Comparison of continuous integration software

This is a compendium of software tools that support continuous integration. ^[1]

Features

Name	Platform	License	Builders: Windows	Builders: Java	Builders: other	Notification	Integration, IDEs	Integration, other
Apache Gump	Python	Apache 2.0	Un­known	Ant, Maven 1	Un­known	Email	Un­known	Un­known
AppVeyor	Hosted, Self-Hosted	Proprietary	Visual Studio, MSBuild, Psake	No	Custom Script, PowerShell	Email, HipChat, Slack	No	GitHub, Bitbucket, Kiln, Windows Azure
Azure DevOps Server (formerly TFS and VSTS)	Cross-platform	Proprietary, MIT	MSBuild, Visual Studio	Ant, Maven, Gradle, Android	C, C++, Go, Groovy, Java, Node.js, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby	Email, SOAP	Visual Studio, Eclipse, IntelliJ IDEA, Android Studio, Visual Studio Code	GitHub, Jenkins, Slack, Hipchat, FindBugs, Checkstyle, PMD
Bamboo	Web container	Proprietary	MSBuild, [2] NAnt, [3] Visual Studio [4]	Ant, [5] Maven 1-2-3 [6]	Custom script, command-line tool, Bash, Xcode, [7] Phing, [8] Grunt, Grails [9]	XMPP, Google Talk, Email, RSS, Remote API, HipChat	IntelliJ IDEA, Eclipse, Visual Studio	FishEye, Jira, Clover, Bitbucket, GitHub
Buddy	Cross-platform	Proprietary	No	Ant, Maven, Gradle	Elixir, Go, Haskell, Node.js, PHP, Python, Ruby, .NET Core	Desktop, Email, Slack, SMS	No	Web Services, Bitbucket, GitHub, GitLab, Google Cloud Services, Heroku, Modulus
Buildbot	Python	GPL	Command-line	Command-line	Command-line	Email, Web, GUI, IRC	Un­known	Un­known
BuildMaster	Cross-platform	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Cross-platform command-line	Email, custom	No	Many
CircleCI	Hosted, Self-Hosted	Proprietary	Command-line	Command-line	Command-line	Email	Visual Studio Code	GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab
GitLab	Hosted, Self-Hosted	Proprietary, MIT	Yes [10]	Maven, [11] Gradle [12]	SSH, Shell, VirtualBox, Parallels, Docker, Kubernetes, Custom [13]	Email, Web, Slack and others [14]	Gitpod, [15] WebIDE [16]	Many
GoCD	Cross-platform	Apache 2.0	Command-line	Command-line	Command-line	Email, hipchat, Slack, Gerrit, Gitter, Riemann etc	No	GitHub
Jenkins	Web container	Creative Commons and MIT	MSBuild, NAnt, Batch Script	Ant, Maven 2, Kundo	CMake, Gant, Gradle, Grails, Phing, Rake, Ruby, SCons, Python, shell script, command-line	Android, Email, Google Calendar, IRC, XMPP, RSS, Twitter, Slack, CCMenu, CCTray	Eclipse, IntelliJ IDEA, NetBeans	Bugzilla, Google Code, Jira, Bitbucket, Redmine, FindBugs, Checkstyle, PMD and Mantis, Trac, HP ALM
OpenMake Software Meister	Cross-platform	Proprietary	MSBuild, NAnt, Visual Studio	Ant, Maven 1-2-3	Shell script, batch script, cross-platform command-line, Groovy, Make, RTC Jazz, TFS Build, Custom Script Interpreter	Email, XMPP, RSS, Systray	Eclipse, Visual Studio	Bugzilla, Google Code, Jira, Bitbucket, Redmine, FindBugs, Checkstyle, PMD and Mantis, Trac
Semaphore (software)	Hosted	Proprietary	No	Maven, Gradle	Ruby, Java, Python, Node.js, PHP, Clojure, C/C++, Elixir, Erlang, Go, Rake, command-line	Email, Campfire, HipChat, Slack, Flowdock, Webhooks, Remote API	Un­known	GitHub, Bitbucket, Heroku, AWS, Code Climate, [17] Cloud 66
Travis CI	Hosted	Proprietary	No	Ant, Maven, Gradle [18]	C, C++, Clojure, Elixir, Erlang, Go, Groovy, Haskell, Java, Node.js, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Scala, Smalltalk	Email, Campfire, HipChat, IRC, Slack, CCMenu, CCTray	No	GitHub, Heroku
TeamCity	Web container	Proprietary	MSBuild, NAnt, Visual Studio, ReSharper-based .NET code analysis	Ant, Maven 2-3, Gradle, IntelliJ IDEA-based build and code analysis	command-line, PowerShell, [19] Xcode, [20] Rake, FxCop	Email, XMPP, RSS, IDE, SysTray	Eclipse, Visual Studio, IntelliJ IDEA, RubyMine, PyCharm, PhpStorm, WebStorm	JetBrains YouTrack, Jira, Bugzilla, FishEye, FindBugs, PMD, dotCover, NCover
Vexor	Hosted	Proprietary	No	Un­known	Ruby, Clojure, Scala, Python, Node.js, Go, Rust, Haskell	Email, HipChat, Slack	Un­known	GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab
Buildkite	Hosted, Self-Hosted	MIT	Command-line [21]	Unknown	Ubuntu, Debian, Red Hat/CentOS, FreeBSD, macOS, Linux, Docker, AWS, Elastic CI Stack for AWS, Google Cloud	Email, Basecamp, Slack, webhooks, pagerduty	Unknown	Okta, Google Workspace, GitHub, Azure AD, custom SAML, GraphQL, Amazon EventBridge, CC Menu, CCTray, Artifactory [22]

Version control support

The following table compares notable continuous integration software on the basis of version control support.

Name	AccuRev	BitKeeper	CA Harvest	ClearCase	CVS	Darcs	Git	GNU Bazaar	Integrity	Mercurial	Perforce	Plastic	PVCS	StarTeam	Subversion	Surround	Synergy	Team Concert	TFVC	Vault	Visual SourceSafe
Apache Gump	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
AppVeyor	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes [23]	No	No	No	No	No	No
Azure DevOps Server	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Bamboo	Yes [24]	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes [25]	No	No
Buddy	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
BuildBot	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
BuildMaster	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Jenkins	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes [26]	Yes	Yes	Yes [27]	Yes	Yes	Yes [28]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes [29]	Yes [30]	Yes [31]	Yes	Yes [32]	Yes
OpenMake Software Meister	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Semaphore (software)	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
TeamCity	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes [33]	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Vexor	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No

See also

• List of build automation software

References

1. Integration, Continuous (2007). Continuous Integration: Improving Software Quality and Reducing Risk. Pearson Education. ISBN   9780321630148.
2. "MSBuild | Bamboo Server 8.0 | Atlassian Documentation". confluence.atlassian.com.
3. "NAnt | Bamboo Server 8.0 | Atlassian Documentation". confluence.atlassian.com.
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5. "Ant | Bamboo Server 8.0 | Atlassian Documentation". confluence.atlassian.com.
6. "Maven | Bamboo Server 8.0 | Atlassian Documentation". confluence.atlassian.com.
7. "Xcode | Bamboo Server 8.0 | Atlassian Documentation". confluence.atlassian.com.
8. "Phing | Bamboo Server 5.10 | Atlassian Documentation". confluence.atlassian.com.
9. "Grails | Bamboo Server 5.11 | Atlassian Documentation". confluence.atlassian.com.
10. "Install GitLab Runner on Windows | GitLab". docs.gitlab.com.
11. "Maven packages in the Package Repository | GitLab". docs.gitlab.com.
12. "Unit test reports | GitLab". docs.gitlab.com.
13. "Executors | GitLab". docs.gitlab.com.
14. "Project integrations | GitLab". docs.gitlab.com.
15. "Gitpod Integration | GitLab". docs.gitlab.com.
16. "Web IDE | GitLab". docs.gitlab.com.
17. Code Climate "Getting Started with Code Climate Quality: Setting Up Test Coverage".
18. "Travis CI Documentation". docs.travis-ci.com.
19. "PowerShell | TeamCity On-Premises". TeamCity On-Premises Help.
20. "Xcode Project | TeamCity On-Premises". TeamCity On-Premises Help.
21. "Installing Buildkite agent". buildkite.com.
22. "Integrations- Buildkite Docs". buildkite.com.
23. "Build Environment".
24. "Atlassian Marketplace". marketplace.atlassian.com.
25. "Atlassian Marketplace". marketplace.atlassian.com.
26. "Darcs Plugin - Jenkins - Jenkins Wiki".
27. "PTC Windchill RV&S CM". PTC Windchill RV&S CM.
28. "PlasticSCM Plugin - Jenkins - Jenkins Wiki".
29. "Surround SCM Plugin - Jenkins - Jenkins Wiki".
30. "Synergy Plugin - Jenkins - Jenkins Wiki".
31. "Team Concert". Team Concert.
32. "SourceGear Vault". SourceGear Vault.
33. "Bazaar - TeamCity Plugin". JetBrains Marketplace.

Further reading

• Paul M. Duvall, Steve Matyas, Andrew Glover (2007-06-29). Continuous Integration: Improving Software Quality and Reducing Risk. Pearson Education. ISBN   9780321630148.
• Ching, Maria Odea; Porter, Brett (2009-09-15). Apache Maven 2 Effective Implementation: Build and Manage Applications with Maven, Continuum, and Archiva. Packt Publishing Ltd. ISBN   9781847194558.
• Melymuka, Volodymyr (2012-01-01). TeamCity 7 Continuous Integration Essentials. Packt Publishing Ltd. ISBN   9781849693776.