# Cirrus CI

10 Hacker News commenters recommended Cirrus CI and 6 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Developers liked its Docker support, log viewer, and free hosting for open source, and rated it above GitHub Actions. Critics object to the short notice of its shutdown.

## Why people recommend it

- Better than GitHub Actions (3 comments): "Cirrus CI was in my opinion much better than Github Actions" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47731410)) "your offering was much better than Github Actions" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47710200)) "Cirrus CI is (was?) quite a bit better than them" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47735244))
- Solid, near-perfect CI service (3 comments): "Cirrus Labs has been doing solid work in mobile CI/CD infrastructure" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47731485)) "CirrusCI was very close to a perfect CI system" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47731362)) "Cirrus CI is the best Ci solution I have used" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47704498))
- Better UX and more platforms (2 comments): "Better UX than their competitors and support for many different images." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47731376)) "Much better UX for viewing logs, more supported platforms." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47732114))
- Free CI and support for open source (2 comments): "Cirrus has been providing quite decent CI facilities, for free." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47730650)) "Cirrus gave a ton of support for years to open source projects." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47731251))

## What people warn about

- Abrupt shutdown with short notice (3 comments): "That is a bit sudden, it would be great if it was possible to get an extra month for migration." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47732513)) "a CI company that shuts down CI services with such short notice?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47730688)) "You're kicking your customers to the curb." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47731148))
- Seen as not caring about customers (2 comments): "I don’t think they care about their customers at all" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47730749)) "You're kicking your customers to the curb." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47731148))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [GitHub Actions](https://hackerapproved.com/p/github-actions.md): 234 recommend
- [Jenkins](https://hackerapproved.com/p/jenkins.md): 67 recommend
- [GitLab CI](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gitlab-ci.md): 56 recommend
- [Dagger](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dagger.md): 43 recommend
- [Woodpecker CI](https://hackerapproved.com/p/woodpecker-ci.md): 37 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Cirrus CI", https://hackerapproved.com/p/cirrus-ci/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).