Helm

Helm helps you manage Kubernetes applications — Helm Charts help you define, install, and upgrade even the most complex Kubernetes application.
Charts are easy to create, version, share, and publish — so start using Helm and stop the copy-and-paste.
Helm is a graduated project in the CNCF and is maintained by the Helm community.
Charts describe even the most complex apps, provide repeatable application installation, and serve as a single point of authority.
Take the pain out of updates with in-place upgrades and custom hooks.
Charts are easy to version, share, and host on public or private servers.
Use helm rollback to roll back to an older version of a release with ease.
Install Helm with a package manager, or download a binary.
Once installed, unpack the helm binary and add it to your PATH and you are good to go! Check the docs for further installation and usage instructions.
Visit Artifact Hub to explore Helm charts from numerous public repositories.
More information about the Helm project, and how to contribute.
They meet each week to demo and discuss tools and projects. Community meetings are recorded and shared to YouTube.
Thursdays 9:30-10am (PT)
These meetings are open to all. Check the community repo for notes and details.
Request access here to join the Kubernetes Slack team.
Helm always welcomes new contributions to the project!
Helm is a big project with a lot of users and contributors. It can be a lot to take in!
We have a list of good first issues if you want to help but don't know where to start.
Before you contribute some code, please read our Contribution Guide. It goes over the processes around creating and reviewing pull requests.
After you write some code, please sign your commits to ensure Helm adheres to the DCO agreement used by the CNCF.
Helm is supported by and built with a community of over 400 developers.
...and many other wonderful helm core maintainers.
We are a Cloud Native Computing Foundation graduated project.
© Helm Authors 2026. Documentation distributed under CC-BY-4.0.
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