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Skaffold vs Garden: catalog facts
Skaffold	Garden
Free Free open-source project from Google.	Freemium The CLI is open source; Garden Cloud is a separate hosted service with additional…
Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Client-side only, nothing installed in the cluster Automates build, push and deploy on code changes	One configuration for development, testing and CI environments Works with Kubernetes, Terraform, Pulumi and local scripts
Configured through YAML that takes time to learn Only useful for projects deploying to Kubernetes	Configuration model takes time to learn Some features, such as team caching, rely on Garden Cloud
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 September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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