# Kubernetes Helm
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Helm is a tool for managing Kubernetes charts. Charts are packages of
pre-configured Kubernetes resources.
Use Helm to...
- Find and use popular software packaged as Kubernetes charts
- Share your own applications as Kubernetes charts
- Create reproducible builds of your Kubernetes applications
- Intelligently manage your Kubernetes manifest files
- Manage releases of Helm packages
## Helm in a Handbasket
Helm is a tool that streamlines installing and managing Kubernetes applications.
Think of it like apt/yum/homebrew for Kubernetes.
- Helm has two parts: a client (`helm`) and a server (`tiller`)
- Tiller runs inside of your Kubernetes cluster, and manages releases (installations)
of your charts.
- Helm runs on your laptop, CI/CD, or wherever you want it to run.
- Charts are Helm packages that contain at least two things:
- A description of the package (`Chart.yaml`)
- One or more templates, which contain Kubernetes manifest files
- Charts can be stored on disk, or fetched from remote chart repositories
(like Debian or RedHat packages)
## Install
Download a [release tarball of helm for your platform ](https://github.com/kubernetes/helm/releases ). Unpack the `helm` binary and add it to your PATH and you are good to go! OS X/[Cask](https://caskroom.github.io/) users can `brew cask install helm` .
## Docs
- [Quick Start ](docs/quickstart.md )
- [Architecture ](docs/architecture.md )
- [Charts ](docs/charts.md )
- [Chart Repository Guide ](docs/chart_repository.md )
- [Syncing your Chart Repository ](docs/chart_repository_sync_example.md )
- [Developers ](docs/developers.md )
## Community, discussion, contribution, and support
You can reach the Helm community and developers via the following channels:
- [Kubernetes Slack ](https://slack.k8s.io ): #helm
- Mailing List: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/kubernetes-sig-apps
- Developer Call: Thursdays at 9:30-10:00 Pacific. https://engineyard.zoom.us/j/366425549
### Code of conduct
Participation in the Kubernetes community is governed by the [Kubernetes Code of Conduct ](code-of-conduct.md ).