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Woodpecker CI vs Concourse CI: catalog facts
Woodpecker CI	Concourse CI
Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…	Free Free and open source.
Linux, Web, Self-hosted	Linux, Self-hosted, Command line
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	Pipelines are fully defined in code Container-based tasks for reproducible builds
Fewer ready-made plugins than the large hosted CI services Pipeline syntax has changed between major versions	Requires running your own web node, workers and PostgreSQL Its resource and job model takes time to learn
Self-hosted, Web application	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
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 September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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