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Garden vs DevSpace: catalog facts
Garden	DevSpace
Freemium The CLI is open source; Garden Cloud is a separate hosted service with additional…	Free Free and open source.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
One configuration for development, testing and CI environments Works with Kubernetes, Terraform, Pulumi and local scripts	Nothing to install inside the cluster Hot reloading of containers while you code
Configuration model takes time to learn Some features, such as team caching, rely on Garden Cloud	Requires familiarity with Kubernetes concepts Mainly a development tool rather than a production deployment system
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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