Tekton

aid: tekton
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/tekton/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Tekton
kind: opensource
description: Tekton is a cloud-native CI/CD framework implemented as a set of Kubernetes Custom Resource Definitions and controllers
  under the tekton.dev API group. Tekton is a CNCF Incubating project. Its primary API surface is Kubernetes-native — Tasks,
  Pipelines, PipelineRuns, TaskRuns, EventListeners, Triggers, etc. — accessed through the Kubernetes API server (kubectl,
  client-go, the tkn CLI, and the Tekton Dashboard). Tekton itself is open-source under Apache 2.0; commercial offerings layered
  on Tekton (Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines, Jenkins X, Google Cloud Build private preview integrations, IBM Cloud Continuous
  Delivery, Pipelines-as-Code on GitOps platforms) are out of scope of the upstream project.
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/tekton.png
tags:
- DevOps
- CI/CD
- Kubernetes
- CNCF
- Pipelines
- Open Source
- CRD
- Operator
created: '2026-05-08'
modified: '2026-05-08'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: tekton:tekton-task-crd
  name: Tekton Task CRD
  tags:
  - CRD
  - Tasks
  - Steps
  - Build
  properties:
  - url: https://tekton.dev/docs/pipelines/tasks/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/blob/main/config/300-task.yaml
    type: Source
  - url: openapi/tekton-pipeline-openapi.json
    type: OpenAPI
  description: tekton.dev/v1 kind=Task — defines a series of steps that launch specific build or delivery tools, ingest specific
    inputs (params, workspaces, resources), and produce specific outputs (results). Tasks are the reusable unit of execution
    in Tekton.
- aid: tekton:tekton-taskrun-crd
  name: Tekton TaskRun CRD
  tags:
  - CRD
  - TaskRuns
  - Execution
  properties:
  - url: https://tekton.dev/docs/pipelines/taskruns/
    type: Documentation
  description: tekton.dev/v1 kind=TaskRun — instantiates a Task with specific inputs, workspace bindings, and execution parameters.
    The TaskRun controller runs the steps as Kubernetes pods and surfaces status, logs, and results.
- aid: tekton:tekton-pipeline-crd
  name: Tekton Pipeline CRD
  tags:
  - CRD
  - Pipelines
  - Workflows
  properties:
  - url: https://tekton.dev/docs/pipelines/pipelines/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/blob/main/config/300-pipeline.yaml
    type: Source
  description: tekton.dev/v1 kind=Pipeline — defines an ordered/parallelized series of Tasks that accomplish a specific build
    or delivery goal. Pipelines compose Tasks via params, workspaces, results, and finally tasks.
- aid: tekton:tekton-pipelinerun-crd
  name: Tekton PipelineRun CRD
  tags:
  - CRD
  - PipelineRuns
  - Execution
  properties:
  - url: https://tekton.dev/docs/pipelines/pipelineruns/
    type: Documentation
  description: tekton.dev/v1 kind=PipelineRun — instantiates a Pipeline with specific param values, workspace bindings, service
    accounts, and timeouts. The PipelineRun controller orchestrates the underlying TaskRuns.
- aid: tekton:tekton-clustertask-crd
  name: Tekton ClusterTask CRD
  tags:
  - CRD
  - ClusterTasks
  - Cluster-Scoped
  properties:
  - url: https://tekton.dev/docs/pipelines/tasks/#tekton-clustertasks
    type: Documentation
  description: tekton.dev/v1beta1 kind=ClusterTask — cluster-scoped variant of Task, allowing a single definition to be referenced
    from any namespace. Marked deprecated in favor of remote resolution but still widely used.
- aid: tekton:tekton-stepaction-crd
  name: Tekton StepAction CRD
  tags:
  - CRD
  - StepActions
  - Reusable
  properties:
  - url: https://tekton.dev/docs/pipelines/stepactions/
    type: Documentation
  description: tekton.dev/v1beta1 kind=StepAction — reusable, parameterizable step definition that can be referenced from
    multiple Tasks, enabling tighter sharing than copy-pasting step blocks.
- aid: tekton:tekton-customrun-crd
  name: Tekton CustomRun CRD
  tags:
  - CRD
  - CustomRun
  - Extension
  properties:
  - url: https://tekton.dev/docs/pipelines/customruns/
    type: Documentation
  description: tekton.dev/v1beta1 kind=CustomRun — generic execution resource that custom controllers reconcile, enabling
    third-party orchestrators to extend Tekton with non-Pod-based execution semantics.
- aid: tekton:tekton-resolver-api
  name: Tekton Resolver Framework
  tags:
  - Resolution
  - Resolvers
  - Remote
  properties:
  - url: https://tekton.dev/docs/pipelines/resolution/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/tree/main/pkg/resolution
    type: Source
  description: The Tekton Resolution API (tekton.dev/v1alpha1 kind=ResolutionRequest) and built-in resolvers (Git, Hub, Bundles,
    Cluster, HTTP) fetch Tasks and Pipelines from remote sources at run time, so PipelineRuns can reference versioned remote
    definitions without bundling them in-cluster.
- aid: tekton:tekton-eventlistener-crd
  name: Tekton EventListener CRD
  tags:
  - CRD
  - EventListener
  - Triggers
  - Webhooks
  properties:
  - url: https://tekton.dev/docs/triggers/eventlisteners/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://github.com/tektoncd/triggers
    type: Source
  description: triggers.tekton.dev/v1beta1 kind=EventListener — runs an HTTP server (Sink) that receives webhooks (e.g., GitHub
    push events), applies interceptors, and creates Pipeline/TaskRun objects via TriggerTemplates.
- aid: tekton:tekton-trigger-crd
  name: Tekton Trigger CRD
  tags:
  - CRD
  - Trigger
  - TriggerBinding
  - TriggerTemplate
  properties:
  - url: https://tekton.dev/docs/triggers/triggers/
    type: Documentation
  description: triggers.tekton.dev/v1beta1 kind=Trigger — combines TriggerBindings (extracting fields from incoming events)
    and a TriggerTemplate (instantiating PipelineRuns/TaskRuns) used by EventListeners.
- aid: tekton:tekton-triggerbinding-crd
  name: Tekton TriggerBinding CRD
  tags:
  - CRD
  - TriggerBinding
  properties:
  - url: https://tekton.dev/docs/triggers/triggerbindings/
    type: Documentation
  description: triggers.tekton.dev/v1beta1 kind=TriggerBinding (and ClusterTriggerBinding) — extracts fields from event payloads
    and binds them to params used by TriggerTemplates.
- aid: tekton:tekton-triggertemplate-crd
  name: Tekton TriggerTemplate CRD
  tags:
  - CRD
  - TriggerTemplate
  properties:
  - url: https://tekton.dev/docs/triggers/triggertemplates/
    type: Documentation
  description: triggers.tekton.dev/v1beta1 kind=TriggerTemplate — declares the PipelineRun/TaskRun resources that should be
    instantiated when a matching event is received, parameterized by TriggerBindings.
- aid: tekton:tekton-clusterinterceptor-crd
  name: Tekton ClusterInterceptor CRD
  tags:
  - CRD
  - Interceptor
  - Filtering
  properties:
  - url: https://tekton.dev/docs/triggers/clusterinterceptors/
    type: Documentation
  description: triggers.tekton.dev/v1alpha1 kind=ClusterInterceptor (and namespace-scoped Interceptor) — pluggable webhook
    handler that filters, validates, and mutates incoming events before they reach a TriggerTemplate (built-in interceptors
    include GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, CEL).
- aid: tekton:tekton-results-api
  name: Tekton Results API
  tags:
  - Results
  - History
  - Storage
  - GRPC
  properties:
  - url: https://tekton.dev/docs/results/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://github.com/tektoncd/results
    type: Source
  description: Tekton Results provides a long-term store and a gRPC + REST API for completed PipelineRun/TaskRun records and
    their logs, freeing the Kubernetes etcd from acting as a CI history database.
- aid: tekton:tekton-chains-api
  name: Tekton Chains
  tags:
  - Supply Chain
  - Provenance
  - SLSA
  - Signing
  properties:
  - url: https://tekton.dev/docs/chains/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://github.com/tektoncd/chains
    type: Source
  description: Tekton Chains observes completed TaskRuns/PipelineRuns and emits signed in-toto/SLSA provenance attestations
    to OCI registries, transparency logs (Rekor), or storage backends — supplying the supply-chain integrity surface for Tekton
    CI/CD.
- aid: tekton:tekton-pipelines-as-code
  name: Tekton Pipelines as Code
  tags:
  - Pipelines as Code
  - GitOps
  - GitHub
  - GitLab
  properties:
  - url: https://tekton.dev/docs/pipelinesascode/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://github.com/openshift-pipelines/pipelines-as-code
    type: Source
  description: Pipelines as Code lets you store Tekton Pipeline definitions inside the same Git repository as your application
    code (.tekton/) and runs them on PR/push events from GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket/Gitea, providing a Git-native CI/CD experience.
- aid: tekton:tekton-dashboard-api
  name: Tekton Dashboard API
  tags:
  - Dashboard
  - UI
  - Backend
  properties:
  - url: https://tekton.dev/docs/dashboard/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://github.com/tektoncd/dashboard
    type: Source
  description: The Tekton Dashboard exposes a web UI and a thin proxy/HTTP API over the Tekton CRDs and Tekton Results, providing
    browsing, log streaming, and run management capabilities.
- aid: tekton:tekton-cli-tkn
  name: Tekton CLI (tkn)
  tags:
  - CLI
  - tkn
  - Operations
  properties:
  - url: https://tekton.dev/docs/cli/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://github.com/tektoncd/cli
    type: Source
  description: tkn is the official Tekton command-line tool wrapping the Kubernetes API for Tekton resources — start runs,
    stream logs, list/describe Tasks and Pipelines, manage triggers, and bootstrap projects.
- aid: tekton:tekton-operator-crd
  name: Tekton Operator CRDs
  tags:
  - CRD
  - Operator
  - Lifecycle
  - TektonConfig
  properties:
  - url: https://github.com/tektoncd/operator
    type: Source
  description: operator.tekton.dev kinds (TektonConfig, TektonPipeline, TektonTrigger, TektonChain, TektonHub, TektonAddon,
    TektonDashboard, TektonResult) — the Tekton Operator installs and lifecycle-manages all Tekton subprojects on a cluster.
- aid: tekton:tekton-hub-api
  name: Tekton Hub API
  tags:
  - Hub
  - Catalog
  - Discovery
  properties:
  - url: https://hub.tekton.dev/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://github.com/tektoncd/hub
    type: Source
  description: Tekton Hub is a public catalog of reusable Tasks and Pipelines exposed via REST API — search, fetch, and resolve
    community-published resources for use via the Hub resolver.
- aid: tekton:tekton-catalog-api
  name: Tekton Catalog
  tags:
  - Catalog
  - Library
  - Reusable
  properties:
  - url: https://github.com/tektoncd/catalog
    type: Source
  description: The Tekton Catalog hosts community-curated, versioned Task and Pipeline definitions consumed via the Hub or
    directly by the Git resolver.
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/tekton-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://tekton.dev/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://tekton.dev/docs/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://tekton.dev/docs/getting-started/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/tektoncd
- type: Source
  url: https://github.com/tektoncd/pipeline
- type: Triggers
  url: https://github.com/tektoncd/triggers
- type: Chains
  url: https://github.com/tektoncd/chains
- type: Results
  url: https://github.com/tektoncd/results
- type: Operator
  url: https://github.com/tektoncd/operator
- type: CLI
  url: https://github.com/tektoncd/cli
- type: Dashboard
  url: https://github.com/tektoncd/dashboard
- type: Catalog
  url: https://github.com/tektoncd/catalog
- type: Hub
  url: https://hub.tekton.dev/
- type: License
  url: https://github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/blob/main/LICENSE
- type: CNCF Project
  url: https://www.cncf.io/projects/tekton/
- type: Slack Community
  url: https://tektoncd.slack.com/
- type: Blog
  url: https://tekton.dev/blog/
- type: X (Twitter)
  url: https://x.com/tektoncd
- type: YouTube
  url: https://www.youtube.com/c/TektonCD
- type: ReleaseNotes
  url: https://github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/releases
- type: RoadMap
  url: https://github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/blob/main/roadmap.md
- type: Plans
  url: plans/tekton-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/tekton-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/tekton-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com