Helm is a package manager for Kubernetes that allows easy installation and management of Kubernetes applications. It consists of a Helm client that runs on a user's machine and communicates with Tiller, which runs as a pod on the Kubernetes cluster and performs installation and management tasks. Charts, which are Helm packages containing Kubernetes manifest templates, are analogous to Puppet modules, while a release, which is an installed instance of a chart, is analogous to a Docker container.