What is Tekton?

Tekton is an open-source, vendor-neutral framework for creating continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) systems, governed by the Continuous Delivery Foundation (CDF) (link resides outside IBM). As a Kubernetes-native framework, Tekton helps to modernize continuous delivery by providing industry specifications for pipelines, workflows, and other building blocks — making deployment across multiple cloud providers or hybrid environments faster and easier.

IBM provides a seamlessly managed CI/CD experience with Tekton pipelines in IBM Cloud® Continuous Delivery toolchains, so you can deliver cloud-native applications across multiple cloud providers or on-premises systems, monitored by an integrated dashboard.

Features

• **Easier, faster app deployment: **Automated processes ensure consistency and reduce errors. Create cloud-native pipelines quickly across multiple cloud providers or hybrid environments.
• **Shared pipelines reduce complexity: **Open-source components help standardize CI/CD tooling and processes across developers, projects and organizations, reducing rework and speeding development.
• **Runs on any Kubernetes environment: **As a true open source solution, Tekton enables the creation of continuous delivery pipelines to deploy apps to any Kubernetes environment.
• **Kubernetes-native for agility and control: **Tekton pipelines run on Kubernetes, use Kubernetes clusters as a first class type, and use containers as their building blocks.
• **Serverless for greater efficiency: **Use cloud resources only when needed to execute the pipeline tasks, which helps to reduce costs and to enhance development team control.