woodpecker-ciAutomation & workflows
woodpecker
A self-hosted, plugin-extensible CI/CD engine with SQLite available by default for the server and a focused pipeline workflow.
- DevOps
- QA / Testing
- Operations
- Automation
- Testing
- Collaboration
- Web
- Browser
- Linux
- Self-hostable
- Runs locally
- Popularity
- 7.9k Stars
- GitHub stars
- Recent activity
- 10/2/2026
- Updated in the last 30 days
- License
- APACHE-2.0
- Permissive
Why it matters
We look beyond stars: what problem it solves, whether it creates real utility, and what makes its approach worth noticing.
Problem
Addresses the need for a lightweight, self-hostable continuous integration service for developers and teams seeking lower overhead than traditional systems.
Practical value
Provides a plug-in-extensible CI/CD engine supporting SQLite by default, with low idle runtime memory footprints of around 100 MB for the server and 30 MB for the agent.
Innovation / differentiation
Serves as a lightweight alternative to mature CI options, lowering deployment barriers through a streamlined architecture and plugin mechanisms without altering core paradigms.
Leverage potential
Supports feature extension through core and community-maintained plugins, and is already utilized as the main CI/CD engine on alternative hosting platforms like Codeberg.
Why now
Fits into the ongoing demand for containerized and self-hosted developer tooling, providing a baseline infrastructure for teams seeking autonomy.
Community activity
In the last 90 days there were 70 new issues and 310 pull requests; the bounded issue/PR samples include 57 issue authors and 26 PR contributors, with at least 3 releases.
Maintainer responsiveness
The 70-issue window sample had a 54% close rate, and the 98-pull-request sample had a 80% merge rate. Maintainer-response observations covered 51% of that issue sample, with a 3% response rate and median first response of 2.5 hours.
Key highlights
- Run a self-hosted CI/CD system composed of server and agent components
- Use SQLite as the default server database for smaller deployments
- Extend build, release, and notification pipeline steps through plugins
Quick start
How it is installed, how hard it is, and where to start.
Where it runs
Self-hosted (your own server)
Difficulty
Medium — some setup needed
- 01Follow the official installation documentation to prepare the Woodpecker server and agent.
- 02Connect the source-code hosting platform and configure a pipeline for the repositories you want to build.
- 03Add publishing, notification, or other pipeline steps from the documented plugin catalog as needed.
Best for
- Teams that want data on their own servers
- Developers who want to try it on their machine
More about it
Woodpecker is an open-source CI/CD engine with separate server and agent components and a plugin model for extending pipelines. The official README points to the full installation documentation and notes that the server can use SQLite by default, so smaller deployments do not need an external database before getting started. It also documents approximate idle resource use and links to the plugin catalog. Codeberg uses Woodpecker as its main CI/CD engine, providing a concrete example beyond personal test deployments.
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capability tags
Verifiedautomation, testing, collaboration
Source: manual_curator · Manually curated from the official repository README and project links. · 8/17/2026
Latest release
Verifiedv3.18.1
Source: GitHub API · latest_release=v3.18.1 · 10/2/2026
License
VerifiedApache-2.0
Source: GitHub API · license.spdx_id=Apache-2.0 · 10/2/2026
needs api key
VerifiedNo
Source: manual_curator · Manually curated from the official repository README and project links. · 8/17/2026
One-liner
Verified{"en":"A self-hosted, plugin-extensible CI/CD engine with SQLite available by default for the server and a focused pipeline workflow.","zh":"可自行部署并通过插件扩展的 CI/CD 引擎，服务端默认可使用 SQLite，适合构建自动化流水线。"}
Source: manual_curator · Manually curated from the official repository README and project links. · 8/17/2026
Platforms
Verifiedbrowser, linux
Source: manual_curator · Manually curated from the official repository README and project links. · 8/17/2026
Category hint
Inferred from materialsai-apps
Source: Project README · hint=ai-apps · 8/14/2026
product forms
Verifiedweb
Source: manual_curator · Manually curated from the official repository README and project links. · 8/17/2026
role tags
Verifieddevops, qa, operations
Source: manual_curator · Manually curated from the official repository README and project links. · 8/17/2026
supports local
VerifiedYes
Source: manual_curator · Manually curated from the official repository README and project links. · 8/17/2026
supports self host
VerifiedYes
Source: manual_curator · Manually curated from the official repository README and project links. · 8/17/2026
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