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brew install helmfile v1.5.5 MIT

Go command-line tool to declaratively manage Kubernetes Helm chart deployments across multiple releases and environments.

Why you might care

Helmfile lets you define all your Helm releases in a single YAML file with templating, reducing boilerplate and making GitOps workflows easier. It's a thin orchestration layer over Helm that handles multi-chart deployments, secrets management, and environment-specific configurations—essential if you're managing many releases or want Infrastructure-as-Code for your Helm deployments.

Categories

kubernetes orchestration build-system

Alternatives

Helm ArgoCD Kustomize Flux
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30-day installs · #667
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90-day · #759
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365-day · #753
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★ GitHub stars · updated 1d ago

Runtime dependencies

helm

Build dependencies

go

GitHub topics

helm kubernetes kustomize

Links

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