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IDP & portals 8
Amazon EKSv1.37platform · AWSBackstagev1.55.3platformCluster APIv1.14.3Cortexplatform · CortexCrossplanev2.4.2krov0.9.4OpenTofu19.5Pulumi3.269.0PulumiAI agents on platform 7
Agentforceplatform · SalesforceAWS DevOps AgentAWSK8sGPTv0.4.40kagentv0.10.3Kubernetes MCP Serverv1.37mcp serverSalesforce DX MCP Server0.30.15mcp server · SalesforceTerraform MCP Serverv1.3.0mcp server · HashiCorpCI/CD 14
Argo CDv3.5.5Argo Rolloutsv1.10.1Argo Workflowsv4.1.5CloudBeesplatform · CloudBeesFlaggerv1.45.0Fluxv2.9.6GitHub Actions19.5GitHub (Microsoft)GitLab19.5platform · GitLabHelm19.5Jenkins2.586Kargov1.12.4AkuityOctopus DeployOctopus DeployOpenFeaturev0.18.0standardTektonv1.17.0Reports & DX data 2
DORA State of DevOps / AI-assisted development reportreport · Google CloudState of Platform Engineering reportreport · PlatformEngineering.org (Humanitec)Enterprise app platforms 9
GearsetGearsetMicrosoft Power Platformplatform · MicrosoftPower Platform Build Tools2.0.158MicrosoftSalesforce CLI2.154.4SalesforceSalesforce Platform2.153.5platform · SalesforceSAP Business Technology Platform1.27.0platform · SAPServiceNow Now Platform4.13.xplatform · ServiceNowServiceNow SDK4.13.0ServiceNowTerraform Provider for SAP BTP1.27.0SAPregistry43 toolscurrent version is the highest release seen
Tools, platforms, MCP servers and recurring reports we track, each with its release history typed line by line, alternatives and case notes. A tool appears once it has something to show.
| tool | what it is | current |
|---|---|---|
| IDP & portals | ||
| Amazon EKS | AWS's managed Kubernetes service. | v1.37 2026-09-21 |
| Backstage | Open-source framework for building a developer portal: software catalog, templates and a plugin system. You assemble and operate it yourself. | v1.55.3 2026-09-29 |
| Cluster API | Kubernetes project for creating, upgrading and operating Kubernetes clusters declaratively, across clouds and on-premises. | v1.14.3 2026-10-07 |
| Cortex | Commercial internal developer portal that leads with service ownership, scorecards and standards enforcement. | SaaS |
| Crossplane | Kubernetes-based control plane for provisioning and composing cloud infrastructure behind your own platform APIs. | v2.4.2 2026-09-22 |
| kro | Kube Resource Orchestrator: define higher-level platform APIs that group Kubernetes resources, without writing a custom controller. | v0.9.4 2026-09-04 |
| OpenTofu | Open-source infrastructure-as-code tool forked from Terraform and compatible with Terraform configurations, governed under the Linux Foundation. | 19.5 2026-10-15 |
| Pulumi | Infrastructure as code written in general-purpose languages such as TypeScript, Python and Go; open source engine with a commercial cloud service. | 3.269.0 2026-10-14 |
| AI agents on platform | ||
| Agentforce | Salesforce's platform for building and running AI agents that act on Salesforce data and workflows. | SaaS |
| AWS DevOps Agent | AWS's AI agent for incident investigation and operational tasks in AWS environments. | SaaS |
| K8sGPT | CLI and operator that scans a Kubernetes cluster and explains detected problems in plain language using an LLM backend. | v0.4.40 2026-10-09 |
| kagent | Open-source framework for running AI agents inside Kubernetes, with tools for cluster and cloud-native operations. | v0.10.3 2026-10-02 |
| Kubernetes MCP Server | MCP server that exposes Kubernetes and OpenShift cluster operations to AI agents. | v1.37 2026-09-04 |
| Salesforce DX MCP Server | Salesforce's MCP server that exposes Salesforce DX operations to AI agents. | 0.30.15 2026-07-09 |
| Terraform MCP Server | HashiCorp's MCP server giving agents access to Terraform Registry data and, where configured, workspace operations. | v1.3.0 2026-08-26 |
| CI/CD | ||
| Argo CD | GitOps continuous delivery controller for Kubernetes: reconciles cluster state to what is declared in Git. | v3.5.5 2026-10-12 |
| Argo Rollouts | Kubernetes controller for progressive delivery: blue-green and canary rollouts with automated analysis and rollback. | v1.10.1 2026-10-12 |
| Argo Workflows | Kubernetes-native workflow engine that runs jobs and pipelines as graphs of containers. | v4.1.5 2026-10-09 |
| CloudBees | Commercial CI/CD and release orchestration from the company behind enterprise Jenkins. | SaaS |
| Flagger | Progressive delivery operator for Kubernetes: automates canary, A/B and blue-green releases using metrics from a service mesh or ingress. | v1.45.0 2026-09-01 |
| Flux | GitOps toolkit for Kubernetes: a set of controllers that keep clusters in sync with Git, OCI and Helm sources. | v2.9.6 2026-10-01 |
| GitHub Actions | GitHub's built-in CI/CD and workflow automation, with hosted or self-hosted runners. | 19.5 2026-10-15 |
| GitLab | DevSecOps platform combining source control, CI/CD, security scanning and deployment, as SaaS or self-managed. | 19.5 2026-10-15 |
| Helm | The package manager for Kubernetes: charts bundle manifests, configuration values and upgrade logic. | 19.5 2026-10-15 |
| Jenkins | Long-running open-source automation server for CI/CD, extended through a large plugin ecosystem. Usually self-hosted. | 2.586 2026-10-13 |
| Kargo | Promotes releases through environments on top of Argo CD, with verification gates between stages. | v1.12.4 2026-10-12 |
| Octopus Deploy | Commercial deployment and release orchestration tool. Octopus also owns Codefresh, an Argo-based GitOps product. | SaaS |
| OpenFeature | CNCF standard API for feature flags, with SDKs for most languages and flagd as its reference flag daemon. | v0.18.0 2026-10-15 |
| Tekton | Kubernetes-native framework for building CI/CD pipelines from reusable tasks. | v1.17.0 2026-10-01 |
| Cost & governance | ||
| Karpenter | Kubernetes node autoscaler that provisions right-sized compute directly in response to pending pods. | v1.15.0 2026-10-10 |
| Kyverno | Kubernetes-native policy engine: validate, mutate and generate resources, and verify image signatures, using policies written as YAML. | v1.19.1 2026-09-10 |
| Open Policy Agent | General-purpose policy engine. Policies written in Rego decide authorization and admission for Kubernetes, APIs, CI and infrastructure changes. | 3.269.0 2026-10-14 |
| Reports & DX data | ||
| DORA State of DevOps / AI-assisted development report | Google Cloud's annual research report on software delivery performance and, recently, the effect of AI on delivery. | SaaS |
| State of Platform Engineering report | Recurring survey report published by PlatformEngineering.org. | SaaS |
| Enterprise app platforms | ||
| Gearset | Commercial DevOps platform for Salesforce: metadata deployments, CI, backups and data seeding. | SaaS |
| Microsoft Power Platform | Microsoft's low-code platform: Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Pages and Copilot Studio on the Dataverse data model, with connectors into Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365 and other enterprise systems. | SaaS |
| Power Platform Build Tools | Microsoft's Azure DevOps tasks and GitHub Actions for Power Platform ALM: exporting, checking, packing and deploying solutions between environments. | 2.0.158 2026-10-09 |
| Salesforce CLI | Command-line tool for Salesforce development and delivery: source tracking, scratch orgs, packaging and metadata deploys. The usual backbone of Salesforce CI/CD. | 2.154.4 2026-10-14 |
| Salesforce Platform | Salesforce's platform-as-a-service: custom applications built on its CRM data model, with integration APIs into the rest of the enterprise. | 2.153.5 2026-10-07 |
| SAP Business Technology Platform | SAP's platform for extending S/4HANA and SuccessFactors, with Cloud Foundry and Kyma (SAP-managed Kubernetes) runtimes. | 1.27.0 2026-09-29 |
| ServiceNow Now Platform | ServiceNow's platform for building workflow applications on a shared data model spanning IT, HR and customer service, with App Engine for low-code apps and scoped apps for custom code. | 4.13.x 2026-10-13 |
| ServiceNow SDK | ServiceNow's SDK and CLI for source-driven development: define applications in code, build and deploy them from a local repository. | 4.13.0 2026-09-23 |
| Terraform Provider for SAP BTP | SAP's Terraform provider for BTP: global accounts, subaccounts, entitlements and service instances managed as code. | 1.27.0 2026-09-29 |