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    The Kubernetes Package Manager

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    kubernetes
    chart
    charts
    cncf
    helm
    Go
    Apache-2.0
    30.3K stars
    7.8K forks
    30.3K GitHub watchers
    Updated Oct 6, 2026
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    Where it stands

    Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.

    Ranks #66 of 2,841 repositories GStars tracks this week (top 2%).

    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 27 days ago, with 371 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #31 in the weekly ranking the week of Nov 9, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Manages Kubernetes applications by packaging, configuring, and deploying them using Helm Charts.
    • Simplifies Kubernetes app deployment with reusable, versioned packages and automated manifest management.
    • Use for deploying complex Kubernetes applications with consistent, repeatable configurations across environments.
    • Use for sharing and distributing Kubernetes application templates as Helm Charts within teams or communities.
    • Use for integrating Kubernetes app deployment into CI/CD pipelines to automate release management and updates.

    Should you depend on it?

    License terms, project hygiene and risks, from GitHub metadata and GStars' snapshots.

    License

    Apache 2.0

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution; includes an explicit patent grant from contributors.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present
    • Code of conduct: present

    Watch-outs

    No watch-outs from GStars' checks.

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    From the README

    Helm is a tool for managing Charts. Charts are packages of pre-configured Kubernetes resources.

    Helm is a tool that streamlines installing and managing Kubernetes applications. Think of it like apt/yum/homebrew for Kubernetes.

    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.

    Excerpt from the helm/helm README on GitHub (Apache-2.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

    Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots

    Jul 26: +2Aug 6: +8Aug 7: +8Aug 8: +10Aug 9: +4Aug 10: +4Aug 11: +8Aug 12: +5Aug 13: +10Aug 14: +9Aug 15: -23Aug 16: +1Aug 17: +1Aug 18: +6Aug 19: +2Aug 20: +1Sep 12: -1Sep 16: +1Oct 7: -1

    +303 stars over 84 days across 27 snapshot days; best day +10 on Aug 8.

    Forks

    7.8K+124

    Open issues

    490+66

    Compared with peers in Analytics

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