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GitHub vs Woodpecker CI: catalog facts
GitHubWoodpecker CI
Freemium

Free to start, with paid plans and paid features such as Copilot.

Free

The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…

Web Linux, Web, Self-hosted
  • Repositories, issues, code review and CI in one place
  • GitHub Actions for automated builds and tests
  • 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
  • Proprietary hosted service, not self-hostable in this form
  • Many advanced features sit behind paid plans
  • Fewer ready-made plugins than the large hosted CI services
  • Pipeline syntax has changed between major versions
Web application, Hosted service Self-hosted, Web application
Closed source Open source
License not stated License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Needs internet Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 23, 2026

Checked September 22, 2026

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