Continuous Integration Servers [closed]

Answer 1

Edit: We use Hudson now.

A while ago I looked into a bunch of these with the following requirements:

• Java code
• Ant builds
• Groovy builds
• Distributed builds
• SCM trigger integration
• http reports
• smtp reports

The Continuous Integration Feature Matrix is a great place to start.

I ended up selecting AnthillPro and am using it successfully, just scratching at the surface of what we can and hope to use it for.

Answer 2

Thoughtworks Cruise is the commercial offspring of the CruiseControl open source project. Looks very nice, lots of features, distributed builds etc. I don't know what it's extendability is.

Answer 3

We are using Zutubi Pulse and it works great for us. It's very easy to use ant has many advanced features.

Answer 4

I use Continuum for my continuous integration server. No reason other than I was going to hire a development manager who had used at his last assignment so it seemed to make sense to pick something at least one of us was experienced with.

Prior to picking Continuum I had a junior developer spend two weeks trying to get CruiseControl going. However, we got Continuum 1.0 to run first go.

Answer 5

We've been using Automated Build Studio and have been pretty happy with it. It's a windows app, so you're stuck on a windows build server, but on the plus side it's super easy to set up, maintain and use. You build your process from components via point and click, and can use scripting if none of the components meet your needs.

Answer 6

Last year on the a conference in the USA i first heard about Cruise Control .net on a 1 hour presentation, on my way home in the plain i decided to implement a small POC for our company and succcesfuly done it in less than 5 hours (including all the learning i could have done).

I am using it since than and i must say that i am very pleased with the results, and ease of operation, There are some drawback (E.g. lack of distribution of task across servers scale although you can monitor several servers) i found a a bug in one of the implementation and because it is an open source i could have fixed it very quickly (big advantage) - i created a little [project][1] in codeplex to contain my fixes before i contribute them to the community as a check in. I highly encourage you to look at this platform, also it would be nice if you can say what you actually need.

[1]: http://www.codeplex.com/DavidovitzCCE project