Helm Helm is a tool for managing Charts. Charts are packages of pre-configured Kubernetes resources. Use Helm to: Find and use popular software packaged as Helm Charts to run in…
Helm
Helm is a tool for managing Charts. Charts are packages of pre-configured Kubernetes resources.
Use Helm to:
- Find and use popular software packaged as Helm Charts to run in Kubernetes
- Share your own applications as Helm Charts
- Create reproducible builds of your Kubernetes applications
- Intelligently manage your Kubernetes manifest files
- Manage releases of Helm packages
Helm in a Handbasket
Helm is a tool that streamlines installing and managing Kubernetes applications.
Think of it like apt/yum/homebrew for Kubernetes.
- Helm renders your templates and communicates with the Kubernetes API
- Helm runs on your laptop, CI/CD, or wherever you want it to run.
- Charts are Helm packages that contain at least two things:
Chart.yaml)
- One or more templates, which contain Kubernetes manifest files
- Charts can be stored on disk, or fetched from remote chart repositories
Helm Development and Stable Versions
Helm v4 is the current stable release, developed on the main branch.
Helm v3 is in support mode on the dev-v3 branch: bug fixes until July 8th 2026, security fixes until November 11th 2026.
Install
Binary downloads of the Helm client can be found on the Releases page.
Unpack the helm binary and add it to your PATH and you are good to go!
If you want to use a package manager:
- Homebrew users can use
brew install helm. - Chocolatey users can use
choco install kubernetes-helm. - Winget users can use
winget install Helm.Helm. - Scoop users can use
scoop install helm. - Snapcraft users can use
snap install helm --classic. - Flox users can use
flox install kubernetes-helm. - Mise-en-place users can use
mise use -g helm@latest
See the installation guide for more options,
including installing pre-releases.
Docs
Get started with the Quick Start guide or plunge into the complete documentation.
Roadmap
The Helm roadmap uses GitHub milestones to track the progress of the project.
Helm v4 development happens on the main branch. Helm v3 is in support mode on the dev-v3 branch and receives only bug and security fixes.
Community, discussion, contribution, and support
You can reach the Helm community and developers via the following channels:
- #helm-users - #helm-dev - #charts- Mailing List:
- Developer Call: Thursdays at 9:30-10:00 Pacific (meeting details)
Contribution
If you're interested in contributing, please refer to the [Contributing Guide](CONTRIBUTING.md) before submitting a pull request.
Code of conduct
Participation in the Helm community is governed by the [Code of Conduct](code-of-conduct.md).
Members
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helm
The Kubernetes Package Manager
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charts ▣
⚠️(OBSOLETE) Curated applications for Kubernetes
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chartmuseum
helm chart repository server
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chart-testing
CLI tool for linting and testing Helm charts
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monocular ▣
⚠️(OBSOLETE) Search and discovery UI for Helm Chart repositories
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helm-mapkubeapis
This is a Helm plugin which map deprecated or removed Kubernetes APIs in a release to supported APIs
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chart-releaser
Hosting Helm Charts via GitHub Pages and Releases
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chart-releaser-action
A GitHub Action to turn a GitHub project into a self-hosted Helm chart repo, using helm/chart-releaser CLI tool
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helm-classic ▣
⚠️(OBSOLETE) Helm Classic v1
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⚠️(OBSOLETE) This is a Helm v3 plugin which migrates and cleans up Helm v2 configuration and releases in-place to Helm v3
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community
Helm community content
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kind-action
A GitHub Action for Kubernetes IN Docker - local clusters for testing Kubernetes
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chart-testing-action
A GitHub Action to lint and test Helm charts
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hub ▣
⚠️(OBSOLETE) Former distributed charts search for hub.helm.sh. Now see https://artifacthub.io/
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helm-www
The Helm website for docs, blog and project info.
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⚠️(OBSOLETE) Charts for Helm Classic v1
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charts-repo-actions-demo
Example project to demo testing and hosting a chart repository with GitHub Pages and Actions
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examples
Helm chart repository for example charts
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acceptance-testing ▣
Acceptance test suite for the Helm client
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helm-summit-notes ▣
Helm Summit notes from February 2018
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prow ▣
⚠️(OBSOLETE) Developer utilities for Helm
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rudder-federation ▣
⚠️(OBSOLETE) Federation support as a Tiller plugin
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charts-tooling
Tooling to support github.com/helm/charts
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pull-sizer
Label pull requests based on the size of their changes
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⚠️(OBSOLETE) Azure CLI Dockerfile with kubectl and Helm
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⚠️(OBSOLETE) The AppController backend for Tiller
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⚠️(OBSOLETE) AWS CLI Dockerfile with kubectl and Helm
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specs
Specifications for Helm interfaces including charts and repositories
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get-helm-sh ▣
Azure ARM templates to deploy https://get.helm.sh
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homebrew-tap
Homebrew Formulas for Helm Tools
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repo-audit
Repo Auditing tool - pre-alpha status
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github-webhook-dco-labeler
Utility application used by Helm charts to add a label to pulls when DCO passes
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query-store-quay-logs
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charts-check-pr-title
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⚠️(OBSOLETE) Install script for Helm Classic v1
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