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Helm Command Cheatsheet 2025
kubefeeds - Feb 24 - 
- Dev Community
Celebrating 10 years of Helm...
Helm is a tool for managing Charts. Charts are packages of pre-configured Kubernetes resources.
Key Use Cases
- Find and use popular software packaged as Helm Charts to run in Kubernetes
- Share your own applications as Helm Charts
- Create reproducible builds of your Kubernetes applications
- Intelligently manage your Kubernetes manifest files
- Manage releases of Helm packages
Popularity & Stats
- 24.1K+ GitHub Stars
- 7.2K+ Forks
- 1000+ Contributors
- 40K+ Weekly Docker Downloads
- Used by 65% of Kubernetes users (CNCF Survey 2023)
This cheatsheet provides a quick reference for common Helm commands and configurations.
Basic Commands
| Command |
Description |
helm create mychart |
Initialize a new Helm chart |
helm install release-name chart-name |
Install a chart |
helm install release-name chart-name --namespace my-namespace |
Install a chart in specific namespace |
helm install release-name chart-name --values values.yaml |
Install with custom values |
helm upgrade release-name chart-name |
Upgrade a release |
helm upgrade --install release-name chart-name |
Install or upgrade if exists |
helm rollback release-name revision-number |
Rollback to a previous version |
helm list |
List all releases |
helm ls --all-namespaces |
List releases across all namespaces |
helm ls -n namespace |
List releases in a namespace |
helm uninstall release-name |
Uninstall a release |
Repository Management
| Command |
Description |
helm repo add repo-name repo-url |
Add a repository |
helm repo update |
Update repositories |
helm repo list |
List repositories |
helm repo remove repo-name |
Remove a repository |
helm search repo chart-name |
Search in repositories |
helm search hub chart-name |
Search in Artifact Hub |
Chart Management
| Command |
Description |
helm package chart-path/ |
Package a chart |
helm lint chart-path/ |
Verify chart |
helm show chart chart-name |
Show chart details |
helm show values chart-name |
Show chart values |
helm show all chart-name |
Show all chart information |
helm pull repo-name/chart-name |
Pull a chart |
helm pull repo-name/chart-name --untar |
Pull and extract a chart |
Testing and Debugging
| Command |
Description |
helm install release-name chart-name --dry-run --debug |
Test installation |
helm get manifest release-name |
Get manifest |
helm get values release-name |
Get release values |
helm history release-name |
Get release history |
helm status release-name |
Get release status |
Template Commands
| Command |
Description |
helm template release-name chart-name |
Render templates locally |
helm template release-name chart-name --values values.yaml |
Render with values |
helm lint chart-path/ |
Validate templates |
helm get manifest release-name |
Show computed templates |
Dependencies
| Command |
Description |
helm dependency update chart-path/ |
Update dependencies |
helm dependency list chart-path/ |
List dependencies |
helm dependency build chart-path/ |
Build dependencies |
Chart Structure
| File/Directory |
Purpose |
Chart.yaml |
Chart metadata |
values.yaml |
Default values |
values.schema.json |
Values schema |
charts/ |
Chart dependencies |
templates/ |
Template files |
templates/NOTES.txt |
Usage notes |
templates/_helpers.tpl |
Named templates |
templates/deployment.yaml |
Kubernetes manifests |
Environment Values
| Command |
Description |
helm install -f values-dev.yaml |
Install with dev values |
helm install -f values-prod.yaml |
Install with prod values |
helm install -f values.yaml -f values-prod.yaml |
Install with multiple values |
Common Configuration Values
| Field |
Description |
replicaCount |
Number of replicas |
image.repository |
Container image repository |
image.tag |
Container image tag |
image.pullPolicy |
Image pull policy |
service.type |
Service type |
service.port |
Service port |
resources.limits |
Resource limits |
resources.requests |
Resource requests |
ingress.enabled |
Enable ingress |
ingress.className |
Ingress class |
Further Resources
