The State of GitOps report

by Steve Fenton (Research Lead), Bob Walker, Dan Garfield

The State of GitOps report investigates the adoption, practices, and benefits of a GitOps approach. Our research is based on data from 660 survey responses and interviews with a panel of experts and practitioners.

Inside you'll find insights, such as...

Adoption is increasing

GitOps adoption is on the rise, and most organizations plan to sustain or increase their use of GitOps.

GitOps is linked to better software outcomes

Teams with the most mature GitOps practices are more likely to exhibit higher software delivery performance and reliability.

Automatic reconciliation is less adopted but crucial

Organizations are hesitating with automatic reconciliation, but those who miss this practice get fewer benefits from GitOps.

Good GitOps

The report contains everything you need to understand what good GitOps looks like and how each practice is linked to desirable results.

81 pages, ebook

Published June 1, 2025

About the author

Steve Fenton is a Principal DevEx Researcher at Octopus Deploy, a DORA Community Guide, and a eight-time Microsoft MVP for developer technologies. He’s a Software Punk, an author, a programming-architect, a pragmatist/abstractionist, and a generalising-generalist. He has written books on TypeScript, Octopus Deploy, and Web Operations Monitoring.