Welcome to kod

kod is the Kubernetes Offline Deployment tool.

kod makes it easy to take public helm charts and their container images and move them as a single archive to a private registry for installation into an air-gapped Kubernetes instance. kod also supports the packaging of helmfile definitions to enable the packaging and ordered installation of a set of Helm charts to different namespaces.

Getting Started

Please visit the Installation Guide then the Quick Start Guide to get started!

We're new!

This project was only started in April 2026, and so we're still working on our Alpha quality releases. Please be patient with us as we develop this new tool. Even better, Raise an Issue or Request a feature on the kod Issues tracker. All feedback is welcome! We aim to have a full v1.0.0 release as soon as possible. The tool can be evaluated already though using our examples.

We evaluate our current Technology Readiness Level (TRL) as TRL3. This means we have a Proof of Concept level tool which has not been evaluated or used by outside organisations yet. Below is a brief explanation of the TRL levels:-

Image adapted from “Eligibility of technology readiness levels”, retrieved 11 Apr 2026, on the UK RI website at https://www.ukri.org/councils/stfc/guidance-for-applicants/check-if-youre-eligible-for-funding/eligibility-of-technology-readiness-levels-trl/

Supporting open source

Bilberry Software Ltd are proud to support and develop kod as a tool for use for free by anyone in the Kubernetes community. Specialist builds, support, and consulting are also available from Bilberry Software Ltd.

kod is an Apache-2.0 licensed software project. The documentation on this site is released under the CC-BY-4.0 license.