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Telepresence vs Garden: catalog facts
Telepresence	Garden
Free Free and open source.	Freemium The CLI is open source; Garden Cloud is a separate hosted service with additional…
Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Skips the build, push and deploy cycle for each code change Works with local editors, debuggers and profilers	One configuration for development, testing and CI environments Works with Kubernetes, Terraform, Pulumi and local scripts
Needs components installed in the cluster Requires access to a running remote cluster	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: Apache-2.0	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Needs internet	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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