# Install chart-releaser with Homebrew Hosting Helm Charts via GitHub Pages and Releases. Version 1.8.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:chart-releaser ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install chart-releaser ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:chart-releaser - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.8.1 - **Source summary:** Hosting Helm Charts via GitHub Pages and Releases - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - cr (cli) - cr (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.8.1 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/helm/chart-releaser - Upstream latest detected: v1.8.1 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage Chart Releaser is a Helm project CLI that turns a GitHub repository into a Helm chart repository by attaching packaged charts to GitHub Releases and generating an `index.yaml` suitable for GitHub Pages. ### Project history The Helm organization created the chart-releaser repository in August 2018. Public release metadata shows the 0.x series in early 2019, a 1.0.0 beta tag before the stable 1.x line, and a current 1.8.1 release in June 2025. ### Adoption history Chart Releaser was adopted mainly through GitHub-hosted Helm chart repositories and CI pipelines. The README documents binary releases, the `helm/tap` Homebrew installation path, a Docker image on Quay for CI, and use through `helm/chart-releaser-action`. ### How it is used Common use is `cr package`, `cr upload`, and `cr index`: package charts, upload `.tgz` artifacts to GitHub Releases, then build or push the chart repository index. The README documents `$HOME/.cr.yaml`, `CR_` environment variables, and command-line flags with CLI-over-env-over-config precedence. ### Why package nerds care Chart Releaser is important because it made a low-infrastructure Helm distribution pattern common: a normal GitHub repository can publish chart tarballs and an index without running a separate chart repository service. It is a small packaging bridge between Helm chart metadata, GitHub Releases, GitHub Pages, and CI. ### Timeline - 2018-08: Helm chart-releaser repository created. - 2019-02: Early public 0.x GitHub releases are available. - 2025-06: Latest upstream GitHub release metadata lists v1.8.1. ### Related projects - Helm is the Kubernetes package manager whose chart artifacts Chart Releaser publishes. - helm/chart-releaser-action wraps the CLI for GitHub Actions workflows. - GitHub Releases and GitHub Pages are the distribution surfaces targeted by the tool. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: ~/.cr.yaml ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** chart-releaser - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Related links - [Cloud CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/cloud-clis/) - Belongs to a cloud or infrastructure command family. - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [chart-testing](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/chart-testing/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: charts, cli, developer-tools, helm, kubernetes. - [kube-linter](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kube-linter/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, helm, kubernetes. - [kube-score](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kube-score/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, helm, kubernetes. - [kubent](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kubent/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, helm, kubernetes. - [kubergrunt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kubergrunt/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, helm, kubernetes. - [cmctl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmctl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, kubernetes. - [cri-tools](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cri-tools/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, kubernetes. - [helm-docs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/helm-docs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: charts, cli, developer-tools, helm, kubernetes. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/chart-releaser.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/chart-releaser.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - cross-ecosystem install command graph