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