Searching for Charts
Find charts in your added repos with helm search repo, or search the public Artifact Hub with helm search hub.
helm search repo <keyword>
helm search hub <keyword>Helm has two search commands, and the difference matters.
Search your repos
helm search repo <keyword> looks only inside the repositories you have already added locally. This is what you use most of the time.
Search Artifact Hub
helm search hub <keyword> queries Artifact Hub, a public index of charts from many publishers. Use it to discover charts you have not added yet.
Versions
Add --versions to helm search repo to list every available version of a chart, not just the newest.
Example
# Search charts in your added repositories
helm search repo nginx
# Show all available versions of a chart
helm search repo bitnami/nginx --versions
# Discover charts across the public Artifact Hub
helm search hub wordpressWhen to use it
- A developer searches the public Artifact Hub to find an official Grafana chart before deciding which repository to add.
- An operator searches local repositories with an exact keyword to compare available versions of a chart before pinning one in the CI pipeline.
- A platform engineer uses helm search repo --versions to audit which chart versions are available in their private registry before upgrading production.
More examples
Search local repos by keyword
Finds all nginx charts across added repositories; --versions lists every available version of each match.
helm search repo nginx
helm search repo nginx --versionsSearch Artifact Hub
Queries the public Artifact Hub for charts matching 'grafana' without needing to add any repository first.
helm search hub grafana --max-col-width 80Show full chart info
Displays Chart.yaml metadata and the default values.yaml of a chart so you understand it before installing.
helm show chart bitnami/postgresql
helm show values bitnami/postgresql | head -40
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