# Flexible, reusable and concise configuration for Kubernetes - tanka


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# Grafana Tanka

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**The clean, concise and super flexible alternative to YAML for your** [**Kubernetes**](https://k8s.io/) **cluster**

* **💥 Clean**: The [Jsonnet language](https://jsonnet.org/) expresses your apps more obviously than YAML ever did
    
* **📚 Reusable**: Build libraries, import them anytime and even share them on GitHub!
    
* **📌 Concise**: Using the Kubernetes library and abstraction, you will never see boilerplate again!
    
* **🎯 Confidence**: Stop guessing and use `tk diff` to see what exactly will happen
    
* **🔭 Helm**: Vendor in, modify, and export [Helm charts reproducibly](https://tanka.dev/helm#helm-support)
    
* **🚀 Production ready**: Tanka deploys [Grafana Cloud](https://grafana.com/products/cloud/) and many more production setups.
    

[**Let's kill some YAML together  ▶**](https://tanka.dev/tutorial/overview)

## 🚀 Getting started

To get started, [install Tanka](https://tanka.dev/install) first, and then [follow the tutorial](https://tanka.dev/tutorial/overview). This should get you on track quickly.

## 👥 Community

There are several places to connect with the Tanka community:

* [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/grafana/tanka/discussions/442): Primary support channel
    
* `#tanka` on [Grafana Slack](https://grafana.slack.com/)
    
* Mailing lists
    
    * [`tanka-announce`](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/tanka-announce): Low frequency list with announcements, releases, etc
        
    * [`tanka-users`](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/tanka-users): General purpose group for discussions, community support and more
        

Please don't ask individual project members or open GitHub issues for support requests. Use one of the above channels so everyone in the community can participate.

Furthermore, see [`LICENSE`](https://github.com/grafana/tanka/blob/main/LICENSE) and [`GOVERNANCE`](https://github.com/grafana/tanka/blob/main/GOVERNANCE.md).