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title: Helm - The Kubernetes Package Manager
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      <h1>The package manager for Kubernetes</h1>
      <h2>Helm is the best way to find, share, and use software built for Kubernetes.</h2>

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        <h2>What is Helm?</h2>

        <p>Helm helps you manage Kubernetes applications — Helm Charts helps you define, install, and upgrade even the most complex Kubernetes application.</p>

        <p>Charts are easy to create, version, share, and publish — so start using Helm and stop the copy-and-paste madness.</p>

        <p>The latest version of Helm is maintained by Deis in collaboration with <a href="https://github.com/kubernetes/helm">Google</a>, <a href="https://bitnami.com/">Bitnami</a> and the <a href="https://github.com/kubernetes/helm">Helm contributor community</a>.</p>

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        <h3>Manage Complexity</h3>
        <p>Charts describe even the most complex apps; provide repeatable application installation, and serve as a single point of authority.</p>
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        <p>Take the pain out of updates with in-place upgrades and custom hooks.</p>
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        <h3>Simple Sharing</h3>
        <p>Charts are easy to version, share, and host on public or private servers.</p>
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        <h3>Rollbacks</h3>
        <p>Use <code>helm rollback</code> to roll back to an older version of a release with ease.</p>
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        <h2>Get Helm!</h2>
        <p>The Helm project  is maintained by <a href="https://deis.com">Deis</a>, in collaboration with the Helm Community, and can be found at <a href="https://github.com/kubernetes/helm">Kubernetes > Helm</a>.</p>

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        <p>The previous version — <a href="https://github.com/deis/helm">Helm Classic</a> — can be found <a href="https://github.com/deis/helm">here</a>.</p>
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        <h2>Get Charts</h2>

        <p>Looking for sample charts?</p>

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        <p>Visit our <a href="https://github.com/kubernetes/charts">Chart Repository</a>, or check out our <a href="https://github.com/kubernetes/helm/blob/master/docs/charts.md">guide to writing your own Charts</a>.</p>
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        <p class="text-center">More information about the Helm project, and how to contribute.</p>

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              <li><i class="fa fa-book"></i> <a href="https://github.com/kubernetes/helm/blob/master/docs/quickstart.md">Read the Docs</a></li>
              <li><i class="fa fa-tags"></i> <a href="https://github.com/kubernetes/helm/releases">Releases</a></li>
              <li><i class="fa fa-github"></i> <a href="https://github.com/kubernetes/helm">Helm on Github</a></li>
              <li><i class="fa fa-comments"></i> <a href="http://slack.k8s.io/">Chat #Helm on Slack</a></li>
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              <h4>SIG-Apps</h4>
              <p><a href="https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/sig-apps/README.md">SIG-Apps</a> is a Special Interest Group for deploying and operating apps in Kubernetes. They <a href="https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/sig-apps/README.md">meet each week</a> to demo and discuss tools and projects.</p>
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              <p>Each week, the Helm teams meet on <a href="https://goo.gl/jH3UoX">Zoom</a>.</p>
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            <p class="contributors text-left">Built with a community of <a href="https://github.com/kubernetes/helm/graphs/contributors">100+ contributors</a>, including:</p>
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