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Jenkins

The leading open source automation server

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Overview

What Jenkins does

Jenkins is an open source automation server that helps automate the parts of software development related to building, testing, and deploying, facilitating continuous integration and continuous delivery.

What people use it for

  • CI/CD pipelines
  • Automated testing
  • Build automation
  • Deployment automation
  • Infrastructure as code

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The honest half

Where it falls short

Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Jenkins.

  • Described by the vendor as the leading open source automation server and a community-driven project, with no commercial edition or license fee

Pricing

What Jenkins costs

Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.

Open Source

Free

  • Unlimited builds
  • 1000+ plugins
  • Self-hosted
  • Community support
  • Full source access

CloudBees CI

On request

  • Enterprise features
  • High availability
  • Role-based access
  • Professional support
  • Managed service options

Capabilities

Features

  • Continuous integration

    Continuous integration capability

  • Continuous delivery

    Continuous delivery capability

  • Pipeline as code

    Pipeline as code capability

  • Distributed builds

    Distributed builds capability

  • Plugin ecosystem

    Plugin ecosystem capability

  • REST API

    REST API capability

  • CLI tools

    CLI tools capability

  • Build triggers

    Build triggers capability

  • GitHub

    Integration with GitHub

  • GitLab

    Integration with GitLab

  • Bitbucket

    Integration with Bitbucket

  • Docker

    Integration with Docker

Behind it

Who makes Jenkins

Company
Jenkins Project
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