How to Build Your Own Harness
Replace Harness with a custom build. AI for DevOps, Testing, AppSec, and Cost Optimization
Build Difficulty: 5/5
Build a working replacement in a weekend with AI tools
Estimated Timeline
Based on 34 features at Weekend Project difficulty, expect about One weekend with AI-assisted development.
Recommended Tech Stack
Full-stack React framework with API routes and server components
PostgreSQL database, auth, and real-time subscriptions
Utility-first styling for rapid UI development
Key Features to Replicate
Top features across 8 categories. See all 34 features
Security(4 features)
Identifies and remediates vulnerabilities from code to runtime by integrating security testing for APIs and AI Apps in your SDLC
Shift-left security by seamlessly integrating security scanners and orchestrating tests across build pipelines with intelligent prioritization and deduplication
Monitor and control open source components, generate comprehensive Software Bills of Materials (SBOMs), and guarantee software integrity in accordance with SLSA
Continuously monitor and evaluate your API footprint, identify sensitive data exposure, and protect against runtime risks in applications and AI systems
Workflow Automation(3 features)
Leverage pre-configured deployment templates for consistent, repeatable, and efficient pipeline setups
Link pipelines together to create complex workflows with automatic triggering based on success or failure
Streamline workflows by reusing pre-configured pipeline, deployment, and governance templates
Administration(2 features)
Define and configure roles with tailored permissions to match your organization's unique workflows and security requirements
Create and manage multiple organizational units within your account to segment teams, projects, and resources
Analytics & Insights(2 features)
Create personalized dashboards to visualize key metrics, monitor performance, and track progress in real-time
Discover and fix bottlenecks across people, process, and tooling by leveraging frameworks like DORA and SPACE
Deployment Automation(2 features)
Fully automate pipelines for multi-cloud, multi-region, and multi-service software deployments with GitOps or push-based deployments
Automate and manage deployments using Git as the single source of truth for consistency and traceability
Developer Experience(2 features)
Dedicated, pre-configured, hosted development environments (Gitspaces) connected to your favorite IDE
Accelerate developer onboarding from months to hours with a low effort enterprise-grade IDP built on top of Backstage
Infrastructure Management(2 features)
Simplify infrastructure as code with automation, faster collaboration, error reduction, and cost control
Run CI/CD workloads in your own infrastructure for greater control, data privacy, and compliance
Integration(2 features)
Integrate with leading code repositories like GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket for seamless source control
Seamlessly integrate with popular deployment tools like Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, and more
Cost Calculator
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