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Container RegistryWhat is Codefresh?
Automate and parallelize testing. Codefresh allows teams to spin up on-demand compositions to run unit and integration tests as part of the continuous integration process. Jenkins integration allows more complex pipelines.
Codefresh is a tool in the Container Registry category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Instant Dev, test and feature preview environments: Enables all team members to run any image as a standalone or composition for feature preview, manual testing, bug reproduction and more. Collaborate on features before pushing them into staging and production.Testing with every step: Configure your pipeline to run integration and unit tests with every stepInstantly test all code changes in the Codefresh build system before pushing to staging & production. Run integration, unit tests in parallel.360° view of Docker images: View commit info, test results and build logs for all imagesManage Docker image labels and status, comment and see new feature branchessearch and filter based on any attribute.Out-of-the-box Docker buildpack for all technologies: Seamlessly package your code in a Docker image. Quickly associate a Dockerfile with your repo by selecting the repository technology stack (Java, Node, PHP, etc.). Codefresh then adds a template for Dockerizing apps.View and Access Running Container Logs: Access each container log directly from within the Codefresh platform. This lets you easily perform root-cause analysis on failed services and allows you to see logs in high debug model level.Support for Docker Compose 1 & 2: Manage your Docker Compose file natively in one place, with support for both Docker Compose versions 1 and 2. Use a built-in wizard to write Docker Compose files quickly.YAML file support: Customize and easily define your pipeline steps using a codefresh.yml file.
Codefresh Pros & Cons
Pros of Codefresh
- ✓Fastest and easiest way to work with Docker
- ✓Great support/fast builds/awesome ui
- ✓Great onboarding
- ✓Freestyle build steps to support custom CI/CD scripting
- ✓Easy setup
- ✓Robust feature-preview/qa environments on-demand
- ✓Codefresh Runner for supporting hybrid infra
- ✓Firendly API
- ✓GitOps friendly
- ✓Kubernetes Integration
Cons of Codefresh
- ✗Expensive compared to alternatives
- ✗Questionable product quality and stability
Codefresh Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Codefresh?
Docker
The Docker Platform is the industry-leading container platform for continuous, high-velocity innovation, enabling organizations to seamlessly build and share any application — from legacy to what comes next — and securely run them anywhere
Kubernetes
Kubernetes is an open source orchestration system for Docker containers. It handles scheduling onto nodes in a compute cluster and actively manages workloads to ensure that their state matches the users declared intentions.
Docker Compose
With Compose, you define a multi-container application in a single file, then spin your application up in a single command which does everything that needs to be done to get it running.
