Helm

Helm helps you manage Kubernetes applications via Charts (packages of pre-configured K8s resources). Helm v4 (2025) improves OCI integration and enables server-side apply.

When to Use

• Packaging: Distribute your K8s app to others.
• Templating: Manage complexity. One deployment.yaml template for Dev, Staging, and Prod.
• Management: Easy upgrades/rollbacks (helm rollback).

Quick Start

# Install a chart
helm install my-release oci://registry-1.docker.io/bitnamicharts/nginx

# Create a chart
helm create my-chart