harness/harness
Harness
Harness is an end-to-end developer platform and DevOps orchestration tool designed to automate software build, test, and deployment pipelines. It functions as a CI/CD platform and a source code management system for hosting and managing version-controlled repositories.
The platform provides a remote development environment that launches ephemeral, cloud-based coding spaces to ensure standardized setups. It also includes a centralized artifact registry for storing and managing versioned binary packages and container images used in delivery pipelines.
The system covers broad capability areas including CI/CD pipeline automation, artifact registry management, and source code management. These services are accessible through a command-line interface and a REST API for external automation and integration.
Features
- CI CD Pipelines - Orchestrates automated sequences of build, test, and deployment steps to deliver software.
- Cloud Development Environments - Provides cloud-based coding environments to eliminate manual local setup.
- Build Pipelines - Automates the integration and delivery process to move code from version control to production.
- Source Code Management - Provides tools for tracking changes and collaborating on projects via source code management.
- Artifact Registries - Provides a centralized registry for storing and distributing versioned container images and binary packages.
- CI/CD and Pipeline Automation - Automates the end-to-end orchestration of build, test, and deployment phases for software delivery.
- Container CI/CD Pipelines - Executes a sequence of delivery tasks within isolated containers based on a configuration file.
- Registry Management - Provides centralized hosting and organization of container images and binaries for distribution across environments.
- Pipeline Step Execution - Executes individual pipeline stages as isolated processes within container images to ensure environment consistency.
- DevOps Workflow Orchestration - Coordinates the flow of code from source control through automated testing to production.
- Ephemeral Environments - Provides short-lived, reproducible cloud-based development environments for contributors.
- Remote Development Environments - Provisions ephemeral remote development spaces to ensure standardized coding environments for all contributors.
- Artifact Hosting - Hosts OCI-compliant artifacts, container images, and versioned binary packages for use in pipelines.
- DevOps Platforms - Integrates source control, build pipelines, and artifact storage into a single unified system.
- Source Code Hosting Services - Hosts version-controlled code repositories to enable developer collaboration.
- Build Pipeline Plugins - Uses modular plugins to extend build steps with external actions such as notifications or image pushes.
- REST APIs - Exposes platform services and registry management via public-facing REST APIs for external automation.
- CI/CD Pipeline Integrations - Integrates third-party plugins into CI/CD pipelines to perform external actions and quality checks.
- File-Based Configuration - Uses structured configuration files to define build and delivery sequences for the orchestration engine.
- Container Image Registry Uploads - Automates the upload of built container images to remote registries as part of the deployment pipeline.
- Plugin Extensibility - Integrates third-party tools into execution workflows through a modular plugin-based extensibility architecture.
- Self-Hosted Platform as a Service - Allows compiling a unified binary that integrates source control, pipelines, and registries into a single image.
- Exposed Host Discoverers - Exposes system services and registries through documented programmatic interfaces for external tool integration.
- Static Analysis - Includes static analysis tools to lint code and identify security vulnerabilities for better codebase quality.
- Continuous Integration - Developer platform for CI/CD pipelines and artifact management.
- Developer Platforms And Control Planes - Provides an end-to-end platform for software delivery.
- Service Governance and Platforms - Integrated platform for CI/CD and developer workflow automation.
