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Woodpecker CI
★ 5kLightweight 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
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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