Argo CD

The CD solution, as opposed to the CI solution, is very specific to Kubernetes. I picked Argo CD for several reasons:

• Kubernetes-aware
• Implemented on top of a general-purpose workflow engine (Argo)
• Great UI
• Runs on your Kubernetes cluster
• Implemented in Go (not that important, but I like it)

Argo CD has a number of disadvantages, too:

• It isn't a member of the CD foundation or the CNCF (less recognition in the community).
• Intuit, the primary company behind it, is not a major cloud-native powerhouse.

Argo CD is a young project that comes from Intuit, who acquired the original developers of the Argo project – Applatix. I really like its architecture and, when I tried it, everything worked like a charm.