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Find outdated Helm charts used by ArgoCD applications.

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Argazer – detect outdated Helm charts in ArgoCD applications

by kreicer·Mar 16, 2026·2 points·0 comments
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AI Analysis

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Multi-source Helm version checking for ArgoCD — narrow but nobody's solving this cleanly.

Strengths
  • •Supports Git, Helm HTTP, and OCI registries — covers all three chart source types
  • •Single-run CI/CD design with JSON, table, and Markdown output formats
  • •Interactive configure wizard plus environment variable support for automation
Weaknesses
  • •Only 4 stars — very early, ArgoCD Notifications may already cover this workflow
  • •No ArgoCD plugin integration; requires external CLI execution in pipelines
Target Audience

DevOps engineers running ArgoCD with Helm charts

Similar To

ArgoCD Notifications · Helm diff · Renovate

Post Description

Hi HN,

I built Argazer after running into the problem of tracking outdated Helm charts used by ArgoCD applications in our Kubernetes clusters.

The tool connects to the ArgoCD API, extracts chart sources and checks whether newer versions are available in Git, Helm or OCI repositories.

It supports private repositories and can send notifications to Slack, Telegram or CI pipelines.

I also experimented with an AI-assisted workflow while building it, using different models for spec writing, task planning and code generation.

Would love feedback from people running ArgoCD in production.

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