Woodpecker CI
Open-source, container-based CI/CD engine, a community fork of Drone CI.
HN commenters recommend it as a simple, easy-to-run CI for self-hosting,12 often paired with Forgejo or Gitea.345 The main caveat is that users coming from GitHub may find a few basic features missing,6 though it is improving regularly.7
Why people recommend it
Forgejo/Gitea pairing · 3
Commenters use it as the CI/CD piece alongside self-hosted Forgejo or Gitea.
“forgejo for hosting, woodpecker for CI/CD.”
“we initially ran BuildKite but switched to Woodpecker for Forgeo.”
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“Woodpecker is perfectly okay and more free in regards to what you can do”
Simple design · 1
Described as simple, easy to run and use, and usable without being a programmer.
“I recommend Drone.io or WoodpeckerCI for hosting your own CI.”
Works well · 2
Users call it really pleasant and say it has worked well for them.
“This one is really pleasant: https://woodpecker-ci.org/”
“For CI/CD woodpecker has been working for us really well”
Drone alternative · 3
It is a Drone CI fork, and one user who moved from Drone found it more flexible.
“Woodpecker is perfectly okay and more free in regards to what you can do”
“I really need to check out woodpeckerci (drone ci fork)”
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“I recommend Drone.io or WoodpeckerCI for hosting your own CI.”
Hosted option · 1
Codeberg offers hosted Woodpecker CI.
“Codeberg offers hosted Woodpecker CI.”
Caveats and dissent
Missing features · 1
Users coming from GitHub may be frustrated by a few missing basic features.
“we initially ran BuildKite but switched to Woodpecker for Forgeo.”
Often compared with
Threads where it came up
Also written as WoodpeckerCI. Data: woodpecker-ci.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 10
“I recommend Drone.io or WoodpeckerCI for hosting your own CI.”
“we initially ran BuildKite but switched to Woodpecker for Forgeo.”
“forgejo for hosting, woodpecker for CI/CD.”
“Codeberg offers hosted Woodpecker CI.”
“This one is really pleasant: https://woodpecker-ci.org/”
“Woodpecker is perfectly okay and more free in regards to what you can do”
“For CI/CD woodpecker has been working for us really well”
“it works well with containers and is delightfully simple”
“use WoodpeckerCI otherwise.”
“I really need to check out woodpeckerci (drone ci fork)”