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Garden is an open-source Kubernetes-native development and CI/CD platform. Garden Core, a declarative CLI and engine, models a project as a graph of Build, Deploy, Test, and Run actions powered by pluggable providers (kubernetes, local-kubernetes, container, exec, jib, helm, terraform, pulumi). Garden Cloud / Garden Enterprise add a hosted control plane for remote container builds, ephemeral preview environments, team dashboards, team-wide caching, secrets, RBAC, audit, and SSO. The CLI integrates with any CI system and IDE; teams use Garden to standardize how dev, preview, staging, and prod environments are built and deployed.
Garden publishes 9 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Kubernetes, Developer Tools, CI/CD, Platform Engineering, and DevOps.
Garden’s developer surface includes documentation, GitHub presence, and 7 more developer resources.
9 APIs
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apis.yml
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Operational Transparency
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Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only
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MCP Server
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Request/Response Examples
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Documentation 1
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 1
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Build 1
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 1
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Operate 1
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 2
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Company 2
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Source (apis.yml)
aid: garden-io
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/garden-io/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Garden
kind: company
description: Garden is an open-source Kubernetes-native development and CI/CD platform. Garden Core, a declarative CLI and
engine, models a project as a graph of Build, Deploy, Test, and Run actions powered by pluggable providers (kubernetes,
local-kubernetes, container, exec, jib, helm, terraform, pulumi). Garden Cloud / Garden Enterprise add a hosted control
plane for remote container builds, ephemeral preview environments, team dashboards, team-wide caching, secrets, RBAC, audit,
and SSO. The CLI integrates with any CI system and IDE; teams use Garden to standardize how dev, preview, staging, and prod
environments are built and deployed.
accessModel:
pricing: free
onboarding: unknown
trial: false
try_now: false
public: false
label: Free
confidence: medium
source:
- plans
generated: '2026-07-22'
method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/garden-io.png
tags:
- Kubernetes
- Developer Tools
- CI/CD
- Platform Engineering
- DevOps
- Preview Environments
created: '2026-05-23'
modified: '2026-05-23'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: garden-io:cli
name: Garden Core CLI
description: Open-source command-line tool and engine that turns a Garden project configuration into a graph of Build, Deploy,
Test, and Run actions and executes them locally or against remote Kubernetes clusters. Apache-2.0 licensed; the canonical
entry point for using Garden.
humanURL: https://docs.garden.io/
baseURL: https://github.com/garden-io/garden
tags:
- CLI
- Open Source
- Kubernetes
properties:
- type: Repository
url: https://github.com/garden-io/garden
- type: Documentation
url: https://docs.garden.io/
- aid: garden-io:kubernetes-provider
name: Garden Kubernetes Provider
description: Provider that connects Garden to remote Kubernetes clusters for builds (in-cluster), deploys (manifests, kustomize,
helm), tests, and runs. The primary integration surface for production-like environments.
humanURL: https://docs.garden.io/reference/providers/kubernetes
baseURL: https://docs.garden.io/reference/providers/kubernetes
tags:
- Provider
- Kubernetes
properties:
- type: Documentation
url: https://docs.garden.io/reference/providers/kubernetes
- aid: garden-io:local-kubernetes-provider
name: Garden Local Kubernetes Provider
description: Provider optimized for local Kubernetes distributions (minikube, kind, k3s, Docker Desktop) so developers can
run the same Garden project against a workstation cluster.
humanURL: https://docs.garden.io/reference/providers/local-kubernetes
baseURL: https://docs.garden.io/reference/providers/local-kubernetes
tags:
- Provider
- Kubernetes
- Local
properties:
- type: Documentation
url: https://docs.garden.io/reference/providers/local-kubernetes
- aid: garden-io:container-provider
name: Garden Container Provider
description: Provider for building, tagging, and publishing OCI container images used by other Garden actions.
humanURL: https://docs.garden.io/reference/providers/container
baseURL: https://docs.garden.io/reference/providers/container
tags:
- Provider
- Containers
- Build
properties:
- type: Documentation
url: https://docs.garden.io/reference/providers/container
- aid: garden-io:exec-provider
name: Garden Exec Provider
description: Provider that runs arbitrary local commands as part of the Garden action graph, used for scripts, tooling,
and shelling out to systems Garden does not natively model.
humanURL: https://docs.garden.io/reference/providers/exec
baseURL: https://docs.garden.io/reference/providers/exec
tags:
- Provider
- Exec
properties:
- type: Documentation
url: https://docs.garden.io/reference/providers/exec
- aid: garden-io:jib-provider
name: Garden Jib Provider
description: Provider that builds Java container images using Jib without a Docker daemon, integrated into the Garden action
graph.
humanURL: https://docs.garden.io/reference/providers/jib
baseURL: https://docs.garden.io/reference/providers/jib
tags:
- Provider
- Java
- Jib
properties:
- type: Documentation
url: https://docs.garden.io/reference/providers/jib
- aid: garden-io:terraform-provider
name: Garden Terraform Provider
description: Provider that lets Garden invoke Terraform stacks as part of an environment, wiring outputs into downstream
Garden actions.
humanURL: https://docs.garden.io/reference/providers/terraform
baseURL: https://docs.garden.io/reference/providers/terraform
tags:
- Provider
- Terraform
- Infrastructure
properties:
- type: Documentation
url: https://docs.garden.io/reference/providers/terraform
- aid: garden-io:pulumi-provider
name: Garden Pulumi Provider
description: Provider that lets Garden invoke Pulumi programs as part of an environment, wiring outputs into downstream
Garden actions.
humanURL: https://docs.garden.io/reference/providers/pulumi
baseURL: https://docs.garden.io/reference/providers/pulumi
tags:
- Provider
- Pulumi
- Infrastructure
properties:
- type: Documentation
url: https://docs.garden.io/reference/providers/pulumi
- aid: garden-io:cloud
name: Garden Cloud / Enterprise
description: Hosted Garden control plane providing remote container builds, ephemeral preview environments, team-wide caching,
secrets management, RBAC, SSO, audit logging, and dashboards on top of Garden Core. Programmatic access is via the Garden
CLI authenticated to a Cloud project; a public REST API surface is not broadly published.
humanURL: https://cloud.docs.garden.io/
baseURL: https://app.garden.io
tags:
- Cloud
- Enterprise
- Platform
properties:
- type: Documentation
url: https://cloud.docs.garden.io/
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
url: security/garden-io-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/garden-io
- type: Website
url: https://garden.io/
- type: Documentation
url: https://docs.garden.io/
- type: GitHub
url: https://github.com/garden-io
- type: Plans
url: plans/garden-io-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
url: rate-limits/garden-io-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
url: finops/garden-io-finops.yml
- type: Integrations
url: https://docs.garden.io/reference/providers
- type: LlmsText
url: https://docs.garden.io/llms.txt
integrations:
- name: Kubernetes
- name: Helm
- name: Terraform
- name: Pulumi
- name: GitHub Actions
- name: GitLab CI
- name: CircleCI
- name: Buildkite
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
email: kin@apievangelist.com