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CDS (Continuous Delivery Service)
What it is
CDS, or Continuous Delivery Service, is a free, open-source platform for self-hosted continuous delivery and DevOps automation. Its workflows can combine builds, tests, deployments, manual or automatic approval gates, rollbacks, and conditional branches. The web interface creates and runs workflows and displays logs, while the cdsctl command line scripts operations and browses projects and workflows. Project users can manage pipelines and delegate access rights. CDS lists integrations for GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Gerrit, Kubernetes, OpenStack, Kafka, RabbitMQ, LDAP, OpenID Connect, and Artifactory. Local, LDAP, GitHub, and GitLab authentication backends can be enabled together. Users can create actions, and plugins support custom actions. Workers run with Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, or Windows on 386, amd64, arm, or arm64 architectures. Setup guides cover Docker Compose and binaries. The Docker Compose tutorial warns that its example requires modification before production use.
For and against
For
- Free open-source platform
- Workflow gates and rollbacks
- Web UI and command line
- Broad development integrations
- Multiple worker architectures
Against
- Self-hosted deployment required
- Docker Compose example is not production-ready unchanged
The verdict
CDS offers extensive workflow, integration, authentication, and extensibility options without a license charge. Self-hosting and the stated Docker Compose limitation mean teams must handle deployment and production hardening themselves.
Who it suits
CDS suits teams seeking a free, self-hosted delivery platform with workflow automation and broad integrations. It is aimed at organizations able to host and administer their own instance.
Plans and prices
CDS
Open-source platform · self-hosted
Read 7 Oct 2026 · ovh.github.io
On the record
- Authentication
- CDS supports local, LDAP, GitHub, and GitLab authentication backends, which can be enabled together.ovh.github.io · read 7 Oct 2026
- Command line
- The cdsctl command line can script platform operations and browse projects and workflows.ovh.github.io · read 7 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- The project provides Docker Compose and binary setup guides for hosting a CDS instance.ovh.github.io · read 7 Oct 2026
- Extensibility
- Users can create actions, and CDS supports plugins for custom actions.ovh.github.io · read 7 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Listed integrations include GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Gerrit, Kubernetes, OpenStack, Kafka, RabbitMQ, LDAP, OpenID Connect, and Artifactory.ovh.github.io · read 7 Oct 2026
- Local setup limit
- The Docker Compose tutorial says its setup should not be used for production without modification.ovh.github.io · read 7 Oct 2026
- Price
- The project states that CDS is open-source and completely free.ovh.github.io · read 7 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- CDS is an open-source platform for continuous delivery and DevOps automation.ovh.github.io · read 7 Oct 2026
- Self-service
- Project users can manage pipelines and delegate access rights within their projects.ovh.github.io · read 7 Oct 2026
- Worker platforms
- CDS workers are compatible with Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, and Windows on 386, amd64, arm, or arm64 architectures.ovh.github.io · read 7 Oct 2026
- Workflow features
- Workflows can include build, test, deployment, manual or automatic gates, rollback, and conditional branches.ovh.github.io · read 7 Oct 2026
- Workflow interface
- The web UI lets users build and run workflows and inspect logs.ovh.github.io · read 7 Oct 2026
