Prow
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Prow, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Prow's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Open source | Free | Self-deployed Kubernetes based CI/CD system |
The facts
Each one read from Prow's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API
- The optional Gangway component exposes gRPC endpoints to create jobs and get or list job executions.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Automation
- Prow provides configurable bot commands, policy enforcement, and automated pull request merging.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- Prow runs in Kubernetes clusters, and the deployment guide says it should work on any Kubernetes distribution with no or minimal changes.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Extensibility
- Hook dispatches GitHub webhook events to internal plugins and can forward events to configured external plugins.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Prow integrates with GitHub and can also work with Gerrit, though Tide and Hook do not work with Gerrit.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Job dashboard
- Deck shows jobs that are running or have recently run in Prow.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Job triggers
- Jobs can be triggered by GitHub events, Pub/Sub messages, schedules, or retesting requests through Tide.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Operations
- Prow provides JSON structured logs and Prometheus metrics for monitoring and alerting.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Prow is a Kubernetes based CI/CD system for running jobs and automating GitHub workflows.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Scale
- Prow is designed for multi-organization use with dozens of repositories and documents high availability through Kubernetes features.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Secrets
- Prow documentation describes syncing secrets from providers including GCP, Azure, and AWS into Kubernetes clusters with Kubernetes External Secrets.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security
- Hook validates incoming GitHub webhooks using configured HMAC credentials.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The project directs users to open a repository issue, contact the #prow Kubernetes Slack channel, or contact code owners.checked 11 Oct 2026
The company
- Maker
- The GitHub repository identifies Prow as developed to serve the Kubernetes community and links the Kubernetes SIG Testing topic.checked 11 Oct 2026
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