Tekton Pipelines

Spec sheet

What it does

Tekton is a cloud-native solution for building CI/CD pipelines.Read 11 Oct 2026 · tekton.dev

Intended users

Tekton identifies platform engineers building organizational CI/CD systems and developers using those systems as its typical user groups.Read 11 Oct 2026 · tekton.dev

Cluster requirements

Tekton installation requires a Kubernetes cluster running a version specified for the current Tekton release.Read 11 Oct 2026 · tekton.dev

Core building blocks

Tekton Pipelines defines Kubernetes custom resources that serve as reusable building blocks for CI/CD pipelines.Read 11 Oct 2026 · tekton.dev

Deployment model

Tekton installs and runs as an extension on a Kubernetes cluster and exposes resources through kubectl and API calls.Read 11 Oct 2026 · tekton.dev

Event triggers

Tekton Triggers can instantiate pipelines in response to events such as a pull request being merged.Read 11 Oct 2026 · tekton.dev

Git integrations

Pipelines-as-Code integrates with GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, and Forgejo.Read 11 Oct 2026 · tekton.dev

Key management

Tekton Chains supports storing signing keys in Kubernetes secrets or using GCP, AWS, Azure, or Vault key management systems.Read 11 Oct 2026 · tekton.dev

Project status

Tekton is an incubating project at the Cloud Native Computing Foundation.Read 11 Oct 2026 · tekton.dev

Scalability

Tekton says capacity can be increased by adding nodes to the Kubernetes cluster, without redefining pipeline resource allocations.Read 11 Oct 2026 · tekton.dev

Supply chain security

Tekton Chains generates, stores, and signs provenance for artifacts built with Tekton Pipelines, and its documentation says it helps achieve SLSA level 2.Read 11 Oct 2026 · tekton.dev

Support and community

The Tekton project lists Slack, a mailing list, and working group meetings as community channels.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

User interfaces

Tekton Dashboard is a web-based graphical interface for viewing pipeline execution information, and the overview describes it as a work in progress.Read 11 Oct 2026 · tekton.dev

Workflow composition

A Task defines ordered Steps, while a Pipeline defines ordered Tasks that can pass outputs to later Tasks.Read 11 Oct 2026 · tekton.dev

Plans and prices

Every Tekton Pipelines plan and price →

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