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Drone vs Tekton: catalog facts
Drone	Tekton
Free Open-source edition under the Apache 2.0 licence.	Free Free and open source.
Windows, Linux, Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Command line
Pipelines defined in a readable file kept in the repository Every step runs in an isolated container	Pipelines defined as Kubernetes resources Works across cloud providers and on-premise clusters
Now owned by Harness, so its long-term direction depends on that company Requires Docker and a server you run yourself	Requires a Kubernetes cluster A framework to build CI/CD on, not a ready-made hosted service
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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