CodefreshWhat 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?
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.
Rancher
Rancher is an open source container management platform that includes full distributions of Kubernetes, Apache Mesos and Docker Swarm, and makes it simple to operate container clusters on any cloud or infrastructure platform.
