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Helm-like configuration values loader with support for various sources. Version 0.44.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-04.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install vals

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install vals

MacPorts ports tree · sysutils/vals/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install main/vals

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/vals.json · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Helm-like configuration values loader with support for various sources

Commands and aliases

  • vals

history

Project history and usage

`vals` is a small Helmfile-adjacent utility for resolving configuration values and secrets from external systems. The GitHub repository was created on August 10, 2019, and the README presents it as a tool for managing configuration values and secrets, with URI-style `ref+...` references that can be evaluated in YAML or JSON documents.

Project history

`vals` is a small Helmfile-adjacent utility for resolving configuration values and secrets from external systems. The GitHub repository was created on August 10, 2019, and the README presents it as a tool for managing configuration values and secrets, with URI-style `ref+...` references that can be evaluated in YAML or JSON documents.

Adoption history

Its niche is Kubernetes deployment configuration rather than general secret management. The README documents backends such as Vault, AWS SSM Parameter Store, AWS Secrets Manager, SOPS-encrypted files, GCP Secret Manager, 1Password, Kubernetes, Terraform state, and several newer secret stores. Helmfile's own documentation treats vals as the remote-secret/value import path: Helmfile can import configuration parameters from AWS SSM, AWS Secrets Manager, Vault, SOPS, and the broader vals backend list.

How it is used

Typical usage is to keep references such as `ref+vault://...` or `ref+awsssm://...` in values files, then run `vals eval -f file.yaml` to render concrete values, `vals exec -f env.yaml -- command` to populate environment variables for a subprocess, or let Helmfile template functions fetch or expand those refs during release rendering. The tool is therefore most visible in GitOps and Helm workflows where teams want charts and state files to remain declarative without committing secret material.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
valscliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version0.44.4
manager updated2026-07-04
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.44.4

https://github.com/helmfile/vals

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:vals
Version0.44.4
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/vals
Homepagehttps://github.com/helmfile/vals
Repositoryhttps://github.com/helmfile/vals
Upstream docshttps://github.com/helmfile/vals#readme
LicenseApache-2.0
Source archivehttps://github.com/helmfile/vals/archive/refs/tags/v0.44.4.tar.gz
Last updated2026-07-04T09:52:28Z
Pulseupdated
Build dependenciesgo
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namevals
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

vals

nix profile install nixpkgs#vals
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Vals
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/va/vals/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
apk95%

vals 0.42.4-r6

Helm-like configuration values loader with support for various sources

https://github.com/helmfile/vals

sudo apk add vals
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: vals
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Vals
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: vals from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
pacman95%

vals 0.43.2-1

Helm-like configuration values loader with support for various sources

https://github.com/helmfile/vals

sudo pacman -S vals
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Vals
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: vals from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
MacPorts95%

vals

sudo port install vals
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Vals
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/vals/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Scoop95%

main/vals

scoop install main/vals
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Vals
Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/vals.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

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  • qbecShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, configuration, kubernetes.
  • argocd-vault-pluginShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, kubernetes, secrets.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • 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