Alternatives to Helm
A package manager for Kubernetes that installs, upgrades and rolls back applications described as charts. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Helm
A package manager for Kubernetes that installs, upgrades and rolls back applications described as charts.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Helm.
Kustomize
A template-free tool for customising Kubernetes YAML configurations without forking them.
Kustomize customises plain Kubernetes YAML without templates and is built into kubectl, but it has no chart packaging, release history or rollback commands.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Helmfile
A command-line tool for declaratively deploying sets of Helm charts, manifests and Kustomize configs.
Skaffold
A command-line tool that automates building, pushing and deploying applications during Kubernetes development.
Kompose
A command-line tool that converts Docker Compose files into Kubernetes or OpenShift resources.
Krew
A plugin manager for kubectl that finds, installs and updates kubectl plugins from a central index.
Tilt
An open-source tool that rebuilds and live-updates multi-service apps during development, locally or in Kubernetes.
Kubernetes
An open-source system for automating deployment, scaling and management of containerized applications across machines.
