helmfile
Declaratively deploy your Kubernetes manifests, Kustomize configs, and Charts as Helm releases. Generate all-in-one manifests for use with ArgoCD. (by helmfile)
zarf
DevSecOps for Air Gap & Limited-Connection Systems. https://zarf.dev/ (by defenseunicorns)
| helmfile | zarf | |
|---|---|---|
| 24 | 6 | |
| 3,174 | 1,185 | |
| 2.6% | 16.9% | |
| 9.6 | 9.5 | |
| 1 day ago | 5 days ago | |
| Go | Go | |
| MIT License | Apache License 2.0 |
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For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
helmfile
Posts with mentions or reviews of helmfile.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-26.
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Installing multiple helm charts in one go [Approach 2 - using helmfile]
sudo wget https://github.com/helmfile/helmfile/releases/download/v0.159.0/helmfile_0.159.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz sudo tar -xxf helmfile_0.159.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz sudo rm helmfile_0.159.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz sudo mv helmfile /usr/local/bin/
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Simplified Deployment: A Deep Dive into Containerization and Helm
Installation: https://github.com/helmfile/helmfile/releases
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Helm-Compose – The Docker-compose like tool for K8s development
What are the benefits over using helmfile? https://helmfile.readthedocs.io/
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self-built apps: do you like using helm or kustomize to deliver them to kubernetes
Helm charts and Helmfile
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Download packages for different architectures in your Dockerfiles using dumb-downloader, instead of writing scripts or separate Dockerfiles
And now I can just run dudo -l "https://github.com/helmfile/helmfile/releases/download/v{{ version }}/helmfile_{{ version }}_{{ os }}_{{ arch }}.tar.gz" -i /tmp/helmfile.tar.gz -p $HELMFILE_VERSION
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Declarative GitOps for...my ArgoCD itself?
I might be misunderstanding your question but we use https://github.com/helmfile/helmfile along with Argo, so essentially between eks and those I could rebuild our entire cluster in minutes.
- Docker helm
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Which GitOps for very small teams?
I am asking which do you choose, Flux or Helmfile. edit: and what criteria do you use to select.
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In a gitops world, what does your team do to reduce cycle time for devs?
do you publish your own helm chart for your internal services and use it in every environment? if so, you could try to use helmfile within the service's repo itself and store values in a helm/$env directory. then enhance your ci to deploy to dev after the merge/image build phase directly. to try and cut out what sounds like a "deployment/config repo" step you have in the middle that's making everything a pain.
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Helm makes it overly complex, or is it just me?
I've used helmfile before to declaratively manage multiple helm charts. It's a higher-level tool, and still uses helm under the hood.
zarf
Posts with mentions or reviews of zarf.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-11.
- Zarf: K8s in Airgapped Environments
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Air gapped on prem install - what would you do?
There is a tool written for this exact scenario! (disclaimer: I am a maintainer) https://github.com/defenseunicorns/zarf . Zarf can create packages out of all of your images, Helm charts, manifests... and deploy that package w/ zero dependencies on the other side (you can even use k3s built into the default init package if you don't have a cluster). The docs do it more justice https://docs.zarf.dev/docs/zarf-overview .
- Zarf – DevSecOps for Air Gap and Limited-Connection Systems
- GitHub - defenseunicorns/zarf: K8s Airgap Buddy
- zarf: K8s Airgap Buddy - Zarf massively simplifies the setup & administration of kubernetes clusters "across the air gap". It provides a static go binary CLI that can pull, package, and install all the things your clusters need to run. It caches downloads (for speed), hashes packages (for security)
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What is the Hardest Environment to Deploy to?
We're working on https://github.com/defenseunicorns/zarf which can deploy to bare metal and an airgap environment
What are some alternatives?
When comparing helmfile and zarf you can also consider the following projects:
vals - Helm-like configuration values loader with support for various sources
helmify - Creates Helm chart from Kubernetes yaml
helmwave - New 🌊 wave for @helm
vcluster - vCluster - Create fully functional virtual Kubernetes clusters - Each vcluster runs inside a namespace of the underlying k8s cluster. It's cheaper than creating separate full-blown clusters and it offers better multi-tenancy and isolation than regular namespaces.
kpt - Automate Kubernetes Configuration Editing
Flux - Successor: https://github.com/fluxcd/flux2
helmsman - Helm Charts as Code
flux2 - Open and extensible continuous delivery solution for Kubernetes. Powered by GitOps Toolkit.
sbom-operator - Catalogue all images of a Kubernetes cluster to multiple targets with Syft
library-charts - ⚠️ Deprecated : Helm library charts for the k8s@home Helm charts
hauler - Airgap Swiss Army Knife