The quick start guide for Codefresh provides a comprehensive walkthrough for using its CI/CD capabilities and GitOps features, particularly for users interested in building and testing applications or managing Kubernetes environments. It assumes a foundational understanding of containerization, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, Git, Kubernetes, and ArgoCD, but also offers explanations and step-by-step instructions for newcomers. Users will set up runtimes for testing purposes, using tools like OpenTofu/Terraform to create necessary resources on a local minikube cluster. The guide covers configuring a Codefresh account, integrating with GitHub, and deploying both a demo project and pipeline. It explains the process of running pipelines using the Codefresh CI for application builds and tests, utilizing Docker and minikube. Additionally, the guide explores GitOps, showing how to use application manifests for syncing applications. Upon completion, users will have the skills to streamline development and deployment processes locally, without needing a cloud provider, and are instructed on how to clean up resources once they have finished.