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Helm

Visual Tour

Helm has two main surfaces: a menu bar popover for quick triage and a Control Center window for deeper management. This tour walks through each.

Section titled “Menu Bar Popover”

Click the Helm icon in the menu bar to open the popover. It shows your environment health at a glance: update counts, active tasks, and quick actions.

Menu bar popover showing health status, pending updates, and quick actions. Menu bar popover showing health status, pending updates, and quick actions.

Status Menu

Section titled “Status Menu”

Right-click the Helm icon for quick actions: About, Control Center, Upgrade All, Settings, Support Helm, Refresh, and Quit.

Right-click status menu with quick actions. Right-click status menu with quick actions.

Control Center — Overview

Section titled “Control Center — Overview”

The Control Center is a standalone window with sidebar navigation. The Overview tab shows health posture, package statistics, the manager grid, and recent task activity.

Control Center overview with health posture and manager grid. Control Center overview with health posture and manager grid.

Control Center — Packages

Section titled “Control Center — Packages”

Browse installed, upgradable, and available packages. Filter by status or manager. Click any package to see details in the inspector sidebar.

Packages tab with package list and filters. Packages tab with package list and filters.

Control Center — Tasks

Section titled “Control Center — Tasks”

Track all background operations in real time. Tasks show lifecycle states: Queued, Running, Completed, Failed, or Canceled.

Tasks tab showing task list with status indicators. Tasks tab showing task list with status indicators.

Control Center — Managers

Section titled “Control Center — Managers”

View per-manager health, detection status, and capabilities. Managers show health badges (Healthy, Attention, Error, Not Installed).

Managers tab showing health badges across package managers. Managers tab showing health badges across package managers.

Control Center — Settings

Section titled “Control Center — Settings”

Configure cadence, policy, localization, and accessibility. The Support & Feedback card provides direct links to report bugs, request features, and share diagnostics.

Settings tab with General, Managers, Advanced, and Support and Feedback cards. Settings tab with General, Managers, Advanced, and Support and Feedback cards.

Inspector Sidebar

Section titled “Inspector Sidebar”

Select any task, package, or manager in the Control Center to open the inspector sidebar. It shows contextual detail: version info, pin state, manager attribution, health badges, and available actions.

Inspector sidebar showing package or manager detail. Inspector sidebar showing package or manager detail.

Onboarding Walkthrough

Section titled “Onboarding Walkthrough”

On first launch, Helm offers a guided walkthrough using spotlight overlays that highlight key UI elements with step-by-step explanations. You can replay it anytime from Settings.

Walkthrough spotlight overlay highlighting a UI element. Walkthrough spotlight overlay highlighting a UI element.