Recent Changes
The TrueCharts team has made several major updates to the Helm Project, focusing on improving stability, removing deprecated content, and providing a wealth of new resources for users. Here’s a rundown of the latest changes:
Deprecation & Removal of Mirrored Upstream Charts
As part of an effort to streamline and refine the project, TrueCharts has officially deprecated and removed most mirrored upstream charts. Users are encouraged to read the newly updated Quick-Start Guide for assistance with these changes, ensuring a smooth transition.
Expansion to Stable Charts
In a significant update, TrueCharts has moved 15 charts from the incubator to the stable train, ensuring they are now fully ready-to-use. Additionally, the community has added 5 completely new charts to the stable train, expanding the selection of reliable and robust options available to users.
Documentation Overhaul
TrueCharts has also made significant updates to its documentation. Around 80 guides have been updated to remove references to TrueNAS Scale, thanks to the contributions from the community members Boemeltrein, itconstruct, and gismo2004. This update ensures that the documentation aligns with current best practices and provides users with clear and concise information.
New Guides and Resources
A variety of new guides have been added to the TrueCharts documentation, making it easier for users to get started and troubleshoot issues:
- Quick-Start Guide: A comprehensive new guide that helps newcomers set up their projects with TrueCharts smoothly.
- Development Guides: Updates to the guides help developers navigate the TrueCharts environment and contribute more effectively.
- Clustertool Guide: An updated guide that provides detailed instructions on using Clustertool for managing your clusters.
- General Guides: Multiple new general-purpose guides have been added, covering essential topics such as:
- Add-ons: A guide detailing how to use and manage add-ons inside the truecharts charts.
- FluxCD Webhook: A dedicated guide to setting up and configuring FluxCD webhooks.
- Troubleshooting: A troubleshooting guide designed to help users resolve common issues.
- NVIDIA and Intel GPUs: Guides for utilizing NVIDIA and Intel GPUs within the Talos Kubernetes enviroment.
Common 2025 refactors ongoing
Meanwhile we’re hard at work finishing up the major reworks that will be the new breaking common-chart revision, new known as “Common 2025” and ensuring this future update will go smoothly for all our users and charts
Currently, users can expect a complete rework of our Ingress, Traefik and Addon systems. Offering complete compatibility with different ingress providers and a more flexible backend for addons. Allowing both end-user customization and future expansion of both Ingress and Addon systems.
Community Contributions Welcome
As always, the continued growth and success of TrueCharts rely heavily on the support and contributions of the community. The project thrives thanks to the efforts of developers, documenters, and users who collaborate to improve and expand the ecosystem. Whether it’s contributing new Helm charts, enhancing documentation, or providing feedback, your involvement helps shape the future of TrueCharts.
If you’re passionate about Kubernetes and Helm, we encourage you to get involved! Your contributions, no matter how big or small, make a meaningful impact and help ensure that TrueCharts remains a reliable and valuable resource for everyone.
For more information, visit the TrueCharts Quick-Start Guide and explore the new guides and resources today!