Kurtosis

Founded by Galen Marchetti & Kevin Today in 2020

Composable build system for reproducible multi-container test environments.

Cost

Free Tier, Paid

Rating

★ People love it

Time to value

Moderate Setup (1–3 hours)

Use Kurtosis to define, launch, and manage dynamic test environments that mimic production systems. You can programmatically specify service dependencies, inject test data, and reuse environment definitions, making complex integration testing reproducible and scalable. It supports local development, CI/CD pipelines, and blockchain workflows, ideal for dev teams building, testing, and deploying distributed applications.

What Kurtosis does

Define distributed system test environments via codeLaunch ephemeral multi-container stacks locally or in CIProgrammatically inject test data and network conditionsReuse and version environment definitions for consistencyIntegrate environment setup into CI/CD workflowsMaintain reproducible tests across environmentsCode-defined, reproducible multi-container environmentsEphemeral environment spinning for local dev and CIInjection of test data and network behaviorsSeamless integration with CI/CD pipelinesBlockchain-specific environment supportOpen source core with enterprise extensions