PikoCI vs Woodpecker CI

Comparing two open source alternatives to GitHub Actions and GitLab CI/CD and Jenkins and CircleCI and Travis CI. Use the comparison below to decide which one fits your needs.

PikoCI

Apache-2.0

PikoCI is a single-binary CI/CD that grows with you. Use any database, any queue, and run anywhere — pipelines as code with built-in caching, scaling, and clean observability.

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Woodpecker CI

Apache-2.0

A simple, yet powerful CI/CD engine with great extensibility. Self-hosted with minimal resource requirements.

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Side-by-side comparison

	PikoCI	Woodpecker CI
License	Apache-2.0	Apache-2.0
Self-hostable	Yes	Yes
GitHub Stars	167	7,800
Forks	6	659
Open Issues	80	364
Last Commit	Sep 1, 2026	Sep 1, 2026
First Released	Sep 28, 2025	Apr 3, 2019
Categories	CI/CD Tools	CI/CD Tools
Tags	#CI/CD #devops	#CI/CD #automation #devops #docker

GitHub stars over time

PikoCI

Woodpecker CI7,800