# tektoncd/pipeline

A cloud-native Pipeline resource.

Repository: https://github.com/tektoncd/pipeline
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pipeline
Homepage: https://tekton.dev
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: tekton, pipeline, kubernetes, cdf, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-26T10:18:38+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 94/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 83, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2926, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 33, "gap_med": 1, "n_releases_24m": 74}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 9046, forks 1958 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:28.111002+00:00)

## What it is
Tekton Pipelines is a Kubernetes-native framework that provides CRD-style resources for declaring CI/CD pipelines, using containers as building blocks. It is the core component of the Tekton ecosystem, a CNCF incubating project, enabling build, test, and deploy workflows across cloud providers and on-premise clusters.

## Use cases
- define ci/cd pipelines as kubernetes custom resources
- build container images in a kubernetes cluster
- run test and deploy workflows on kubernetes
- create a reusable pipeline that deploys to any k8s cluster
- trigger pipeline runs from git events
- standardize ci/cd tooling across vendors and environments

## When to choose
- your workloads already run on kubernetes and you want pipelines as cluster resources
- you need composable, container-based build/test/deploy steps with swappable implementations
- you want a cloud-native, serverless-feeling alternative to Jenkins
- you want git-native CI/CD with Pipelines-as-Code across GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket

## When to avoid
- you have no kubernetes cluster and only need simple CI on a single VM
- you need a turnkey hosted CI service with UI out of the box rather than building blocks
- your team cannot manage kubernetes CRDs and operators

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: stable
- function: ci-cd, deployment, workflow-automation, container-orchestration
- domain: cloud-computing, developer-tools
- platform: cloud, go, self-hosted
- tags: cicd, kubernetes-crds, pipelines, cncf, build-and-deploy, cloud-native, devops, containers, automation, kubernetes, docker

## Member repositories
- tektoncd/pipeline (main) score 94

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:28.111002+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:24:03.593665+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/tektoncd/pipeline (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:28.111002+00:00, sha 6a4e0dc83fd0)
  - homepage: https://tekton.dev (fetched 2026-08-29T08:24:06.184808+00:00, sha f03bdf40c32d)
  - site_page: https://tekton.dev/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T08:24:06.188542+00:00, sha 7109cdd520b9)
  - site_page: https://tekton.dev/docs/getting-started (fetched 2026-08-29T08:24:06.190207+00:00, sha a586f40ac4ed)
  - site_page: https://tekton.dev/docs/installation (fetched 2026-08-29T08:24:06.191839+00:00, sha 71f38b5e7983)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.