Continuous Integration Server Feature Matrix

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	CruiseControl	CruiseControl.NET	DamageControl	Drumbeat CI	Tinderbox & Tinderbox2	BuildBot	Anthill Professional	Anthill	BeetleJuice	Luntbuild professional	LuntBuild	Gump	Draco.NET	Continuum	Sin	Parabuild Server	Tinderbox3
Project info
Project origin	ThoughtWorks	ThoughtWorks	ThoughtWorks	Timpani Software	Mozilla Project	?	Urbancode	Urbancode	?	PMEase	PMEase	?	?	Apache	CSH Consult	Viewtier Systems	John Keiser
Open Source
Implementation language	Java	C#	Ruby	C#	Perl	Python	Java	Java	Java	Java	Java	Java	C#	Java	C#	Java	Perl
Free				Free 2-user version			Free for Open Source Projects			Free for Open Source Projects						Free for Open Source Projects
Issue tracker	JIRA	JIRA	JIRA	?	Bugzilla	?	JIRA	JIRA	?	Supports	SourceForge	?	?	JIRA		Official support	Bugzilla
Online demo	here	here	open authenticated	here	Working implementation	?	here		?	here	Use demo/domo	?	?	Working implementation on Codehaus	here	Eval download	Working implementation
Number of active developers	5	2	3	5	?	?		?	?	?	2	?	?	4	1	?	?
SCM support
AccuRev		?	?			?			?			?	?
AlienBrain		?	?	?	?	?			?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Bazaar		?	?	?	?	?			?	?	?	?	?		?	?	?
BitKeeper		?	?	?	?	?			?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
ClearCase						?			?			?	?
CM Synergy		?	?	?	?	?			?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
CVS						?			?			?	?
"File system SCM"						?			?			?	?
HTTP file				?		?			?			?	?
MKS						?			?			?	?	?
Perforce (p4)						?			?			?	?
PVCS						?			?			?	?
SourceGear Vault						?			?			?	?	?
StarTeam						?			?			?	?
Subversion						?			?			?	?
Surround						?			?			?	?	?
VSS						?			?			?	?
VSS Journal						?			?			?	?	?
SCM related support
SCM filtering						?			?			?	?	?
Multi-SCM						?			?			?	?	?
Can create new SCM repositories			Via web admin	?		?			?			?	?
Build management
Parallel builds (ability to build several projects simultaneously)						?			?			?	?
Distributed builds						?			?			?	?
Agents' code auto-updated	?	?	?	?		?			?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Manually force builds					Email	?			?			?	?		Not needed
SCM trigged builds	(if supported by SCM)		(if supported by SCM)			?			?			?	?
SCM poll based builds					Tinderbox2	?			?			?	?
Temporal build scheduling						?			?			?	?
Builds promotion		?	?			?			?			?	?			?
Builds deletion		?	?	?		?			?			?	?
Reproduce history builds				?		?			?			?	?
Proactive (can prevent build breakages)
Security
User authentication			Apache recommended		For management												For management
User authorization schemes																	Database
LDAP Integration
Publishing
Confluence				?
Email
Run executable
FTP						?			?			?	?
IRC				?		?			?			?	?
Jabber				?		?			?			?	?
Lotus Sametime						?			?			?	?
NetSend						?			?			?	?
ProjectStart						?			?			?	?
RSS						?			?			?	?
SCP				?		?			?			?	?
Windows System Tray						?			?			?	?
Formatted Logging	XML	XML	YAML	(In Relational Db)		?			?		Xml, Html	?	?
Yahoo Messenger				?		?	?			?			?	?
MSN Messenger	?	?	?	?		?			?			?	?
X10						?			?			?	?	?
Web interface
View changesets					Bonsai	?			?			?	?				Bonsai
Add new projects					"Tree" only	?			?			?	?				"Tree" only
Clone projects					?	?			?			?	?
Delete projects						?			?			?	?
Modify projects						?			?			?	?
Kill builds						?			?			?	?
Pause builds						?			?			?	?
Access to build artifacts						?			?			?	?
Browse CI's working copy				?		?			?			?	?
Delete CI's working copy				?		?			?			?	?
Search in builds						?			?			?	?	?
Historic graphs						?			?			?	?
Self-updating web page						?			?			?	?
Multi project support						?			?			?	?
Multi project view						?			?			?	?
Add/remove agent machines (for distributed builds)	?	?	?	?		?	automatic		?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Directly supported build tools
Shell / command script						?			?			?	?
Ant						?			?			?	?
NAnt						?			?			?	?
Maven						?			?			?	?
Maven2
Make						?			?			?	?
Visual Studio ('devenv')						?			?	?		?	?
Tools integration
ViewCVS				?		?			?			?	?
Fisheye						?			?			?	?			?
Bonsai	?	?	?			?			?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Bugzilla						?			?			?	?
Scarab
Trac				?
sourceforge.net				?
rubyforge.org				?
JIRA						?			?			?	?
Confluence						?			?			?	?
JUnit result rendering						?	?	?	?			?	?
NUnit result rendering						?	?	?	?			?	?
IntelliJ Plugin				?		?			?			?	?
Eclipse Plugin						?			?			?	?
Remote Management API
SOAP				Asynchronous Messaging		?			?			?	?
XML-RPC				n/a		?			?			?	?
JMX		N/A	N/A	n/a		?			?			?	?
Hessian		?	?	n/a		?			?			?	?
Installation and Configuration
Windows installer						?			?			?	?
Self contained distribution (except SCM clients)						?			?			?	?
Additional dependencies	JRE, SCM client	.NET Runtime, IIS, SCM client	SCM client	.NET Runtime, SQL Server (MSDE Included in distribution)	Perl, CVS	?	JDK, Servlet container, SCM client	JDK, Servlet container, SCM client	?	jdk, SCM client	jdk,tomcat,SCM client	?	?	JRE, SCM client	Subversion, .NET runtime/IIS or Mono/XSP		Perl, CVS, SCP
Execution platform	JVM	Windows	Ruby	Windows, .NET, Mono	Perl	?	JVM	JVM	?	JVM	JVM	?	?	JVM	Windows, Linux	Windows, Unix, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, HP UX	Perl
Project platform (what it can build)	Java + anything Ant/Maven/NAnt can build	.NET or anything with a command line interface build	Any language	Any language	Any language	?	Any language	Any language with supplied ant wrapper	?	Any language	Any language with supplied ant wrapper	?	?	Any language	Any language	Any language	(i)Any language
Preferred build tool	Ant, Maven	Nant	Any build tool	NAnt	Make	?	Any build tool	Ant	?	Any build tool	Ant, Maven	?	?	Maven 2	Any build tool	Any build tool	Make
Requires modifications to build scripts	NO	NO (for certain SCMs)	NO	NO		?	NO	NO	?	NO	NO	?	?	NO	NO	NO
Supports multiple projects						?			?			?	?
Automatic configuration from build script														Maven only
Text file configuration	XML	XML	YAML	Stored in SQL Db - XML input/export coming soon		?			?			?	?

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