Instead of CircleCI

Hosted continuous integration on every push.

Worth the work

Woodpecker is the small, self-hosted CI that fits a Forgejo or GitHub repo. Jenkins still exists, still works, and still looks like Jenkins.

You lose: The managed runners and the minutes you never think about.

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Woodpecker

Apache-2.0an eveningactive

Pipelines from a YAML file, with a UI that fits the job. Smaller plugin ecosystem.

github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker woodpecker-ci.org

A compose file, a domain and a reverse proxy.

Also worth a look

JenkinsMITa weekendactive
Every plugin ever written, and the maintenance that comes with them.
github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins www.jenkins.io
ForgejoGPL-3.0an eveningactive
Repositories and Actions in one binary. The runner ecosystem is the gap.
codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo forgejo.org

What the desk has written

Facts checked 8 November 2026. Licences, activity and archive status come from each project's own repository; the verdict and the cost lines are the desk's.