While Hedgehog's software itself is production-ready, it's a v1 product meant for early adopters. Like all v1 products, Hedgehog's future is uncertain. While we designed it to eventually take BuildMaster's place that day may never come.
Hedgehog takes your applications and services to production faster by defining reusable workflows that automate testing, deployment, and if necessary, rollback. You can manage everything from Hedgehog's web-based dashboard; create a self-service deployment platform for multiple teams that meets your organization's security and compliance requirements...
Hedgehog deploys packages to servers and environments. These packages can contain your application components, as well as infrastructure configuration and deployment code. Packages are built once, and deployed consistently across environments. This means everyone can be certain that what goes to production is exactly what was built and tested...
Think of a deployment set like an empty shipping pallet, with a manifest form attached that's filled out in pencil. When shipping goods on pallets, it's generally best to add packages to your pallet, wrap it up, and then send it along its way. Of course, you can add or remove packages to the pallet en route, or change the manifest form at any time, but that makes things more complex.