You can store Helm 3 charts saved as
[OCI container images](https://helm.sh/docs/topics/registries/)
in Artifact Registry Docker repositories.

- To get familiar with Helm charts in Artifact Registry, try the [quickstart](https://docs.cloud.google.com/artifact-registry/docs/helm/store-helm-charts).
- To learn about working with other container images, see the [Docker overview](https://docs.cloud.google.com/artifact-registry/docs/docker).

> [!NOTE]
> **Note:** Artifact Registry only supports OCI-packaged Helm charts. Native Helm charts aren't supported.

When you are ready to learn more about managing Helm charts, read the following
information:

1. [Create a Docker repository](https://docs.cloud.google.com/artifact-registry/docs/repositories/create-repos) for your
   images.

   If you are managing both container images and Helm charts in
   Artifact Registry, use one of these approaches to keep your charts
   organized:
   - Create separate repositories for your images and Helm charts.
   - Store images and charts under separate namespaces in the same repository.
     In the following example, the repository `my-repo` has separate namespaces
     for images and charts.

         us-west1-docker.pkg.dev/my-project/my-repo/images
         us-west1-docker.pkg.dev/my-project/my-repo/charts

2. [Grant permissions](https://docs.cloud.google.com/artifact-registry/docs/access-control) to the account that
   will connect with the repository. Service accounts for common integrations
   with Artifact Registry have default [permissions](https://docs.cloud.google.com/artifact-registry/docs/access-control#gcp) for
   repositories in the same project.

3. Configure Helm to [authenticate](https://docs.cloud.google.com/artifact-registry/docs/helm/authentication) with Artifact Registry.

4. Learn about [managing charts](https://docs.cloud.google.com/artifact-registry/docs/helm/manage-charts).

5. Set up [Pub/Sub notifications](https://docs.cloud.google.com/artifact-registry/docs/configure-notifications)
   for changes to your repository.