Hudson (software)

{{Short description|Continuous integration tool}}

{{Infobox software

| name = Hudson

| logo =

| screenshot = Hudson Screenshot.png

| screenshot size = 250px

| caption = Demonstration of Hudson running in browser

| author = Kohsuke Kawaguchi

| developer = Sun Microsystems

| released = 1.0 {{Start date|2005|02|07}}{{cite web|last=Kawaguchi|first=Kohsuke|title=Hudson|url=https://www.java.net//blog/kohsuke/archive/20070514/Hudson%20J1.pdf|accessdate=1 July 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701020639/https://www.java.net//blog/kohsuke/archive/20070514/Hudson%20J1.pdf|archivedate=1 July 2014}}

| discontinued = yes

| latest_release_version = 3.3.3{{cite web |url=https://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/t/1074772/ |title= Hudson 3.3.3 Release is now available |last=Mills |first=Duncan |website=Eclipse Foundation |date=15 Feb 2016 |access-date=11 August 2017}}{{cite web |url=https://www.eclipse.org/hudson/download.php |title=Hudson-CI Server Downloads |author= |date=15 Feb 2016 |website=Eclipse Foundation |access-date=11 August 2017 |quote=Latest Production Release: Hudson 3.3.3 Production}}

| latest_release_date = {{Start date|2016|02|15}}

| latest_preview_version =

| latest_preview_date =

| operating_system = Cross-platform

| programming_language = Java

| genre = Continuous integration

| license = Eclipse Public License

| website = {{URL|https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.hudson}}

| AsOf = {{Start date|2016|09|02}}

}}

Hudson is a discontinued continuous integration (CI) tool written in Java, which runs in a servlet container such as Apache Tomcat or the GlassFish application server. It supports SCM tools including CVS, Subversion, Git, Perforce, Clearcase and RTC, and can execute Apache Ant and Apache Maven based projects, as well as arbitrary shell scripts and Windows batch commands. The primary developer of Hudson was Kohsuke Kawaguchi, who worked for Sun Microsystems at the time. Released under the MIT License, Hudson is free software.{{cite web|url=http://hudson.gotdns.com/wiki/display/HUDSON/Use+Hudson#UseHudson-License |title=Hudson Software License |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207151650/http://hudson.gotdns.com/wiki/display/HUDSON/Use%2BHudson#UseHudson-License |archive-date=2009-02-07 |url-status=dead }}

Builds can be started by various means, including scheduling via a cron-like mechanism, building when other builds have completed, and by requesting a specific build URL.

Hudson became a popular alternative to CruiseControl and other open-source build servers in 2008.{{cite web |url= http://blog.uncommons.org/2008/05/09/why-are-you-still-not-using-hudson/|title= Why are you still not using Hudson? |accessdate=2008-05-21 | author = Dan Dyer}}

{{cite web |url= https://stackoverflow.com/questions/604385/what-is-the-difference-between-hudson-and-cruisecontrol-for-java-projects |title= What is the difference between Hudson and CruiseControl for Java projects? |accessdate=2011-01-17 | work = Stack Overflow}} At JavaOne conference in May 2008, it was the winner of Duke's Choice Award in the Developer Solutions category.{{cite web |url= http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf/2008/articles/2008dukeschoiceawards.jsp |title= 2008 JavaOne Conference: Duke's Choice Awards Winners for 2008 |accessdate=2008-05-21}}

When Oracle bought Sun, it declared its intention to trademark the Hudson name, and development began on a commercial version. It was decided by the majority of the development community, including Kawaguchi, to continue the project under the name Jenkins in early 2011. Oracle maintained that Hudson was continuing development and that Jenkins was a fork; the Jenkins developers considered Hudson to be the fork.

Interest in Hudson collapsed thereafter. Eventually Oracle donated the remaining Hudson project assets to the Eclipse Foundation at the end of 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.eclipse.org/projects/listofprojects.php |title=Eclipse list of projects |author= |date= |website= |publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}

Having been replaced by Jenkins, Hudson is no longer maintained{{cite web|title=About Jenkins|url=https://wiki.eclipse.org/Jenkins#About_Jenkins|website=Eclipse Wiki: Jenkins|accessdate=6 August 2017|ref=About_Jenkins}}{{cite web|title=About Jenkins|url=https://wiki.eclipse.org/Jenkins|website=Wayback Machine: Eclipse Wiki, first available on 6 August 2017|ref=About_Jenkins|access-date=6 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806181833/https://wiki.eclipse.org/Jenkins#About_Jenkins|archive-date=6 August 2017|url-status=dead}} and was announced as obsolete in February 2017.{{cite web|title=About Jenkins|url=https://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php?title=Jenkins&oldid=414064|website=Eclipse Wiki history|ref=About_Jenkins}} The Hudson website, hudson-ci.org, was closed down on Jan 31, 2020.{{cite web|title=What is Jenkins? The CI server explained|last=Heller|first=Martin|url=https://www.infoworld.com/article/3239666/what-is-jenkins-the-ci-server-explained.html|website=InfoWorld|date=2023-03-15|accessdate=2023-09-25}}