What is Jenkins?
Jenkins is a free, open source automation server used for continuous integration and continuous delivery. It automates building, testing, and deploying software projects across multiple platforms.
Is Jenkins free to use?
Yes, Jenkins is completely free and open source. You only pay for the infrastructure to run it. Its community-driven with contributions welcome in code, documentation, and localization.
What are Jenkins plugins?
Jenkins has hundreds of plugins available in its Update Center that extend functionality including integrations with version control, build tools, cloud providers, notification services, and more.
Can Jenkins run distributed builds?
Yes, Jenkins supports distributed builds across multiple machines (agents/nodes) to parallelize workloads and speed up build, test, and deployment processes.