Comparison

How this chart compares to the most common alternatives. ⚠️ marks missing features likely to block production use cases.

Stars reflect the GitHub repository at time of writing. hosst/standard is hosted on GitLab.

	hosst/standard	bjw-s/app-template ⭐ 1k	stakater/application ⭐ 365	Bitnami (per-app) ⭐ 10k
Workloads
Deployment	✅	✅	✅	✅
StatefulSet	⚠️ roadmap	✅	❌	✅
DaemonSet	⚠️ roadmap	✅	❌	Varies
CronJob	✅	✅	✅	Varies
Job (Helm hook)	✅	❌	✅	Varies
Multiple workloads in one chart	✅	✅	❌	❌
HPA (autoscaling/v2)	✅	✅	✅	✅
VPA	❌ future	❌	✅	❌
PodDisruptionBudget	⚠️ roadmap	❌	✅	✅
Networking
Service (multiple)	✅	✅	✅	✅
Ingress (multiple)	✅	✅	✅	✅
NetworkPolicy	⚠️ roadmap	❌	✅	Varies
Gateway API / HTTPRoute	❌ future	❌	✅	❌
Configuration and secrets
ConfigMap env vars (variables:)	✅	✅	✅	✅
Secret env vars (secrets:)	✅	✅	✅	✅
Sealed Secrets	✅ first-class	❌	✅	❌
External Secrets / CSI Secrets	❌	❌	✅	❌
Mounted files (ConfigMap + Secret)	✅	✅	✅	✅
configure.* per-container opt-in	✅	❌	❌	❌
Dict-style env / ports	✅	❌	❌	❌
commonLabels / commonAnnotations	⚠️ roadmap	❌	✅	✅
extraManifests escape hatch	✅	❌	❌	✅
Storage
PVC / Persistence	✅	✅	✅	✅
volumeClaimTemplates	⚠️ needs StatefulSet	✅	❌	✅
Velero backup schedules (backups:)	⚠️ roadmap	❌	✅	❌
Pod and container
Init containers	✅	✅	✅	✅
Sidecar containers	✅	✅	✅	✅
lifecycleHooks (preStop/postStart)	⚠️ roadmap	✅	✅	✅
topologySpreadConstraints	⚠️ roadmap	✅	✅	✅
Security context (pod + container)	✅	✅	✅	✅
Security and identity
ServiceAccount	✅	✅	✅	✅
RBAC	⚠️ roadmap	❌	✅	✅
ServiceMonitor (Prometheus)	⚠️ roadmap	❌	✅	✅
PrometheusRule / GrafanaDashboard	❌	❌	✅	❌
cert-manager Certificate	❌	❌	✅	❌
Ergonomics
Single-resource shorthands	✅	❌	❌	❌
Bare key convention	✅	❌	❌	❌
Used as base dependency	✅	❌	❌	✅ (library)
Debug / diagnostic mode	✅ debug: true	❌	❌	diagnosticMode
values.schema.json	⚠️ roadmap	✅	✅	✅
Helm test hook	✅	❌	❌	✅
OpenShift Routes / OAuth	via extraManifests	❌	✅	Varies
Documentation	Good	Excellent	Good	Excellent