Jenkins

Founded by Kohsuke Kawaguchi in 2011

Automate building, testing, and deploying projects across platforms

Pricing model

Free

Rating

★ Mixed Reviews

Time to value

Moderate Setup (1-3 hours)

You can use Jenkins to automate continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines for your applications. It runs on Java and installs on Windows, macOS, or Linux systems. You can connect it to code repositories, trigger automated test suites, and compile builds whenever changes are pushed. Jenkins lets you manage distributed build agents across virtual machines or Kubernetes clusters to speed up execution. With thousands of community plugins, you can customize deployment workflows and connect nearly any development tool in your stack.

What Jenkins does

Configure automated build triggers from version control systemsSet up distributed build agents on remote virtual machinesInstall and manage plugins from the web interfaceExecute automated unit, integration, and security testsDeploy code artifacts to remote cloud environmentsMonitor build stage times and review console error outputsSpin up ephemeral agent pods on Kubernetes clustersSelf-contained Java package that runs on Windows, macOS, and LinuxOver 2,300 community plugins to integrate with development toolsDistributed execution across multiple machines and Kubernetes podsWeb interface with built-in error checks and configuration helpPipeline support for continuous integration and delivery stagesDetailed console logs and test reports for individual build runs

Pricing breakdown

Pricing model: Free

Tutorials & Demos

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