# CrowCI

5 Hacker News commenters recommended CrowCI and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a self-hosted replacement for GitHub Actions, a Woodpecker fork that one user reports has better docs.

## Why people recommend it

- Self-hosted replacement for GitHub Actions (1 comments): "Moved to self hosted crowci instead of actions." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47510400))
- Praised as a Woodpecker fork (1 comments): "His work on CrowCI (Woodpecker fork) has been great." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49424514))
- Reported to have better docs (1 comments): "seems to have better docs" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46293604))
- Users happily switched from other tools (1 comments): "I switched to Forgejo, Crow CI and YouTrack and couldn't be happier" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48101228))

## 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, "CrowCI", https://hackerapproved.com/p/crowci/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).