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