Plugins
Jenkins is highly plugin-oriented, which means that a lot of features are delivered by the use of plugins. They can extend Jenkins almost in the unlimited way, which, taking into consideration the large community, is one of the reasons why Jenkins is such a successful tool. With Jenkins' openness, comes the risk and it's better to download plugins only from the reliable source or check their source code.
There are literally tons of plugins to choose from. Some of them were already installed automatically during the initial configuration. Another one (Docker plugin) was installed while setting the Docker agents. There are plugins for cloud integration, source control tools, code coverage, and much more. You can also write your own ...
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