Concourse

Spec sheet

Purpose

Concourse is an open-source continuous automation system designed to excel at CI/CD.Read 5 Oct 2026 · concourse-ci.org

Platforms

The quick start documents fly CLI installation steps for Linux, macOS, and Windows.Read 5 Oct 2026 · concourse-ci.org

Deployment

An installation comprises a web node, a worker node, and a PostgreSQL node; documented deployment options include Docker Compose and an official Helm chart.Read 5 Oct 2026 · concourse-ci.org

Integrations

Concourse includes a git resource type and supports custom resource types declared in pipeline configuration.Read 5 Oct 2026 · concourse-ci.org

Support

Community support is available through Discord and GitHub Discussions, and maintainers offer commercial support, training, and consulting through Pixel Air IO.Read 5 Oct 2026 · concourse-ci.org

Authentication

Supported authentication methods include local, GitHub, GitLab, Gitea, BitBucket Cloud, CF/UAA, LDAP, Microsoft, OIDC, OAuth, and SAML.Read 5 Oct 2026 · concourse-ci.org

Build execution

Tasks run in containers and specify their own container images for dependencies.Read 5 Oct 2026 · concourse-ci.org

Configuration

Pipeline configuration is code that can be committed to source control and managed with the fly CLI.Read 5 Oct 2026 · concourse-ci.org

Credential managers

Documented credential manager integrations include AWS Secrets Manager, AWS Systems Manager, Conjur, CredHub, Kubernetes, and Vault.Read 5 Oct 2026 · concourse-ci.org

Learning curve

The documentation describes Concourse as having a steeper initial learning curve.Read 5 Oct 2026 · concourse-ci.org

Local debugging

The fly execute command runs builds locally with modifications and can reproduce a failed build using its inputs.Read 5 Oct 2026 · concourse-ci.org

Pipeline model

Pipelines are dependency flows built from resources that represent external state and jobs that interact with those resources.Read 5 Oct 2026 · concourse-ci.org

Security caveat

The security guidance says privileged tasks can amount to full root access on the host by default.Read 5 Oct 2026 · concourse-ci.org

Visual interface

The web UI visualizes pipelines and lets users move from a failed job to the cause of failure.Read 5 Oct 2026 · concourse-ci.org

Plans and prices

Every Concourse plan and price →

Where Specifiction places it

• Continuous Integration Software#22 of 588.1
• Ci Cd Platforms#14 of 288.0
• Game Build Automation Software#22 of 438.0