What are the main components of Helm?

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Helm has three concepts, charts, releases and repositories, plus one client, the helm CLI:

The Helm client handles chart development, repository management and release operations. It talks directly to the Kubernetes API server.
A chart is a package of manifest templates, metadata and default values, stored locally or in a repository.
A release is one deployed instance of a chart, with its own name and values. Helm keeps its history for upgrades and rollbacks.
A repository stores and shares charts. It can be public or private, and Artifact Hub lists charts from many public ones.

Installing one chart twice creates two separate releases.

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