The Kubernetes Package Manager
Go to file
Scott Rigby 599fad1864
Merge pull request #30697 from p-se/fix-take-ownership
Fix --take-ownership for custom resources - closes #30622
2025-04-17 11:54:11 -04:00
.github Migrate to last golangci-lint and golangci-lint-action 2025-04-14 10:28:18 +02:00
cmd/helm No longer log call location using flag, it will need to be done in slog 2025-04-10 16:13:32 +02:00
internal could use strings.ReplaceAll instead 2025-04-14 10:51:26 +02:00
pkg Merge pull request #30697 from p-se/fix-take-ownership 2025-04-17 11:54:11 -04:00
scripts Remove 'coveralls' 2025-03-01 16:48:21 -08:00
testdata Do not explicitly set SNI in HTTPGetter 2025-03-23 14:34:02 -04:00
.gitignore Removing the alpine test chart 2025-04-11 16:01:49 -04:00
.golangci.yml Migrate golint to v2 2025-04-14 10:28:19 +02:00
ADOPTERS.md Add Percona to the list of organizations using Helm 2025-02-07 11:47:48 +00:00
CONTRIBUTING.md chore: update profiling doc in CONTRIBUTING.md 2025-02-17 10:27:11 +00:00
KEYS adding-my-key 2025-02-12 15:35:10 -05:00
LICENSE fix(LICENSE): add copyright year and authors 2016-06-22 10:24:25 -06:00
Makefile Simpligy the JSON Schema checking 2025-04-14 19:32:01 -04:00
OWNERS Reorder triage ids 2024-10-13 13:37:20 +01:00
README.md fix: Fix go report card badge reference/link 2025-03-01 17:50:15 -08:00
SECURITY.md Adding security file 2020-01-28 10:58:27 -05:00
code-of-conduct.md Fixing the code of conduct pointer 2019-12-04 10:23:10 -05:00
go.mod build(deps): bump golang.org/x/net from 0.37.0 to 0.38.0 2025-04-16 19:51:50 +00:00
go.sum build(deps): bump golang.org/x/net from 0.37.0 to 0.38.0 2025-04-16 19:51:50 +00:00

README.md

Helm

Build Status Go Report Card GoDoc CII Best Practices OpenSSF Scorecard

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:
    • A description of the package (Chart.yaml)
    • One or more templates, which contain Kubernetes manifest files
  • Charts can be stored on disk, or fetched from remote chart repositories (like Debian or RedHat packages)

Helm Development and Stable Versions

Helm v4 is currently under development on the main branch. This is unstable and the APIs within the Go SDK and at the command line are changing. Helm v3 (current stable) is maintained on the dev-v3 branch. APIs there follow semantic versioning.

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.

To rapidly get Helm up and running, start with the Quick Start Guide.

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.

The development of Helm v4 is currently happening on the main branch while the development of Helm v3, the stable branch, is happening on the dev-v3 branch. Changes should be made to the main branch prior to being added to the dev-v3 branch so that all changes are carried along to Helm v4.

Community, discussion, contribution, and support

You can reach the Helm community and developers via the following channels:

Contribution

If you're interested in contributing, please refer to the Contributing Guide before submitting a pull request.

Code of conduct

Participation in the Helm community is governed by the Code of Conduct.