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brew install helm v4.2.2 Apache-2.0

Kubernetes package manager for templating, packaging, and deploying applications as reusable charts.

Why you might care

Helm solves the problem of managing complex Kubernetes manifests by providing templating, versioning, and dependency management. If you're deploying to Kubernetes, Helm charts are the standard way to package and share applications—think apt/yum for K8s. It's the de facto tool for infrastructure-as-code workflows in Kubernetes environments.

Categories

package-manager kubernetes orchestration

Alternatives

Kustomize ArgoCD Flux
43.8k
30-day installs · #147
133.4k
90-day · #154
552.0k
365-day · #134

Build dependencies

go

Links

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