Woodpecker CI
Lightweight, self-hosted CI/CD engine — a community-maintained fork of Drone.
Self-hosted Open source Apache 2.0 ci-cdself-hostingdocker
Pricing
Free (open source).
Woodpecker CI is what to reach for when GitLab or Jenkins feel like too much — pipelines are plain YAML running Docker containers, with a lightweight server and agent architecture.
Key features
- Simple YAML pipeline syntax
- Every pipeline step runs in its own container
- Plugin system for common integration steps
- Low resource footprint, easy to self-host on a small VM
Self-hosted vs. cloud
Self-hosted only — there’s no managed offering, which is consistent with its target audience of teams already running their own infrastructure.
Quick start
docker run -d --name woodpecker-server -p 8000:8000 woodpeckerci/woodpecker-server
Alternatives
GitLab CI/CD if you want source control, registry, and pipelines under one roof instead of a standalone runner.