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werf vs Garden: catalog facts
werfGarden
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
  • One tool for building, testing and deploying
  • Reproducible builds with content-based tagging
  • One configuration for development, testing and CI environments
  • Works with Kubernetes, Terraform, Pulumi and local scripts
  • Assumes Kubernetes and Helm
  • Git-centric model takes some adjustment
  • 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
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 1, 2026

Checked October 1, 2026

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