Create is composed of the building, coding, and configuring of the software development process.[8] The specific activities are:

Design of the software and configuration

Coding including code quality and performance

Software build and build performance

Release candidate

Tools and vendor in this category often overlap with other categories. Because DevOps is about breaking down silos, this is reflective in the activities and product solutions.[clarification needed]

Some notable solutions and vendors include Bitbucket, GitLab, GitHub, Electric Cloud, and CFEngine.