Alternatives to Helmfile
A command-line tool for declaratively deploying sets of Helm charts, manifests and Kustomize configs. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Helmfile
A command-line tool for declaratively deploying sets of Helm charts, manifests and Kustomize configs.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Helmfile.
Kustomize
A template-free tool for customising Kubernetes YAML configurations without forking them.
Kustomize manages Kubernetes manifest variants with plain YAML overlays built into kubectl, instead of declaring sets of Helm releases.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Helm
A package manager for Kubernetes that installs, upgrades and rolls back applications described as charts.
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.
