# Install helm-ls with Homebrew, apk, Nix, scoop Language server for Helm. Version 0.5.4 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:helm-ls ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install helm-ls ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add helm-ls ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: helm-ls from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#helm-ls ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/he/helm-ls/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install extras/helm-ls ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/helm-ls.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:helm-ls - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.5.4 - **Source summary:** Language server for Helm - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - helm_ls (cli) - helm_ls (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.5.4 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/mrjosh/helm-ls - Upstream latest detected: v0.5.4 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage helm-ls is a language server for Helm chart development. Its README describes it as a Helm Language Server Protocol implementation, with editor setup examples and integration with yaml-language-server for additional YAML capabilities. The project reflects a shift in Kubernetes packaging from command-line-only chart authoring toward editor-assisted workflows with completion, hover, diagnostics, references, and values-file awareness. ### Project history The public repository was created in April 2022. GitHub release metadata shows the first tagged releases in March 2023, with the executable named `helm_ls`. The README shows a design centered on Helm template files, values files, chart dependencies, `helm lint`, and optional yaml-language-server integration. That puts the tool between Helm's chart semantics and general-purpose editor LSP clients. ### Adoption history helm-ls entered editor and package-manager workflows through Homebrew, mise, Nix, Arch/AUR, Scoop, Mason for Neovim, manual downloads, and editor-specific integrations documented in the README. The project is especially visible to Neovim, VS Code, Zed, and Emacs users because Helm templates are hard to edit well as plain YAML: Go template syntax, chart objects, values files, and generated Kubernetes resources all overlap. ### How it is used Users install the `helm_ls` binary and configure an editor LSP client to run it, often with `helm_ls serve`. For some editors, the README provides filetype detection and client configuration examples. helm-ls can use yaml-language-server to process rendered or converted template content, generate schemas for values files, expose completion and hover data, run diagnostics from `helm lint`, and process dependency charts after `helm dependency build`. ### Why package nerds care helm-ls is packaging infrastructure for people who package Kubernetes applications. It makes charts feel like typed, navigable source code instead of loosely connected YAML, Go templates, and values files. For package managers, it is also a clean example of an LSP server distributed as a standalone CLI: the binary is useful only when editors can find it, so package names, executable names, and editor integration docs matter. ### Timeline - 2022: Public GitHub repository created. - 2023: v0.0.1 release published. - 2023: Early v0.0.x releases establish the standalone `helm_ls` binary. - 2020s: README documents package-manager installs, yaml-language-server integration, and editor configuration examples. ### Related projects - Helm supplies the chart and template model. - yaml-language-server provides optional YAML diagnostics, hover, completion, and schema support. - Neovim LSP clients, coc.nvim, VS Code, Zed, and Emacs Eglot are documented editor integration targets. - helm-docs is a neighboring chart-authoring tool focused on generated README documentation rather than live editor assistance. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** helm-ls - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - helm-ls: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/he/helm-ls/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk - helm-ls - 0.5.4-r6: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: helm-ls from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Language server for Helm | https://github.com/mrjosh/helm-ls - apk - helm-ls-doc - 0.5.4-r6: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: helm-ls-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Language server for Helm (documentation) | https://github.com/mrjosh/helm-ls - Scoop - extras/helm-ls: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/helm-ls.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## 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. - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [ansible-language-server](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ansible-language-server/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, lsp. - [expert](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/expert/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, lsp. - [fennel-ls](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fennel-ls/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, lsp. - [fortls](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fortls/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, lsp. - [gopls](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gopls/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, lsp. - [haskell-language-server](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/haskell-language-server/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, lsp. - [jq-lsp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/jq-lsp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, lsp. - [lspmux](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/lspmux/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, lsp. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/helm-ls.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/helm-ls.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph