Getting tired of Helm – any better way to handle deployments in Kubernetes?

1. carvel

   1 11 408 7.9 HTML

   Carvel provides a set of reliable, single-purpose, composable tools that aid in your application building, configuration, and deployment to Kubernetes. This repo contains information regarding the Carvel open-source community.

   

   I prefer ytt for templating and kapp for deployments.

   https://github.com/carvel-dev/carvel

2. AppSignal

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3. homelab-k3s

   2 4 0 0.0 Python

   

   ArgoCD for relatively simple stuff.

   For complex stuff I write Python or Go programs to build manifests, then shell out to kubectl apply. An old example - deploying a multi-instance modded Arma 3 server on k3s: https://github.com/dharmab/homelab-k3s/tree/main/lab

4. helmsman

   3 8 1,494 8.3 Go

   Helm Charts as Code

   

5. kr8

   4 2 5 9.1 Go

   An opinionated Kubernetes cluster configuration management tool

   

   I've been working on improving a tool called kr8+, which uses jsonnet to combine cluster config and apply it to components: https://github.com/ice-bergtech/kr8

6. cue-by-example

   5 2 80 2.7 CUE

   

   if you only work with your own stuff, helm is easily (and best) avoided.

   i like generating k8s yaml with cue, example: https://github.com/cue-labs/cue-by-example/tree/main/003_kub...

   there's also https://timoni.sh/ if you want a helm-like experience, but with cue instead of templating.

   If you're working with upstream projects, unfortunately many of them will only provide helm charts, so you got to decide between rewriting them to suit your env/tool, or just live with the crappiness of helm.

7. timoni

   6 16 2,011 9.3 Go

   Timoni is a package manager for Kubernetes, powered by CUE and inspired by Helm.

   

   if you only work with your own stuff, helm is easily (and best) avoided.

   i like generating k8s yaml with cue, example: https://github.com/cue-labs/cue-by-example/tree/main/003_kub...

   there's also https://timoni.sh/ if you want a helm-like experience, but with cue instead of templating.

   If you're working with upstream projects, unfortunately many of them will only provide helm charts, so you got to decide between rewriting them to suit your env/tool, or just live with the crappiness of helm.

8. pkl-k8s

   7 1 148 8.0 Pkl

   Templates for using Pkl with Kubernetes

   

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