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Woodpecker CI vs Tekton: catalog facts
Woodpecker CI	Tekton
Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…	Free Free and open source.
Linux, Web, Self-hosted	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 defined as Kubernetes resources Works across cloud providers and on-premise clusters
Fewer ready-made plugins than the large hosted CI services Pipeline syntax has changed between major versions	Requires a Kubernetes cluster A framework to build CI/CD on, not a ready-made hosted service
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	No account 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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