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norwoodj/helm-docs

A tool for automatically generating markdown documentation for helm charts observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/norwoodj/helm-docs · Go · GPL-3.0 (copyleft) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

62/100

  • Activity 88
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 2923
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 72
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1761 stars · 218 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

helm-docs is a Go CLI tool that automatically generates markdown documentation for Helm charts. It parses chart metadata and values, extracting field descriptions from special comments, and renders them into README files via Go templates.

Use cases

  • generate readme documentation for helm charts
  • document chart values tables automatically
  • extract value descriptions from yaml comments
  • keep helm chart docs in sync with values.yaml
  • render chart docs from custom gotmpl templates

When to choose

  • you maintain helm charts and want auto-generated values documentation
  • you want descriptions pulled from `# --` comments in values.yaml
  • you need consistent README tables across many charts in CI

When to avoid

  • you don't use helm or kubernetes
  • you need docs for non-chart yaml files
  • you want HTML or non-markdown output

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

documentation cli markdown templating developer-tools documentation windows cli cross-platform helm kubernetes charts readme-generation go devops command-line linux macos

1 source

Member repositories

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norwoodj/helm-docsmain62

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markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="norwoodj/helm-docs")

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