# helmfile/helmfile

Declaratively deploy your Kubernetes manifests, Kustomize configs, and Charts as Helm releases. Generate all-in-one manifests for use with ArgoCD.

Repository: https://github.com/helmfile/helmfile
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/helmfile
Homepage: https://helmfile.readthedocs.io
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: kubernetes, helm, kustomize
Last push: 2026-08-24T15:14:34+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 98, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1620, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 17, "gap_med": 10.0, "n_releases_24m": 49}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5181, forks 361 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:11.817199+00:00)

## What it is
Helmfile is a declarative CLI tool for deploying Kubernetes Helm charts, Kustomize configs, and raw manifests as Helm releases from version-controlled configuration. It can also generate all-in-one manifests for use with ArgoCD.

## Use cases
- declaratively manage helm releases across kubernetes clusters
- keep chart values in git and apply cicd to config changes
- deploy kustomize configs and charts as helm releases
- generate all-in-one manifests for argocd
- sync environments periodically to avoid config skew
- manage multi-environment helm deployments

## When to choose
- you deploy many helm charts and want a single declarative spec
- you want helm configuration managed in version control with CI/CD
- you need to combine helm, kustomize, and raw manifests in one workflow
- you use ArgoCD and want generated all-in-one manifests

## When to avoid
- you deploy only one or two simple charts and plain helm suffices
- you prefer imperative helm upgrade workflows
- you don't use Kubernetes or Helm

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: deployment, infrastructure-as-code, configuration-management, cli, ci-cd
- domain: cloud-computing, infrastructure-as-code, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cli, go
- tags: helm, kustomize, kubernetes-deployment, declarative-config, argocd, gitops, devops, containers, linux, macos, kubernetes, docker

## Member repositories
- helmfile/helmfile (main) score 99

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:11.817199+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:01:47.896588+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/helmfile/helmfile (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:11.817199+00:00, sha 8838be2fd71f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.