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Tilt vs Garden: catalog facts
Tilt	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
Automatic rebuilds as you edit code live_update syncs code into running containers	One configuration for development, testing and CI environments Works with Kubernetes, Terraform, Pulumi and local scripts
Requires writing and maintaining a Tiltfile Most useful for multi-service projects, less so for a single app	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
Not stated if an account is 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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