Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%

brew install helmsman

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverifiziert · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#helmsman

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/he/helmsman/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com

openSUSE zypperverifiziert · 92%

sudo zypper install helmsman

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · helmsman · Quelle: download.opensuse.org

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Helm Charts as Code tool

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

helmsman

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Helmsman is a 'Helm Charts as Code' CLI for managing Helm releases from a declarative desired state file. It plans, validates, and applies a set of chart releases, using Helm and Kubernetes tooling underneath.

Projektgeschichte

The `mkubaczyk/helmsman` repository was created in 2017 and early releases followed quickly, with a 0.1.0 release in November 2017 and a 1.0.0 release in March 2018. The README describes the tool as a way to automate deployment and management of Helm charts from version-controlled code.

Helmsman uses a desired state file, originally centered on TOML and also accepting YAML, to define repositories, namespaces, releases, protection settings, and execution order. Its README emphasizes plan/view/apply behavior, idempotency, namespace and release protection, priority ordering, and parallel execution.

The README records a stewardship change from Praqma, later Eficode, to the maintainers of the `mkubaczyk/helmsman` repository. Later documentation distinguishes Helmsman major lines by Helm compatibility, with v1.x for Helm 2 and v4.x for Helm 3 and Helm 4.

Adoptionsgeschichte

Helmsman gained attention in the same era as Helmfile: Kubernetes users had many Helm charts to deploy, but wanted a declarative file and a plan step instead of shell scripts full of `helm install` commands. Its packaging through Homebrew and other distributions reflects use as a local or CI command-line deployment tool.

Wie es verwendet wird

Users run `helmsman -f example.toml` to plan, `helmsman --apply -f example.toml` to execute, and flags such as `--dry-run`, `--debug`, and `--target` to inspect or limit changes. A binary install expects `kubectl`, `helm`, and for many versions the `helm-diff` plugin.

The tool can run as a binary, as a container in CI, or as a container inside a Kubernetes cluster. Its value is strongest where release ordering, namespace protection, and repeated idempotent application matter.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Helmsman is part of the Helm wrapper generation that treated Kubernetes releases as package sets. For package-minded operators, its desired-state file is the manifest of packages, while Helm remains the lower-level package manager.

The explicit major-line mapping to Helm 2, Helm 3, and Helm 4 makes it a good example of a wrapper whose own packaging has to track another package manager's compatibility surface.

Zeitleiste

2017: The `mkubaczyk/helmsman` repository was created and 0.1.0 was released.
2018: Helmsman v1.0.0 was published.
2025: Helmsman v4.0.0 was published with documentation for Helm 3 and Helm 4 support.

Related projects

Helm is the chart manager Helmsman orchestrates.
kubectl is a runtime prerequisite for binary use.
helm-diff is listed by the README as a required plugin for Helmsman versions from 1.6.0 onward.

Quellen

Sicherheitslage

Noch keine Protected-Tool-Abdeckung gefunden

Für helmsman wurde kein passendes lokales Secret-Handling-Manifest gefunden. Nucleus-Paketmetadaten bleiben hier veröffentlicht, damit künftige Abdeckung eine stabile Paket-URL hat.

Installationsverhalten

In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 6 Plattformziele verfügbar.
Installiert mit 2 Laufzeitabhängigkeiten.
Build-Metadaten listen 1 Build-Abhängigkeiten.

Empfohlene Prüfung

Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.

Executables

Installierte Executables

Befehl	Art	Sichtbarkeit	Hinweis
`helmsman`	cli	globales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.

Seite generiert2026-07-25

Manager-Version4.0.5

Manager aktualisiert2026-05-18

lokale DatenOK

Upstreamaktuell

neueste erkannte Versionv4.0.5

https://github.com/mkubaczyk/helmsman

OKEs wurden keine Aktualitätswarnungen generiert.

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüssel	brew:helmsman
Version	4.0.5
Paketmanager	Homebrew
Paketmanager-Seite	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/helmsman
Homepage	https://github.com/mkubaczyk/helmsman
Repository	https://github.com/mkubaczyk/helmsman
Upstream-Dokumentation	https://github.com/mkubaczyk/helmsman#readme
Lizenz	MIT
Quellarchiv	https://github.com/mkubaczyk/helmsman/archive/refs/tags/v4.0.5.tar.gz
Zuletzt aktualisiert	2026-05-18T22:37:09Z
Pulse	updated
Abhängigkeiten	helm, kubernetes-cli
Build-Abhängigkeiten	go
Bottle	verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	nicht definiert
Dienst	keiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	helmsman
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.

Nix95%

helmsman

nix profile install nixpkgs#helmsman

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Helmsman

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/he/helmsman/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

zypper95%

helmsman 3.17.1-1.5

Helm Charts as Code

https://github.com/Praqma/helmsman

sudo zypper install helmsman

License: MIT
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: helmsman
2 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Helmsman

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: helmsman from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

Paketgraph

Links stammen aus dem lokalen Paketbeziehungsgraph, Ergänzungen, Abhängigkeitskanten, Ecosystem-Matches und Paket-Hub-Mitgliedschaft.

Quellspur

Aus Repository-Daten generiert

Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/helmsman.yml

Verwendete Quellen

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

helmsman mit Homebrew, Nix, zypper installieren