diff --git a/charts/namespace-permission-manager/.helmignore b/charts/namespace-permission-manager/.helmignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e8a0eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/namespace-permission-manager/.helmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Patterns to ignore when building packages.
+# This supports shell glob matching, relative path matching, and
+# negation (prefixed with !). Only one pattern per line.
+.DS_Store
+# Common VCS dirs
+.git/
+.gitignore
+.bzr/
+.bzrignore
+.hg/
+.hgignore
+.svn/
+# Common backup files
+*.swp
+*.bak
+*.tmp
+*.orig
+*~
+# Various IDEs
+.project
+.idea/
+*.tmproj
+.vscode/
diff --git a/charts/namespace-permission-manager/Chart.yaml b/charts/namespace-permission-manager/Chart.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..79bd219
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/namespace-permission-manager/Chart.yaml
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+apiVersion: v2
+name: namespace-permission-manager
+description: A Helm chart to deploy the kubernetes-namespace-permission-manager
+
+# A chart can be either an 'application' or a 'library' chart.
+#
+# Application charts are a collection of templates that can be packaged into versioned archives
+# to be deployed.
+#
+# Library charts provide useful utilities or functions for the chart developer. They're included as
+# a dependency of application charts to inject those utilities and functions into the rendering
+# pipeline. Library charts do not define any templates and therefore cannot be deployed.
+type: application
+
+# This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
+# to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
+# Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
+version: 0.1.0
+
+# This is the version number of the application being deployed. This version number should be
+# incremented each time you make changes to the application. Versions are not expected to
+# follow Semantic Versioning. They should reflect the version the application is using.
+# It is recommended to use it with quotes.
+appVersion: "v0.1.0"
diff --git a/charts/namespace-permission-manager/README.md b/charts/namespace-permission-manager/README.md
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/namespace-permission-manager/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# namespace-permission-manager
+
+![Version: 0.1.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-0.1.0-informational?style=flat-square) ![Type: application](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-application-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: v0.1.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-v0.1.0-informational?style=flat-square)
+
+A Helm chart to deploy the kubernetes-namespace-permission-manager
+
+## Installation
+
+Add Helm repository:
+
+```bash
+helm repo add tagesspiegel https://tagesspiegel.github.io/helm-charts
+```
+
+Upgrade or install the operator:
+
+```bash
+helm upgrade --install \
+  my-secret tagesspiegel/namespace-permission-manager
+```
+
+## Maintainers
+
+| Name | Email | Url |
+| ---- | ------ | --- |
+
+## Requirements
+
+| Repository | Name | Version |
+|------------|------|---------|
+
+## Values
+
+| Key | Type | Default | Description |
+|-----|------|---------|-------------|
+| affinity | object | `{}` |  |
+| fullnameOverride | string | `""` |  |
+| image.pullPolicy | string | `"IfNotPresent"` |  |
+| image.repository | string | `"tagesspiegel/kubernetes-namespace-permission-manager"` |  |
+| image.tag | string | `""` |  |
+| imagePullSecrets | list | `[]` |  |
+| nameOverride | string | `""` |  |
+| networkPolicy | object | `{"egress":[],"enabled":false,"ingress":[]}` | networkPolicy defines the network access to and from the operator |
+| nodeSelector | object | `{}` |  |
+| pdb | object | `{"annotations":{},"enabled":true,"maxUnavailable":0,"minAvailable":1}` | pdb defines the pod disruption budget for the operator |
+| podAnnotations | object | `{}` |  |
+| podSecurityContext.runAsNonRoot | bool | `true` |  |
+| rbac.enabled | bool | `true` | rbac.enabled specifies whether RBAC resources should be created If disabled, the operator will use the permissions of the service account the operator is running under |
+| rbac.roleRules | list | `[{"apiGroups":["*"],"resources":["*"],"verbs":["*"]}]` | roleRules defines the permissions the operator has access to The operator needs at least access to:   namespaces: [list, get, watch]   roles: [list, get, watch, create, update, delete]   rolebindings: [list, get, watch, create, update, delete]  And to any resource defined in the ns.tagesspiegel.de/rolebinding-subjects, ns.tagesspiegel.de/rolebinding-roleref and ns.tagesspiegel.de/custom-role-rules annotations To simplify the configuration, the operator has access to all resources in all namespaces by default. |
+| replicaCount | int | `1` |  |
+| resources | object | `{}` |  |
+| securityContext.allowPrivilegeEscalation | bool | `false` |  |
+| securityContext.capabilities.drop[0] | string | `"ALL"` |  |
+| serviceAccount.annotations | object | `{}` |  |
+| serviceAccount.create | bool | `true` |  |
+| serviceAccount.name | string | `""` |  |
+| tolerations | list | `[]` |  |
+
+----------------------------------------------
+Autogenerated from chart metadata using [helm-docs v1.11.0](https://github.com/norwoodj/helm-docs/releases/v1.11.0)
diff --git a/charts/namespace-permission-manager/README.md.gotmpl b/charts/namespace-permission-manager/README.md.gotmpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dbd4414
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/namespace-permission-manager/README.md.gotmpl
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{{ template "chart.header" . }}
+
+{{ template "chart.badgesSection" . }}
+
+{{ template "chart.description" . }}
+
+## Installation
+
+Add Helm repository:
+
+```bash
+helm repo add tagesspiegel https://tagesspiegel.github.io/helm-charts
+```
+
+Upgrade or install the operator:
+
+```bash
+helm upgrade --install \
+  my-secret tagesspiegel/namespace-permission-manager
+```
+
+## Maintainers
+
+{{ template "chart.maintainersTable" . }}
+
+## Requirements
+
+{{ template "chart.requirementsTable" . }}
+
+{{ template "chart.valuesSection" . }}
+
+{{ template "helm-docs.versionFooter" . }}
diff --git a/charts/namespace-permission-manager/templates/NOTES.txt b/charts/namespace-permission-manager/templates/NOTES.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe44b60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/namespace-permission-manager/templates/NOTES.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+You are ready to go!
+
+You can now start adding labels and annotations to your namespaces.
diff --git a/charts/namespace-permission-manager/templates/_helpers.tpl b/charts/namespace-permission-manager/templates/_helpers.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1444ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/namespace-permission-manager/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+{{/*
+Expand the name of the chart.
+*/}}
+{{- define "namespace-permission-manager.name" -}}
+{{- default .Chart.Name .Values.nameOverride | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{/*
+Create a default fully qualified app name.
+We truncate at 63 chars because some Kubernetes name fields are limited to this (by the DNS naming spec).
+If release name contains chart name it will be used as a full name.
+*/}}
+{{- define "namespace-permission-manager.fullname" -}}
+{{- if .Values.fullnameOverride }}
+{{- .Values.fullnameOverride | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
+{{- else }}
+{{- $name := default .Chart.Name .Values.nameOverride }}
+{{- if contains $name .Release.Name }}
+{{- .Release.Name | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
+{{- else }}
+{{- printf "%s-%s" .Release.Name $name | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{/*
+Create chart name and version as used by the chart label.
+*/}}
+{{- define "namespace-permission-manager.chart" -}}
+{{- printf "%s-%s" .Chart.Name .Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{/*
+Common labels
+*/}}
+{{- define "namespace-permission-manager.labels" -}}
+helm.sh/chart: {{ include "namespace-permission-manager.chart" . }}
+{{ include "namespace-permission-manager.selectorLabels" . }}
+{{- if .Chart.AppVersion }}
+app.kubernetes.io/version: {{ .Chart.AppVersion | quote }}
+{{- end }}
+app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{/*
+Selector labels
+*/}}
+{{- define "namespace-permission-manager.selectorLabels" -}}
+app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ include "namespace-permission-manager.name" . }}
+app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{/*
+Create the name of the service account to use
+*/}}
+{{- define "namespace-permission-manager.serviceAccountName" -}}
+{{- if .Values.serviceAccount.create }}
+{{- default (include "namespace-permission-manager.fullname" .) .Values.serviceAccount.name }}
+{{- else }}
+{{- default "default" .Values.serviceAccount.name }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/namespace-permission-manager/templates/cluster_role.yaml b/charts/namespace-permission-manager/templates/cluster_role.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0debdea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/namespace-permission-manager/templates/cluster_role.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{{- if .Values.rbac.enabled }}
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRole
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "namespace-permission-manager.fullname" . }}
+  labels:
+    {{- include "namespace-permission-manager.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+rules:
+  {{- toYaml .Values.rbac.roleRules | nindent 2 }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/namespace-permission-manager/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/namespace-permission-manager/templates/deployment.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..caa1e72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/namespace-permission-manager/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "namespace-permission-manager.fullname" . }}
+  labels:
+    {{- include "namespace-permission-manager.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+spec:
+  {{- if not .Values.autoscaling.enabled }}
+  replicas: {{ .Values.replicaCount }}
+  {{- end }}
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      {{- include "namespace-permission-manager.selectorLabels" . | nindent 6 }}
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      {{- with .Values.podAnnotations }}
+      annotations:
+        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
+      {{- end }}
+      labels:
+        {{- include "namespace-permission-manager.selectorLabels" . | nindent 8 }}
+    spec:
+      {{- with .Values.imagePullSecrets }}
+      imagePullSecrets:
+        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
+      {{- end }}
+      serviceAccountName: {{ include "namespace-permission-manager.serviceAccountName" . }}
+      securityContext:
+        {{- toYaml .Values.podSecurityContext | nindent 8 }}
+      containers:
+        - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
+          securityContext:
+            {{- toYaml .Values.securityContext | nindent 12 }}
+          image: "{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag | default .Chart.AppVersion }}"
+          imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
+          command:
+          - /controller
+          args:
+          - --health-probe-bind-address=:8081
+          - --metrics-bind-address=127.0.0.1:8080
+          - --leader-elect
+          livenessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /healthz
+              port: 8081
+            initialDelaySeconds: 15
+            periodSeconds: 20
+          readinessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /readyz
+              port: 8081
+            initialDelaySeconds: 5
+            periodSeconds: 10
+          resources:
+            {{- toYaml .Values.resources | nindent 12 }}
+        {{- if .Values.monitoring.enabled }}
+        - args:
+          - --secure-listen-address=0.0.0.0:8443
+          - --upstream=http://127.0.0.1:8080/
+          - --logtostderr=true
+          - --v=0
+          image: gcr.io/kubebuilder/kube-rbac-proxy:v0.15.0
+          name: kube-rbac-proxy
+          ports:
+          - containerPort: 8443
+            name: metrics
+            protocol: TCP
+          resources:
+            limits:
+              cpu: 500m
+              memory: 128Mi
+            requests:
+              cpu: 5m
+              memory: 64Mi
+          securityContext:
+            allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+            capabilities:
+              drop:
+              - ALL
+        {{- end }}
+      {{- with .Values.nodeSelector }}
+      nodeSelector:
+        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
+      {{- end }}
+      {{- with .Values.affinity }}
+      affinity:
+        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
+      {{- end }}
+      {{- with .Values.tolerations }}
+      tolerations:
+        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
+      {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/namespace-permission-manager/templates/networkpolicy.yaml b/charts/namespace-permission-manager/templates/networkpolicy.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..900f201
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/namespace-permission-manager/templates/networkpolicy.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{{- if .Values.networkPolicy.enabled }}
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: NetworkPolicy
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "namespace-permission-manager.fullname" . }}
+  labels:
+    {{- include "namespace-permission-manager.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+spec:
+  podSelector:
+    matchLabels:
+      {{- include "namespace-permission-manager.selectorLabels" . | nindent 6 }}
+  policyTypes:
+  {{- if .Values.networkPolicy.ingress }}
+    - Ingress
+  {{- end }}
+  {{- if .Values.networkPolicy.egress }}
+    - Egress
+  {{- end }}
+  {{- with .Values.networkPolicy.ingress }}
+  ingress:
+    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- end }}
+  {{- with .Values.networkPolicy.egress }}
+  egress:
+    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- end -}}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/namespace-permission-manager/templates/pdb.yaml b/charts/namespace-permission-manager/templates/pdb.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70d485e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/namespace-permission-manager/templates/pdb.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{{- if .Values.pdb.enabled }}
+apiVersion: policy/v1
+kind: PodDisruptionBudget
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "namespace-permission-manager.fullname" . }}
+  labels:
+    {{- include "namespace-permission-manager.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- with .Values.pdb.annotations }}
+  annotations:
+    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- end }}
+spec:
+  {{- with .Values.pdb.maxUnavailable }}
+  maxUnavailable: {{ . }}
+  {{- end }}
+  {{- with .Values.pdb.minAvailable }}
+  minAvailable: {{ . }}
+  {{- end }}
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+	{{- include "namespace-permission-manager.selectorLabels" . | nindent 6 }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/namespace-permission-manager/templates/role_binding.yaml b/charts/namespace-permission-manager/templates/role_binding.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2516201
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/namespace-permission-manager/templates/role_binding.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{{- if .Values.rbac.enabled }}
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "namespace-permission-manager.fullname" . }}
+  labels:
+    {{- include "namespace-permission-manager.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: {{ include "namespace-permission-manager.fullname" . }}
+subjects:
+- kind: ServiceAccount
+  name: {{ include "namespace-permission-manager.serviceAccountName" . }}
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/namespace-permission-manager/templates/service_metrics.yaml b/charts/namespace-permission-manager/templates/service_metrics.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72ff15f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/namespace-permission-manager/templates/service_metrics.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{{- if .Values.monitoring.enabled }}
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "namespace-permission-manager.fullname" . }}-metrics
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/component: metrics
+    {{- include "namespace-permission-manager.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+spec:
+  type: {{ .Values.service.type }}
+  ports:
+    - port: 8443
+      targetPort: metrics
+      protocol: TCP
+      name: metrics
+  selector:
+    {{- include "namespace-permission-manager.selectorLabels" . | nindent 4 }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/namespace-permission-manager/templates/service_monitor.yaml b/charts/namespace-permission-manager/templates/service_monitor.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..530fcec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/namespace-permission-manager/templates/service_monitor.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{{- if and .Values.monitoring.enabled .Values.monitoring.serviceMonitor.enabled }}
+apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
+kind: ServiceMonitor
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "namespace-permission-manager.fullname" . }}
+  labels:
+    {{- include "namespace-permission-manager.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+spec:
+  endpoints:
+  - bearerTokenFile: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token
+    path: /metrics
+    port: metrics
+    scheme: https
+    tlsConfig:
+      insecureSkipVerify: true
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app.kubernetes.io/component: metrics
+      {{- include "namespace-permission-manager.labels" . | nindent 6 }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/namespace-permission-manager/templates/serviceaccount.yaml b/charts/namespace-permission-manager/templates/serviceaccount.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fdd118b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/namespace-permission-manager/templates/serviceaccount.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{{- if .Values.serviceAccount.create -}}
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "namespace-permission-manager.serviceAccountName" . }}
+  labels:
+    {{- include "namespace-permission-manager.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- with .Values.serviceAccount.annotations }}
+  annotations:
+    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- end }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/namespace-permission-manager/templates/tests/test-connection.yaml b/charts/namespace-permission-manager/templates/tests/test-connection.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..823b1f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/namespace-permission-manager/templates/tests/test-connection.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: "{{ include "namespace-permission-manager.fullname" . }}-test-connection"
+  labels:
+    {{- include "namespace-permission-manager.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+  annotations:
+    "helm.sh/hook": test
+spec:
+  containers:
+    - name: wget
+      image: busybox
+      command: ['wget']
+      args: ['{{ include "namespace-permission-manager.fullname" . }}:{{ .Values.service.port }}']
+  restartPolicy: Never
diff --git a/charts/namespace-permission-manager/values.yaml b/charts/namespace-permission-manager/values.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..67cbcc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/namespace-permission-manager/values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+# Default values for namespace-permission-manager.
+# This is a YAML-formatted file.
+# Declare variables to be passed into your templates.
+
+replicaCount: 1
+
+image:
+  repository: tagesspiegel/kubernetes-namespace-permission-manager
+  pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+  # Overrides the image tag whose default is the chart appVersion.
+  tag: ""
+
+imagePullSecrets: []
+nameOverride: ""
+fullnameOverride: ""
+
+rbac:
+  # -- rbac.enabled specifies whether RBAC resources should be created
+  # If disabled, the operator will use the permissions of the service account the operator is running under
+  enabled: true
+  # -- roleRules defines the permissions the operator has access to
+  # The operator needs at least access to:
+  #   namespaces: [list, get, watch]
+  #   roles: [list, get, watch, create, update, delete]
+  #   rolebindings: [list, get, watch, create, update, delete]
+  #
+  # And to any resource defined in the ns.tagesspiegel.de/rolebinding-subjects, ns.tagesspiegel.de/rolebinding-roleref and ns.tagesspiegel.de/custom-role-rules annotations
+  # To simplify the configuration, the operator has access to all resources in all namespaces by default.
+  roleRules:
+    - apiGroups:
+        - "*"
+      resources:
+        - "*"
+      verbs:
+        - "*"
+
+serviceAccount:
+  # Specifies whether a service account should be created
+  create: true
+  # Annotations to add to the service account
+  annotations: {}
+  # The name of the service account to use.
+  # If not set and create is true, a name is generated using the fullname template
+  name: ""
+
+podAnnotations: {}
+
+podSecurityContext:
+  runAsNonRoot: true
+  # fsGroup: 2000
+
+securityContext:
+  allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+  capabilities:
+    drop:
+    - ALL
+
+resources: {}
+  # We usually recommend not to specify default resources and to leave this as a conscious
+  # choice for the user. This also increases chances charts run on environments with little
+  # resources, such as Minikube. If you do want to specify resources, uncomment the following
+  # lines, adjust them as necessary, and remove the curly braces after 'resources:'.
+  # limits:
+  #   cpu: 100m
+  #   memory: 128Mi
+  # requests:
+  #   cpu: 100m
+  #   memory: 128Mi
+
+nodeSelector: {}
+
+tolerations: []
+
+affinity: {}
+
+# -- pdb defines the pod disruption budget for the operator
+pdb:
+  enabled: true
+  annotations: {}
+  minAvailable: 1
+  maxUnavailable: 0
+
+# -- networkPolicy defines the network access to and from the operator
+networkPolicy:
+  enabled: false
+  ingress: []
+    # - from:
+    #   - ipBlock:
+    #       cidr: 10.0.0.0/24
+    #       except:
+    #         - 10.0.0.128/25
+    #   - namespaceSelector:
+    #       matchLabels:
+    #         kubernetes.io/metadata.name: frontend
+    #   - podSelector:
+    #       matchLabels:
+    #         app.kubernetes.io/name: frontend
+    #   ports:
+    #     - protocol: TCP
+    #       port: 80
+  egress: []
+    # - to:
+    #     - ipBlock:
+    #         cidr: 10.0.0.0/24
+    #   ports:
+    #     - protocol: UDP
+    #       port: 53