Kupetpl vs helm template command

[joberdick]

I have recently discovered helm template command that renders the helm chart without need for tiller.

What are the reasons to stick with kubetpl vs helm template?

I'm happy with kubetpl, but wondering if consolidating down to one template tool makes sense in the long run.

[rwenz3l]

I'd say helm is a lot more flexible and complex. It has things like loops and can integrate all sorts of things, while kubetpl is "simply" for rendering.

Helm is also more seen as a package manager for stuff like nginx or prometheus. You may not want to write Charts,Values and Stuff just to deploy 1 application to your cluster.. I think Helm makes a lot more sense, when you're dealing with larger teams and larger deployments, that also needs to be configurable all the time. kubetpl is a bit more like a supercharged envsubst.