Helm

Open sourceSelf-hostable

The package manager for Kubernetes.

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CategoryAutomation & Orchestration

PricingFree, open source

Self-hostableYes

Repositoryhelm/helm

LicenseApache-2.0

LanguageGo

Last activityOct 2026Active

Repository

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Stars30k

Forks7.9k

Open issues487

Last pushOct 2026

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