How to install helm

Helm is package manager for Kubernetes that resolves and deploys chart releases. Releases and documentation are produced by the project team.

About the project

Helm is package manager for Kubernetes that resolves and deploys chart releases. The maintainers own the project, choose releases, and publish their own documentation. This page records a few things worth knowing before you begin.

The maintainers own the project. They choose release timing, publish announcements, and write the documentation themselves. Nothing about that process is controlled from here.

Typical distribution routes

Packaging differs from project to project. Some publish to system repositories, some to their own index, some only as source archives that a build tool expects.

Check compatibility first

Check platform requirements first. Recent releases usually need a current runtime and a reasonably modern system.

Afterwards

Most surprises here come down to path ordering or to two copies being present at once. Checking which one resolves first usually explains the difference.

A note about this domain

Nothing is published from this domain beyond text. Projects stay where their maintainers put them.