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Alternatives to Buildkite Agent

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  • Maintenance and shipping signals are strong.
  • Health score: 98/100.
  • Shipping score: 100/100.

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Best overallJenkins

Highest organic ToolVitals fit for this use case.

Healthier optionsJenkins

Stronger current public-health signal than Buildkite Agent.

Verified open/source-visibleJenkins, Dagger, App Store Connect CLI, Superplane

Useful when portability and inspectability matter.

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werf

A solution for implementing efficient and consistent software delivery to Kubernetes facilitating best practices.

Active
Health92
Shipping87
Score92
Confidence100
Stars4.7k
ModeSource-visible project
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jx

Jenkins X provides automated CI+CD for Kubernetes with Preview Environments on Pull Requests using Cloud Native pipelines from Tekton

Active
Health87
Shipping90
Score90
Confidence94
Stars4.7k
ModeSource-visible project
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12

Gitness

Harness Open Source is an end-to-end developer platform with Source Control Management, CI/CD Pipelines, Hosted Developer Environments, and Artifact Registries.

Warning
Health77
Shipping52
Score75
Confidence100
Stars37.6k
ModeSource-visible project
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