Tugboat: a working website for every pull request. on Tugboat

v2.26.45

Thu, 29 Oct 2026 19:11:59 +0000

Browser-based CLI login and auto-delete previews after your chosen number of days. Cleanup made easy!

v2.26.44

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:13:45 +0000

Native Apple Silicon support for Tugboat CLI—no more Rosetta needed on your Mac.

v2.26.43

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 16:52:19 +0000

Dependency updates and bug fixes to keep things running smoothly.

v2.26.42

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 16:12:49 +0000

Project names sanitized, CLI now remembers your repo and preview context, and shell command gets scriptable improvements for CI workflows.

v2.26.41

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 21:13:55 +0000

A few bug fixes to start the weekend.

v2.26.40

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:21:01 +0000

Regular maintenance week: dependency updates across the stack.

v2.26.39

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:45:26 +0000

Fixed password reset redirect and payment form alignment. Dependency updates across the board.

v2.26.38

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 20:05:33 +0000

Premium dashboards now show actual queue counts instead of mysterious hyphens. Much clearer!

v2.26.37

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 14:50:05 +0000

Cleaner render queues, smarter branch search, and less noisy PR comments when rebuilds happen.

v2.26.36

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 04:58:35 +0000

Git provider refs are now searchable for those refs not on a given page, and we introduced some web server hardening.

v2.26.35

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 14:49:33 +0000

Project admins now get notified when scheduled Base Preview refreshes fail, keeping everyone informed.

v2.26.34

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 14:13:11 +0000

Fixed an over-restrictive CSP policy blocking Lighthouse score pages.

v2.26.33

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Bumped dependencies across the stack.

v2.26.32

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 20:13:07 +0000

Tightened CORS policy and bumped dependencies across the board.

v2.26.31

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 17:58:05 +0000

We are further hardening the backend security of Tugboat.

v2.26.30

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 19:50:54 +0000

Added user verification config option and made base preview failure emails opt-in for existing users.

v2.26.29

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 17:54:43 +0000

Fixed a pesky typo in the empty preview message. The details matter!

v2.26.28

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 14:42:57 +0000

Dependency updates across the board, plus fixes for dashboard footer styling and email sending functionality.

v2.26.27

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 17:16:15 +0000

Dependency updates, security hardening with CSP improvements, bundling fixes, and Lighthouse audit tweaks for better preview performance.

v2.26.26

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Lighthouse reports now run faster and more reliably with improved browser sharing and automatic recovery.

Tugboat Is Agency Infrastructure

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The host your client picks is their production infrastructure, not where your agency does its work. Tugboat is the standardized preview layer your team builds and reviews on, the same for every project, so you start sooner, onboard faster, and catch regressions before they eat your budget.

Rotate Your Keys: Why "Encrypted at Rest" Is Only Half the Job

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

If you’re already using Custom Environment Variables in Tugboat, it’s a good idea to rotate and recreate environment variables containing sensitive information like API keys with “Encrypt this value at rest” turned on, a feature available since May 29, 2026.

v2.26.25

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 21:03:05 +0000

Updated Bitbucket login and repository connections ahead of upcoming OAuth security changes from Bitbucket.

v2.26.24

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 19:27:55 +0000

WebDAV support in previews and smarter suspension handling with built-in rescue instructions.

v2.26.23

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 15:21:32 +0000

SSO users with Maintain role or higher can now access service terminals as expected.

v2.26.22

Fri, 29 May 2026 18:11:53 +0000

Encrypt sensitive environment variables at rest. We’ll hide them everywhere except where your builds actually need them.

v2.26.21

Wed, 20 May 2026 19:10:20 +0000

Updated Bitbucket SSH URLs to use new hostname before deprecation. Your cross-repo pulls stay smooth.

v2.26.20

Wed, 13 May 2026 21:45:06 +0000

Project creation can now be restricted to admins only, plus dependency updates across the stack.

The Case for Moving Stakeholder Sign-Off to the Pull Request

Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The client says, “This isn’t what I meant,” on the last day of the sprint. Sound familiar? Here’s how moving stakeholder sign-off to the pull request catches that before it’s expensive to fix.

v2.26.19

Mon, 04 May 2026 17:10:43 +0000

Fixed browser notification prompts and improved preview list layout for long usernames. Better UX all around!

v2.26.18

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:58:44 +0000

Improved release notes handling, dependency updates, added vulnerability audits to security CI, and enhanced testing coverage.

Accelerating SaaS Success

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

EnrollWise™, a multi-tenant K-12 enrollment SaaS platform, replaced its slow AWS-based deployment process (which took over an hour per release) with Tugboat’s preview environments, cutting spin-up time to under 10 minutes for every pull request. Despite initial concerns that Tugboat was built for LAMP stacks rather than their Python/JS/GraphQL architecture, collaboration with the Tugboat team produced a reliable setup that has supported EnrollWise™ since 2021. The switch delivered faster release cycles, fewer production defects, improved QA and team coordination, reduced cloud spend, and a stronger ability to respond to district policy changes and enrollment deadlines.

v2.26.17

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:18:52 +0000

Security patch for fastify, legacy config cleanup, dependency updates, and Bitbucket API token authentication support added.

v2.26.16

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Updated API calls for Bitbucket user repositories.

v2.26.15

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:33:50 +0000

Provider avatars are displayed again! And a healthy portion of dependency updates!

v2.26.14

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:59:23 +0000

Dependency updates across the board, plus a fix for Docker CLI compatibility in our agent cleanup scripts.

v2.26.13

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 21:46:48 +0000

Billing page now loads smoothly for all projects and displays payment terms for manual billing accounts.

v2.26.11

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 02:12:31 +0000

Next.js catch-all routes no longer trigger false-positive security checks in our proxy.

v2.26.10

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 21:49:57 +0000

Bitbucket login now works reliably in Chromium-based browsers.

v2.26.9

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:43:02 +0000

Smoother deployments ahead! We fixed white screens during updates by waiting for services to fully start before routing traffic.

v2.26.8

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 23:04:32 +0000

Fixed 2FA redirect bug that sent authenticated users to 404 error instead of their destination.

v2.26.7

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 19:32:48 +0000

Fixed webhook redeploy bugs and 2FA redirect issues. Added Docker volume support for persistent preview data. Premium features unlocked!

v2.26.6

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Security hardening, auth event logging, and a fix for real-time updates dropping when closing a window.

v2.26.5

Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The billing information section received a nice makeover, and we updated our dependencies.

v2.26.4

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Polishing Tugboat with some new tests and another round of dependency updates.

v2.26.3

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

We implemented additional measures to prevent credit card abuse.

v2.26.2

Sun, 11 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

To curb fraudulent activity on our platform, we expanded the measures we use to prevent blocked users from accessing the platform.

v2.26.1

Thu, 08 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Fixed issues with re-authenticating Bitbucket repos and automatic preview rebuilds upon GitLab approvals.

v2.25.33

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Proxied Tugboat pages now include a Content-Security-Policy header.

v2.25.32

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Added additional security features and made Tugboat CLI errors a bit friendlier to read.

v2.25.30

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Added anti-clickjacking headers and a fresh round of dependency updates.

v2.25.29

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Fixed dashboard 404 pages returning wrong status codes and made OAuth user radio buttons selectable during repo authentication.

v2.25.28

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Keeping it fresh with dependency updates!

v2.25.27

Thu, 09 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

A big welcome back to Bitbucket Server (formerly Bitbucket Stash) as a Tugboat git provider option.

v2.25.26

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Updated all dependencies. Hello spooky season!

v2.25.25

Thu, 25 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Resolved issues with re-reporting lighthouse report statuses and whitespace in git urls.

v2.25.24

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Keeping things fresh with some dependency updates

v2.25.23

Thu, 04 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Restored the default screen option for lighthouse reports and deployed some third-party dependency updates.

v2.25.22

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Friendlier dashboard errors and some internal improvements. Self-care is important.

v2.25.21

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

A few third-party dependency updates.

v2.25.20

Thu, 31 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Just a few dependency updates to wrap up July

v2.25.19

Thu, 24 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Your services now can get their own specific environment variables!

v2.25.18

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The highlight this week is a pair of lighthouse queue fixes along with the usual third-party dependency updates. Happy sailing!

v2.25.17

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Fixed a couple of pesky UI language and display issues along with some internal fixes. Also, Lighthouse users, new features are coming soon!

v2.25.16

Thu, 19 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Launched a handful of third-party dependency updates.

v2.25.15

Wed, 11 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The tugboat output cli command now accepts the preview ID as a valid argument to show the default service output and fixed a sneaky WSOD.

v2.25.14

Thu, 05 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Build queues will now display the preview names instead of IDs for the jobs being run for premium subscriptions.

v2.25.13

Thu, 29 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Preview creator display bestowed upon CLI and API users and a daily dose of bug fixes and third party dependency updates.

v2.25.12

Wed, 14 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Restored git provider SSO functionality, fixed subscription change dates so that the future is no longer in the past and other minor fixes.

v2.25.11

Thu, 01 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Fixed Tugboat CLI issue for MacOS and some other minor bug fixes.

v2.25.10

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Improved engine for visual regression testing, and additional information about server resources for Premium tier projects

v2.25.9

Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Internal improvements and minor fixes

v2.25.8

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Single Sign-On for Github repositories, draft pull requests support for BitBucket, and internal improvements and fixes

v2.25.7

Wed, 02 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Multiple fixes and improvements for Lighthouse reports and Visual Regression Testing

v2.25.6

Wed, 19 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Single Sign-On for Gitlab repositories, and improvements to our deployment process

v2.25.5

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Multiple fixes and improvements

v2.25.4

Thu, 27 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Internal fixes and improvements

v2.25.3

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Stability fixes and improvements

v2.25.2

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Minor bug fixes and improvements

v2.25.1

Thu, 23 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Database improvements, and minor internal fixes

v2.25.0

Mon, 13 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Performance, accessibility, and internal improvements

v2.24.30

Thu, 19 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Improvements for Lighthouse config, internal refactor, and minor fixes and improvements

v2.24.29

Thu, 28 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Improvements on repository authentication, and other minor internal improvements

v2.24.28

Thu, 14 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Multiple fixes and improvements, both on UI and internal sides

v2.24.27

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Prevent inactive terminals from keeping previews running, and minor internal fixes

v2.24.26

Mon, 21 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

A couple of package updates and some internal improvements

v2.24.25

Thu, 10 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Internal improvements and some minor bug fixes in the UI

v2.24.24

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Minor improvements and bug fixes

v2.24.23

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Improvements in our internal proxy

v2.24.22

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Some UI and internal process improvements

v2.24.21

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Minor fixes in the UI and API, and several improvements for our internal processes

v2.24.20

Thu, 15 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

New API endpoint and minor internal improvements

v2.24.19

Thu, 08 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Minor improvements and bug fixes

v2.24.18

Thu, 01 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

User interface and internal network improvements

v2.24.17

Mon, 08 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Improvements on preview build process and some minor fixes

Changes to Plans and Pricing

Mon, 01 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Tugboat’s tiers changed on 1 Aug 2024. While our prices went up a bit, we also increased storage on all tiers by 50%.

v2.24.16

Thu, 27 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Dependency updates and minor bug fixes

v2.24.15

Mon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

A couple of bug fixes! Calm waters abound!

v2.24.14

Mon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Bug fixes and documentation update

v2.24.13

Mon, 13 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Some UI improvements and minor bug fixes

v2.24.12

Mon, 06 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Fixed an issue with Lighthouse reports getting hung and other minor bug fixes.

v2.24.11

Mon, 29 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

An update to our internal logger and a few minor bug fixes.

v2.24.10

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Minor fixes in our agent service, performance improvements

v2.24.9

Thu, 11 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Some stability fixes, and improvemets in CLI and API

v2.24.8

Tue, 02 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Minor bug fixes

v2.24.7

Tue, 26 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Bug fixes for the internal proxy

v2.24.6

Thu, 14 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Some proxying and user experience improvements

v2.24.5

Tue, 12 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Preview websocket proxying improvements and a dose of minor bug fixes.

v2.24.4

Mon, 04 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Service efficiency improvements and a few bug fixes.

v2.24.3

Thu, 01 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Several bug fixes and improvements in UI and API

v2.24.2

Fri, 19 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Improvements for our internal proxy

v2.24.1

Sat, 13 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Several improvements on our Database system

v2.24.0

Wed, 10 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Some fixes and improvements to our internal proxy service

Tugboat and Lagoon: A Powerhouse Combo

Wed, 03 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Tugboat and Lagoon team up for a webinar on how Tugboat provides an powerful supplementary testing suite to your Lagoon hosting system. Lagoon subscribers get a special discount on their Tugboat services!

v2.23.28

Wed, 20 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Some bug fixes and improvements for UI and internal proxy service

v2.23.27

Thu, 30 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Several stability and bug fixes

v2.23.26

Wed, 22 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Several bug fixes, and lazy loaded images support for visual diffs

v2.23.25

Thu, 09 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Lighthouse and Puppeteer upgrades, and several bug fixes and improvements

v2.23.24

Tue, 17 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000

UI performance improvements, better queuing system for previews, long header error fix

v2.23.23

Thu, 21 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Various stability improvements and dependency updates

v2.23.22

Wed, 06 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000

The ability to update a preview when you’re over quota, stability improvements, and Google analytics updates.

v2.23.21

Wed, 23 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Several new features for visual diffs and draft PRs.

v2.23.19

Tue, 08 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Minor bug fixes and dependency updates.

v2.23.18

Wed, 19 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Various bug fixes and VisualDiff UI improvements.

v2.23.17

Sat, 17 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Improve error handling.

v2.23.16

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Various minor features and bug fixes.

v2.23.15

Fri, 02 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Documentation updates and minor improvements.

New Site, Who Dis? Tugboatqa.com Gets a Makeover

Mon, 12 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000

2021 has already been a year. So, we’re celebrating by launching a new website.

Premium Automated Testing

Mon, 12 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000

With our Google Lighthouse integration, all Premium plans come with the ability to generate audits and issue scores that display on a comprehensive (and good looking!) dashboard.

Feature Rollout: Repository-Level User Permissions!

Wed, 28 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

We’re thrilled to announce that repository-level user permissions have shipped! Now different users can have different levels of access on a per-repo basis. That means no more needing to have multiple Tugboat projects to manage user access. With repo-level perms, organizations can handle all the repositories of their org from a single Tugboat project, all on a single Tugboat plan. And to top it off, you can still mix and match repos from any Git provider.

Linode: Craft of Code

Thu, 08 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

We partnered with our friends at Linode to tell the story of Ben’s work on Tugboat, our journey from the beginning, and how Linode has supported us along the way.

FedRAMP Tugboat from BlackMesh

Thu, 25 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

We are excited to partner with Contegix to offer Tugboat on their FedRAMP-authorized PaaS.

Drupal Contrib: It’s Happening!

Mon, 22 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Achievement Unlocked: End-to-end Drupal contribution lifecycle from the browser!

What the heck is Tugboat CPU, and why do I want more of it?

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Every Tugboat subscription dishes out delectable slices of sustainably farmed, certified organic, cave-aged CPUs.

Minimize Reinvention, Minimize Rework.

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

The merits from the past propel us forward into a more scaleable, collaborative future.

Allow Us to (Re)introduce Ourselves: Tugboat's Slack Community

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Our Slack community is shifting to a collaborative place for connecting with others in the DevOps community.

10 Tips for Writing Your Tugboat YAML Config

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

How to codify your review environments to have clean and fully isolated deployment previews for any code push.

Why Your Team Needs Tugboat

Thu, 28 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

The entire team benefits from deployment previews.

A new department at Lullabot shifts left to ship better code to more clients

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

With Tugboat bringing every commit to life, Lullabot Support & Maintenance is able to take on more work while simultaneously delivering even higher quality results.

Catch Bugs Faster, and Deploy with Confidence — Visual Regression Testing Just Got Better

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Easily add Visual Regression testing to your project, with Tugboat.

Deploy Preview Benefits for Engineering Managers

Wed, 16 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Git pull request builders offer engineering managers many benefits, such as fewer bugs in production, building trust with stakeholders, and cost savings.

WordPress, Drupal, Laravel, Symfony… how do you test a PHP version upgrade?

Mon, 07 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

PHP 8 is here, and with it comes the fear and loathing of testing the upgrade.

Introducing: Tugboat Live Previews for Drupal Core

Wed, 18 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Tugboat and the Drupal Association partner to provide live deploy previews for Drupal Core issues.

The Risky Business of Hosting and the WebDev Agency

Wed, 11 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000

The surprising risks of running a WebDev agency: forced to use someone else’s tools, without extra budget or timeline to compensate.

Building a best-in-class DevOps practice

Thu, 05 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Chromatic delivers a best-in-class web development experience by leveraging Tugboat in DevOps workflows to develop fast, review thoroughly, and deploy with confidence.

Multisite with Tugboat

Fri, 30 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Learn how to configure Multisite Drupal and WordPress deploy previews to share development work with stakeholders and unblock code review.

Deploy Preview Benefits for DevOps and IT Teams

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Git pull request environments are great for DevOps and IT teams, reducing, infrastructure needs and providing the flexibility to iterate and deploy fast.

Get Automated Accessibility Testing for Every Deploy Preview

Wed, 07 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Automated accessibility testing for every pull request. Google Lighthouse integration audits deploy previews for accessibility, SEO, and coding best practices.

Deploy Preview Benefits for UI and UX Designers

Fri, 25 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Git pull request deploy previews facilitate collaboration for UI and UX design teams, making it easier to review and share work, and conduct usability testing.

Deploy Preview Benefits for Project and Product Managers

Thu, 17 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Git pull request previews enable project and product managers to check project status, verify user acceptance criteria, and share progress with stakeholders.

Deploy Preview Benefits for QA Teams

Wed, 09 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Git pull request builders help QA teams work faster, use automated testing and tooling to spot bugs during QA, review multiple PRs simultaneously - and more.

Empowering community-led development of Open Source software

Fri, 14 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000

This popular community resource that enables developers to launch working previews of Drupal modules and themes struggled with aging infrastructure and maintenance overhead. Adopting Tugboat as its back-end infrastructure reduced maintenance costs and requirements, and facilitated contribution.

Deploy Preview Benefits for Back-End Developers

Mon, 10 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Git pull request builders enable back-end developers to conduct interoperability testing, perform code reviews without destroying a local environment, and more.

Unlocking the Power of a Config in a Parameter

Fri, 31 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Tugboat adds a feature enabling developers to build deploy Previews by passing a config as a parameter when using the API or CLI.

Deploy Preview Benefits for Front-End Developers

Wed, 29 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Git pull request builders enable front-end developers to collaborate more effectively, check for visual regressions, and deploy with confidence.

New Service Commands for More Flexible Preview Builds

Mon, 27 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Tugboat adds new service commands to config options to enable deploy previews to better support post-build processes and third-party integrations.

What Is a Git Pull Request Builder and Why Do I Need It?

Wed, 22 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Git pull request builders provide benefits across the org, including cost savings, reduced resource contention, and faster provisioning of new infrastructure.

How to Leverage On-Demand Environments for Automated Testing

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000

How to use on-demand environments for automated testing to accelerate your software development process.

Get Deploy Previews on Pull Requests Without Netlify

Wed, 24 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000

How do you get deploy previews on pull requests if you’re a developer or organization that’s not on Netlify? Tugboat offers hosting-agnostic deploy previews.

Working Website Previews for Static Site Generators

Wed, 17 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Building a working preview of your static site generator website is a great tool for collaborating, code review, testing changes, and debugging.

Language Matters: Why and How Tugboat is Updating Its Language

Tue, 16 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Tugboat is changing some common tech terms in its git repositories and documentation to use more inclusive terminology.

Announcing: Tugboat's New Logo!

Thu, 23 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Tugboat launches a new logo, focused on getting to approval faster.

Introducing: Base Preview Auto Select

Fri, 10 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

New Base Preview functionality speeds up Preview builds and adds versatility for complex git workflows.

Remove Code Review Bottlenecks with Tugboat Previews

Thu, 05 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Tugboat Previews relieve code-review bottlenecks by providing on-demand deployment previews for every pull request, branch, or tag.

Why and How to Use Tugboat's Visual Diffs in Your Workflow

Fri, 28 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Visual regression testing is a snap with Tugboat’s built-in screenshots, visual diffs, and thresholds.

New Docs for Tugboat

Wed, 15 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Dive into the evolution of Tugboat’s new documentation site.

About Tugboat: Continuous Collaboration without Limits

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Team Tugboat

Continuous Collaboration Without Limits

Tugboat creates customizable, containerized environments for engineering teams. These ephemeral environments are called Previews, and can be created automatically when a new pull or merge request is made to GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket.

But it doesn’t stop there. Teams use Tugboat for lots of tasks in the development process; from temporary staging environments, to QA environments, to code reviews; and for more complex DevOps tasks like interoperability testing or experimenting with infrastructure changes. Tugboat is designed to fit your entire software development workflow.

Accelerating an ambitious migration and development project

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

When Digital Services Georgia decided to migrate 80 agency sites to a new digital platform, they needed a Continuous Development tool to help develop, test, and deploy migrations. Tugboat’s on-demand deploy environments increased the velocity and stability of the release process for the entire team.

Accessibility Statement

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Accessibility Statement

This is an accessibility statement from Tugboat QA, LLC.

Conformance status

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA. Tugboat QA is partially conformant with WCAG 2.1 level AA. Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard.

Code of Conduct | Tugboat

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Our Slack Code of Conduct

The Tugboat Slack Community strives to be a helpful and inclusive space, primarily dedicated to Tugboat support, knowledge sharing, and web development discussions. It exists to help users troubleshoot issues, share best practices, learn about Tugboat features, and engage in technical discussions that help our community grow as developers. While we welcome relevant web development conversations, all unauthorized commercial solicitations and self-promotion are strictly prohibited.

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DrupalCon 2025 Survey Results

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4 hours and 43 minutes!

At DrupalCon Atlanta we asked you, “If you use Tugboat, how many hours per week does it save you in reviewing work, code rework, managing staging infrastructure, or other process bottlenecks?” And for those Tugboat users, the average amount of time an individual saves per week is 4 hours and 43 minutes. That’s almost enough time to watch The Princess Bride 3 times in a row!

Enterprise | Tugboat

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Tugboat For

Enterprise

Scaled to fit your business needs

Dedicated instances of Tugboat running in the cloud or on-premise. This means faster build times and access to more features like SEO audits, accessibility testing, and more!

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Why Tugboat for your team?

Teams need versatile, scalable infrastructure options that enable effective work with clients.

Features

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Premium Features

Automated Testing
Without Limits

FedRAMP Hosted Solution

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Tugboat Is King

Fedramp

Fewer Bugs, Faster Iterations - Turn error-prone manual testing into foolproof deployments.

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Tugboat does something extremely valuable; it allows us to iterate more quickly and flag a greater number of issues earlier. Tugboat empowers our clients to feel like they have their hand more firmly on the ship’s tiller during the development process.

Hosting Providers | Tugboat

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Tugboat For

Hosting Providers

Deploy Anywhere!

Tugboat is hosting agnostic. Docker can replicate infrastructure, so why not use it to replicate the infrastructure that your client is hosting on?

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Why Tugboat for your team?

Teams need versatile, scalable infrastructure options that enable effective work with clients.

IBM uses Tugboat to facilitate cross-departmental collaboration

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A migration to a new CMS platform is never easy. Throw in multiple business units, each the size of a large company, each with its own business logic and data to transfer over, and the complexity can become a tangled mess. This is precisely the challenge IBM faced. Stakeholders needed ways to test discrete chunks of code while also conducting integration testing for the entire website. Tugboat’s on-demand staging environments enabled teams to work together at greater speed and with greater confidence.

Industry | Tugboat

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Tugboat For

Industry

Works in Your Industry

With solutions for web and creative agencies, government organizations, higher ed, and large enterprise platforms, we can tailor your Tugboat instance to meet the needs of your organization.

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Why Tugboat for your team?

Teams need versatile, scalable infrastructure options that enable effective work with clients.

Integrations

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Integrations

Connect all the things

Fewer Bugs, Faster Iterations - Turn error-prone manual testing into foolproof deployments.

Isolated Environments Enhance Testing

Every code branch automatically has its own custom, isolated environment with Tugboat. Developers can mix-and-match any combination of service versions or branches on-the-fly to create their environment, without reconfiguring the application.

Isolated Environments Enhance Testing

Every code branch automatically has its own custom, isolated environment with Tugboat.

Privacy Policy | Tugboat

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Privacy Policy

Tugboat QA, LLC knows you are entrusting us with your projects and personal information. Storing your private information is a responsibility we take seriously and we want you to know how we’re handling it. The Privacy Policy applies to both our website, including www.tugboatqa.com and to our subscription service (“Service”) at dashboard.tugboatqa.com.

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Information We Collect

If you're just browsing the website, we collect the same basic information most websites collect. We use common internet technologies, such as cookies and web server logs. This is stuff we collect from everybody, whether they have an account or not.

Resources

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Our Resources

News, articles & insights from the Tugboat team

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EnrollWise™

Accelerating SaaS Success

Lullabot Support & Maintenance

A new department at Lullabot shifts left to ship better code to more clients

Chromatic

Building a best-in-class DevOps practice

Support | Tugboat

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Tugboat Support

Have a question? Run in to a problem? We're here to help!

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Join our Support Slack channel.

Or, file a ticket in the form below. Our typical response time is within one business day. Our normal support hours are 7:00 am through 7:00 pm Central time, except for U.S. Holidays.

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Technology

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Isolated Environments Enhance Testing

Technology | Tugboat

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Tugboat For

Technology

Smarter, Faster Collaboration

Born from Drupal - but working seamlessly with WordPress, React, Adobe Experience Manager, and static site generators like Jekyll, Hugo - plus much more.

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Teams need versatile, scalable infrastructure options that enable effective work with clients.

Terms & Conditions

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Terms of Service

Terms last updated: 6 May, 2026

Contact Information

Tugboat QA, LLC
2750 Buford Hwy, Ste 750-149, Duluth, GA 30096
Website: https://www.tugboatqa.com
Customer Service Email: support@tugboatqa.com

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Definitions

"Service” refers to the applications, software, products, and services provided by Tugboat.
“Tugboat” refers to Tugboat QA, LLC., a Georgia company.
“Content” refers to content featured or displayed through the Website, including without limitation text, data, articles, images, photographs, graphics, software, applications, designs, features, and other materials that are available on the Website or otherwise available through the Service. “User-Generated Content” is Content, written or otherwise, created or uploaded by our Users. “Paid Content” is Content only available to Users who are participating in a payment plan.
The “Website” refers to Tugboat’s website located at tugboatqa.com, and all content, services, and products provided by Tugboat at or through the Website. It also refers to Tugboat-owned subdomains of tugboatqa.com, such as dashboard.tugboatqa.com and docs.tugboatqa.com.

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Tugboat for the Drupal community

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PREVIEW DRUPAL

Tugboat for the Drupal community

Hi. We're the Tugboat team. Tugboat is an automated merge request preview tool originally built by Lullabot. We're giving Tugboat to the Drupal community to empower you to continue to make the web and our world a better place.

Tugboat improves the SDLC for IBM with automated deploy environments

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Every business unit of IBM suffered from a development bottleneck when making changes to the core CMS platform. Enter Tugboat. With our on-premise solution, IBM accelerated development velocity without sacrificing quality and rigorous testing. Testing a new feature or bug fix used to take hours. Now it takes minutes.

Tugboat Newsletter

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Tugboat Newsletter

Interested in learning more about Tugboat? Our Tugboat Newsletter highlights interesting new features, articles, and case studies. We regularly add new features that might improve your build process—this is a great way to find out about them!

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Amber Matz

Tugboat Is Agency Infrastructure

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Rotate Your Keys: Why "Encrypted at Rest" Is Only Half the Job

Tugboat Premium

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Premium Tugboat

In the cloud or on-premise.

Even faster build times plus access to powerful features like SEO audits, accessibility testing, and more.

Your very own boat.

Okay, not a real boat, but all Premium plans do ship with your very own dedicated instance of Tugboat for even faster build times. Premium plans offer 400x more storage space for Previews and 24x more processing power than our highest consumer tier.

Premium Automated Testing
All Premium plans come with the ability to generate audits and issue scores for accessibility, performance, best practices, and SEO.

And you'll have peace of mind with additional support and security - built in.