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Concourse CI vs Tekton: catalog facts
Concourse CI	Tekton
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source.
Linux, Self-hosted, Command line	Self-hosted, Command line
Pipelines are fully defined in code Container-based tasks for reproducible builds	Pipelines defined as Kubernetes resources Works across cloud providers and on-premise clusters
Requires running your own web node, workers and PostgreSQL Its resource and job model takes time to learn	Requires a Kubernetes cluster A framework to build CI/CD on, not a ready-made hosted service
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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