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Jenkins: Automate Code

Name: Jenkins: Automate Code
Author: jenkinsci

Streamline dev workflows with Jenkins. For founders needing CI/CD, with 26k+ GitHub stars.

26,467 stars9,794 forksJavaHealth Score 9/10Updated 8/19/2026100% free · open source

What it does

Jenkins automates and streamlines development workflows by providing a continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) server

Install / run

wget -q -O - https://pkg.jenkins.io/debian/jenkins.io.key | sudo apt-key add - && sudo sh -c 'echo deb https://pkg.jenkins.io/debian-stable binary/ > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jenkins.list' && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install jenkins

When to use it

•When you need to automate testing and deployment of your application
•When you want to integrate multiple development tools, such as Git, Maven, and Docker
•When you need to manage and monitor a complex development pipeline

Quick start

1Download the Jenkins installation package from the official website or use the installation command above
2Run `sudo systemctl start jenkins` to start the Jenkins service
3Access the Jenkins web interface by navigating to `http://localhost:8080` in your web browser
4Use the initial admin password found in `/var/lib/jenkins/secrets/initialAdminPassword` to log in
5Configure your Jenkins instance by installing plugins, setting up users, and creating jobs

Ready-to-paste prompt

curl -X POST 'http://localhost:8080/job/myjob/buildWithParameters?token=mytoken&param1=value1&param2=value2' to trigger a Jenkins job with parameters

Heads up: Jenkins requires Java 8 or later to be installed on the system, so ensure you have a compatible Java version before installing Jenkins

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Topics

cicd

continuous-delivery

continuous-deployment

continuous-integration

devops

groovy

hacktoberfest

java

jenkins

pipelines-as-code

How Jenkins: Automate Code works

Codeflow

Free to inspect

Jenkins: Automate Code is a very large Java project (~230k lines across 1441 code files, plus 689 test files). It is a full software project: use it through its install path rather than reading it end to end. Last commit this month, MIT license, has a test suite.

Size

Very large codebase

~230k lines · 1441 code files · days to read — use, don't read

Setup

Developer setup

A real software project. Use it via its install path; don't expect to read it all.

Runs on

Java/JVM

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