Garden

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On the record

Action graph

Its dependency-aware action graph tracks infrastructure, builds, deployments and tests to avoid unnecessary reruns.github.com · read 14 Oct 2026

Audience

Garden is intended for platform engineers, DevOps engineers and application developers running workloads on Kubernetes.docs.garden.io · read 1 Oct 2026

Caching

Garden uses graph-aware caching so unchanged images and tests do not run again.docs.garden.io · read 1 Oct 2026

Changelog

Release 0.14.18 dated February 25, 2026 added custom-command improvements and bundled Traefik ingress support.github.com · read 14 Oct 2026

CI portability

The same workflows can run on developer machines, CI servers and cloud environments.docs.garden.io · read 14 Oct 2026

Company profile

LinkedIn lists Garden.io as a privately held software-development company founded in 2018, headquartered in Berlin, with 11–50 employees.linkedin.com · read 14 Oct 2026

Configuration

Garden Core uses YAML declarations to make workflows reproducible and portable across developer machines and CI.docs.garden.io · read 1 Oct 2026

Dashboard

Garden Cloud's dashboard visualizes CI/CD flows, logs and command history.docs.garden.io · read 14 Oct 2026

Docker requirement

The quickstart requires Docker running, while local Kubernetes is optional for the introductory deployment.docs.garden.io · read 14 Oct 2026

Documentation

Documentation includes quickstarts, conceptual guides, workflow guides, provider references and a large CLI command reference.docs.garden.io · read 14 Oct 2026

Enterprise deployment

Garden Enterprise is a self-hosted Garden Cloud distribution installed into a customer's Kubernetes infrastructure.enterprise-v1.docs.garden.io · read 1 Oct 2026

Environments

Garden creates production-like environments for development, testing and CI on demand.docs.garden.io · read 1 Oct 2026

Extensibility

Garden is plugin-based and its repository includes an SDK area for building provider and action integrations.github.com · read 14 Oct 2026

Infrastructure integrations

The project identifies Kubernetes, Terraform and Pulumi as its principal plugins.github.com · read 14 Oct 2026

Integrations

Garden provides plugins for Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, Pulumi and local scripts.docs.garden.io · read 1 Oct 2026

Kubernetes integration

Garden uses the Kubernetes API and kubectl, supports Helm and Kubernetes actions, and isolates work with namespaces.docs.garden.io · read 14 Oct 2026

License

The Garden repository is open source under the Mozilla Public License 2.0.github.com · read 14 Oct 2026

Limit: documentation

Reviewers say the documentation can be overwhelming or difficult to read, especially during initial setup.g2.com · read 14 Oct 2026

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