# helm/monocular

⚠️(OBSOLETE) Search and discovery UI for Helm Chart repositories

Repository: https://github.com/helm/monocular
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/monocular
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: chart, helm, kubernetes, docker, charts-repositories
Archived: true
Last push: 2021-06-21T17:29:36+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3661, "days_push": 1899, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1408, forks 215 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:38.583006+00:00)

## What it is
Monocular is a web-based search and discovery UI for Helm Chart repositories, originally powering the Helm Hub. It is officially deprecated and no longer maintained, with Artifact Hub recommended as its replacement.

## Use cases
- search for helm charts across multiple repositories
- browse and discover kubernetes charts in a web UI
- self-host a helm chart hub
- power a public chart search site for kubernetes packages

## When to choose
- you must maintain a legacy deployment already running Monocular
- you need a historical reference implementation of a chart repository UI

## When to avoid
- starting any new project, since it is deprecated and unsupported
- you want an actively maintained chart hub - use Artifact Hub instead
- you need in-cluster application management - use Kubeapps

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: search-engine, web-framework, api-framework
- domain: web-development, developer-tools, cloud-computing
- platform: go
- tags: helm, helm-charts, chart-repository, deprecated, kubernetes, search-ui, helm-hub, devops, containers, web-server, docker

## Member repositories
- helm/monocular (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:38.583006+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 2026-08-30T04:38:35.318245+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/helm/monocular (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:38.583006+00:00, sha 55468e8399c5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.