Jenkins
Extensible open-source automation server for CI/CD
Jenkins is a widely used open-source automation server for building, testing, and deploying software, with a vast plugin ecosystem. It targets teams with complex or legacy CI/CD pipelines. It is deployed via Docker, WAR file, or native packages.
Key features
- Thousands of plugins
- Pipeline as code with Jenkinsfile
- Distributed build agents
- Huge community
Pros & cons
Strengths
- Extremely flexible
- Massive plugin ecosystem
- Battle-tested
Trade-offs
- Plugin management can be painful
- Dated user interface
Jenkins replaces
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