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Updates & guides.
Release notes, tutorials, and deep dives from the Plumber team.
Secrets, Post Stages, Git Panel, and More
Five major features land in one release: native secrets management with Vault and cloud backends, post{} stage execution, a built-in git panel, workspace file tracking, and a light/dark theme switcher.
Abi O.
Creator
Sandbox Modes: Safe Pipeline Execution on Every Platform
A look at how Plumber isolates pipeline steps on Windows, macOS, and Linux — from clean-env to Linux user namespaces and macOS Seatbelt — and why we chose each approach.
The Plugin Marketplace: 1,000+ Jenkins Plugins at Your Fingertips
A deep dive into how Plumber's built-in plugin marketplace works: live data from plugins.jenkins.io, one-click install, paginated browsing, and how plugins actually extend the execution engine.
Test Pipeline Failures Before They Hit CI
Plumber's fault injection lets you force any stage to fail and test your post{failure{}} handlers locally — before a broken deploy lands in production at 2am.
Introducing Plumber: Run Jenkinsfiles Without Jenkins
Today we're launching Plumber — a native desktop app that lets you parse and execute Jenkinsfiles locally without a Jenkins server, Docker, or any CI infrastructure.