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Woodpecker CI

★ 5k

Lightweight container-native CI where every pipeline step runs in a Docker image.

Woodpecker CI does the job of CircleCI, self-hosted. It is Apache-2.0-licensed, so you can do essentially what you like with it, and setting it up is an afternoon, not a weekend. CircleCI bills $30 for it. 5k stars on GitHub.

Open-source replacement for CircleCI.

Licence
Apache-2.0
Self-hosting
Medium
The paid one costs
$30
GitHub stars
5k
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Is it actually a replacement?

We have not written a verdict on CircleCI yet, so this page says what Woodpecker CI is rather than judging what you would give up. When that product gets a page, this one will link to it.

Woodpecker CI questions

Is Woodpecker CI open source?

Yes — it is released under Apache-2.0.

Can I self-host Woodpecker CI?

Yes — we rate it medium to self-host.

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