Tekton
Cloud Native CI/CD
Tekton is a Kubernetes-native open-source framework for creating CI/CD systems. Part of the CD Foundation, it provides Kubernetes Custom Resources for building pipelines with Tasks, Pipelines, Triggers, and a CLI.
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free
Pricing
Yes
Self-Hostable
Features
- ✓ Kubernetes-native pipelines
- ✓ Tasks and Pipelines CRDs
- ✓ Triggers for event-driven execution
- ✓ CLI (tkn) for management
- ✓ Dashboard UI
- ✓ Tekton Catalog (reusable tasks)
- ✓ Results for storing outputs
- ✓ Chains for supply chain security
- ✓ Multi-cloud portable
Pros
- + Kubernetes-native design
- + Highly portable across clouds
- + CD Foundation backing
- + Reusable task catalog
- + Supply chain security features
Cons
- − Kubernetes-only
- − Steeper learning curve
- − More verbose than other CI tools
- − Requires Kubernetes expertise