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Concourse CI vs Woodpecker CI: catalog facts
Concourse CI	Woodpecker CI
Free Free and open source.	Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…
Linux, Self-hosted, Command line	Linux, Web, Self-hosted
Pipelines are fully defined in code Container-based tasks for reproducible builds	Small server plus agents, so it runs comfortably next to a self-hosted Git server Pipelines are ordinary containers, so no plugin language to learn
Requires running your own web node, workers and PostgreSQL Its resource and job model takes time to learn	Fewer ready-made plugins than the large hosted CI services Pipeline syntax has changed between major versions
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Web application
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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