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Woodpecker CI vs Drone: catalog facts
Woodpecker CI	Drone
Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…	Free Open-source edition under the Apache 2.0 licence.
Linux, Web, Self-hosted	Windows, Linux, Self-hosted
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 defined in a readable file kept in the repository Every step runs in an isolated container
Fewer ready-made plugins than the large hosted CI services Pipeline syntax has changed between major versions	Now owned by Harness, so its long-term direction depends on that company Requires Docker and a server you run yourself
Self-hosted, Web application	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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