garden-io/garden
Automation for Kubernetes development and testing. Spin up production-like environments for development, testing, and CI on demand. Use the same configuration and workflows at every step of the process. Speed up your builds and test runs via shared result caching observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
99/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 99
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 8.0
- age_days: 3196
- days_rel: 9
- days_push: 9
- n_releases_24m: 47
Adoption not part of the score
3609 stars · 296 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Garden is a DevOps automation CLI for developing and testing Kubernetes applications faster. It spins up production-like environments on demand for development, testing, and CI, using a single configuration across all stages, with smart caching to speed up builds and test runs.
Use cases
- spin up production-like kubernetes environments for development and testing on demand
- run integration tests against ephemeral preview environments in CI
- speed up docker builds and test runs with shared team caching
- use one configuration for local dev, CI, and production deploys
- create preview environments automatically on every pull request
- migrate from docker compose to kubernetes development
- orchestrate builds, deploys, and tests as a dependency graph
When to choose
- your team develops or tests Kubernetes apps and wants on-demand, production-like environments
- you want identical configuration and workflows across local dev, CI, and production
- slow container builds and repeated test runs are hurting developer productivity
- you need ephemeral preview environments per pull request
- you want team-wide caching of build and test results
When to avoid
- your stack does not use Kubernetes or containers
- you only need simple CI/CD pipelines without environment orchestration
- you prefer lightweight tools like plain kubectl, Helm, or docker compose for small projects
- you are unwilling to adopt garden.yml configuration across your repositories
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
developer-tools deployment ci-cd testing caching container-orchestration workflow-automation cli developer-tools cloud-computing testing cli cross-platform windows kubernetes-development preview-environments devops-automation build-caching helm terraform pulumi ephemeral-environments devops containers kubernetes docker macos linux
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/garden-io/garden · fetched 2026-08-28 · 41648f25bc27
- homepage: https://garden.io · fetched 2026-08-29 · e372ac5b8611
- site_page: https://docs.garden.io/bonsai-0.13 · fetched 2026-08-29 · 9fda5d917d15
- site_page: https://docs.garden.io/getting-started/quickstart · fetched 2026-08-29 · c89a912c1a6b
- site_page: https://docs.garden.io/getting-started/basics · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6aa06b84af4a
- site_page: https://docs.garden.io/getting-started/next-steps · fetched 2026-08-29 · 278e9b2bf0f1
- site_page: https://docs.garden.io/features/remote-container-builder · fetched 2026-08-29 · d9b36d2c4308
- site_page: https://docs.garden.io/features/team-caching · fetched 2026-08-29 · a2a5b7917c53
- site_page: https://docs.garden.io/features/variables-and-templating · fetched 2026-08-29 · c2232aaf2646
- site_page: https://docs.garden.io/features/remote-variables · fetched 2026-08-29 · 2c95f4b9e806
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| garden-io/garden | main | 99 |
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