ArgoCI/CDArgo is a CNCF graduated family of open source Kubernetes tools: Argo CD for GitOps delivery, Workflows, Rollouts and Events.Open sourceSelf-hostedViews · 7 daysTop 29%
CI/CD
Compare CI/CD platforms for continuous integration, continuous deployment, and build automation.
18 results in CI/CD
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ArgoCI/CDArgo is a CNCF graduated family of open source Kubernetes tools: Argo CD for GitOps delivery, Workflows, Rollouts and Events.Open sourceSelf-hosted28 views24,558 stars
AtlantisInfrastructure as CodeAtlantis is an Apache-2.0, self-hosted Go server that runs Terraform or OpenTofu plan and apply from pull request comments on GitHub, GitLab, Gitea, Bitbucket and Azure DevOps, with locking, apply requirements and conftest policies.Open sourceSelf-hostedViews · 7 daysTop 16%
CircleCICI/CDCircleCI runs pipelines defined in repository configuration, in its cloud, on self-hosted runners or on CircleCI Server, with a free plan.CommercialSelf-hostedFreemiumViews · 7 daysNo views in 7 days
CloudsmithPackage & Artifact RegistriesCloudsmith is a managed artifact repository for 30+ package formats, containers and AI models, with upstream proxying, policy as code, cooldowns, signing and global distribution. Free Core plan; Pro from $149 a month.CommercialWeb platformFreemiumViews · 7 daysTop 10%
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GiteaVersion Control & Code HostingGitea is an MIT-licensed, self-hosted Git platform written in Go. It combines repositories, pull requests, issues, projects, 20+ package registries and Gitea Actions CI/CD, with optional Cloud and Enterprise plans.Open sourceSelf-hostedFreemiumViews · 7 daysNo views in 7 days
GitHubVersion Control & Code HostingGitHub, by GitHub, Inc., hosts Git repositories with pull requests, issues and Projects, Actions CI/CD, Codespaces, Copilot and security scanning. Plans: Free, Team at $4 and Enterprise at $21 per user per month, plus self-hosted Enterprise Server.CommercialSelf-hostedFreemiumViews · 7 daysNo views in 7 days
GitLabVersion Control & Code HostingGitLab combines Git hosting, merge requests, built-in CI/CD, security testing, planning and Duo AI agents. It runs as GitLab.com, as GitLab Self-Managed (Community or Enterprise Edition) or as single-tenant GitLab Dedicated.Open sourceSelf-hostedFreemiumViews · 7 daysNo views in 7 days
HarnessCI/CDHarness is a commercial software delivery platform with CI, CD and GitOps, infrastructure as code, security testing, feature flags, a developer portal and cost management, offered as SaaS, self-managed, and as free Harness Open Source.CommercialSelf-hostedFreemiumViews · 7 daysNo views in 7 days
JenkinsCI/CDJenkins is a self-hosted automation server that runs CI/CD pipelines defined as code (Jenkinsfile), extended through a large plugin ecosystem.Open sourceSelf-hostedViews · 7 daysNo views in 7 days
KeyshadeSecrets ManagementKeyshade stores secrets and variables per workspace, project and environment, encrypts secrets with a project key pair and injects values into running apps through keyshade run. MIT-licensed, with a hosted cloud and plan tiers.Open sourceSelf-hostedFreemiumViews · 7 daysNo views in 7 days
NxCI/CDNx is an MIT-licensed monorepo build system for TypeScript and polyglot codebases that caches unchanged tasks, runs only affected ones and integrates with CI.Open sourceSoftwareViews · 7 daysNo views in 7 days
Octopus DeployCI/CDOctopus Deploy is a continuous delivery platform that takes over from your CI tool to manage releases, environments, tenants and runbooks.CommercialSelf-hostedFreemiumViews · 7 daysNo views in 7 days
PullfrogAI Coding Assistants & Agent ToolingPullfrog is an MIT-licensed GitHub App and Action that runs coding agents inside your own GitHub Actions. It reviews pull requests, fixes failing CI, triages issues and answers @pullfrog mentions using your own model keys or subscription.Open sourceWeb platformFreemiumViews · 7 daysTop 16%
Terrateam (Stategraph Orchestration)Infrastructure as CodeTerrateam plans and applies Terraform, OpenTofu, Terragrunt, CDKTF and Pulumi changes from GitHub and GitLab pull requests, with policies, cost estimates and drift detection. Its engine now ships as Stategraph Orchestration, MPL-2.0, cloud or self-hosted.Open sourceSelf-hostedFreemiumViews · 7 daysTop 29%
Travis CICI/CDTravis CI runs build and test jobs from a configuration file in your repository, as a hosted service or on-premise with Travis CI Enterprise.CommercialSelf-hostedPaidViews · 7 daysNo views in 7 days
ZeroAI Coding Assistants & Agent ToolingZero is an MIT-licensed AI coding agent for the terminal, built in Go by Twigpine. It reads repositories, edits files and runs commands under a permission and OS sandbox policy, works with cloud or local models, and keeps sessions on your disk.Open sourceSoftwareViews · 7 daysTop 7%
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How to choose ci/cd tools
CI/CD tools take a commit, build it, run its tests and move the result toward production through repeatable pipelines. This category spans hosted pipeline services, self-hosted automation servers, release orchestrators that manage environments and approvals, GitOps controllers for clusters, monorepo build systems and artifact repositories. It differs from version control, which stores the code, and from PaaS products, which run the finished application rather than the pipeline that ships it.
Who uses these tools
- DevOps and platform engineers
- Developers maintaining build pipelines
- Release managers coordinating environments
Capabilities to compare
- Pipeline definitions stored in the repository
- Hosted versus self-hosted runners and agents
- Build caching and affected-only test runs
- Deployment strategies, approvals and rollbacks
- Artifact and package repository integration
Operating considerations
- Runner compute minutes are the main cost driver
- Secrets exposure in build logs and forks
- Pipeline syntax ties you to one tool
- Self-hosted runners need patching and isolation
Selection checklist
- List your languages, build targets and operating systems, then confirm each one has supported runners or images.
- Run one real pipeline end to end and measure queue time, build time and cache hit rate.
- Check how secrets are stored, masked in logs and restricted for pull requests from forks.
- Estimate monthly cost from your actual commit volume, concurrency needs and runner minutes.
What belongs in this category: A product belongs here when its main job is building, testing, packaging or releasing code automatically on each change, rather than hosting repositories, running applications in production or monitoring them afterwards.
CI/CD on iThub in figures
iThub lists 18 tools in CI/CD. 12 of 18 are open source, 14 of 18 can be self-hosted, 17 of 18 have a free, freemium or open-source pricing model and 14 of 18 offer an API.
- Tools listed
- 18
- Open source
- 12
- Self-hostable
- 14
- Free to start
- 17
- With an API
- 14
- Web app
- 12
- Desktop app
- 8
Recently added: Terrateam (Stategraph Orchestration), Keyshade, GitLab, Atlantis
Typical use cases
- Running tests automatically on every pull request
- Building and publishing container images and packages
- Promoting releases through staging and production environments
- Syncing cluster state from a Git repository
Trade-offs to model
- Hosted pipelines remove server upkeep, while self-hosted servers give full control over network access, hardware and data residency.
- A single delivery platform simplifies governance, whereas pairing a lean CI tool with a separate release tool lets each part be replaced independently.
- Plugin-heavy automation servers adapt to almost anything but accumulate upgrade risk as the plugin count grows.
Common mistakes
- Copying pipeline definitions between repositories instead of using shared templates, which multiplies maintenance with every change.
- Granting deployment credentials to every pipeline job rather than only to the protected release stage.
- Ignoring flaky tests until developers stop trusting red builds and start rerunning them blindly.
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