#804](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew/pull/804)
* Update plugin manifest doc [#800](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew/pull/800)
* Add ppc64le support [#755](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew/pull/755)
* Update the number of kubectl plugins [#794](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew/pull/794)
* Typos fixed in RELEASING_KREW.md [#793](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew/pull/793)
* Improved a installation script for fish [#786](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew/pull/786)
* Replace an unmaintained action [#781](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew/pull/781)
* Update the installation URL of golangci-lint [#784](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew/pull/784)
* Remove outdated TODO comment [#777](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew/pull/777)
* Resolve inconsistency on long explanations [#779](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew/pull/779)
* Fix image links of logo [#773](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew/pull/773)
* Mention `KREW_ROOT` on instruction [#774](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew/pull/774)
* CI: Update some actions [#775](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew/pull/775)
* disable the completion command [#771](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew/pull/771)
* Updating docs to include the need for a 'v' before the semver version.  [#766](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew/pull/766)
* Adding clarity for plugin repo naming [#760](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew/pull/760)
* A modernization pass [#756](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew/pull/756)
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