CrowCI
Shares rank 17 of 20 CI/CD services by recommenders
Recommended as a self-hosted replacement for GitHub Actions, a Woodpecker fork that one user reports has better docs.
Recommended as a self-hosted replacement for GitHub Actions, a Woodpecker fork that one user reports has better docs.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Self-hosted replacement for GitHub Actions
“Moved to self hosted crowci instead of actions.”
Comment from 24 Mar 2026 in “GitHub is once again down” Praised as a Woodpecker fork
“His work on CrowCI (Woodpecker fork) has been great.”
Comment from 24 Aug 2026 in “Codefloe Is a Professionally Hosted Public Git Forge” Reported to have better docs
“seems to have better docs”
Comment from 16 Dec 2025 in “Pricing Changes for GitHub Actions” Users happily switched from other tools
“I switched to Forgejo, Crow CI and YouTrack and couldn't be happier”
Comment from 11 May 2026 in “GitLab Announces Workforce Reduction and End of Their CREDIT Values”
Other CI/CD services people recommend
The four most recommended other CI/CD services, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub Actions | 234 | 741 | 24% | 12 | 2 yrs21 owners | — |
| Jenkins | 67 | 57 | 54% | 9 | — | — |
| GitLab CI | 56 | 25 | 69% | 11 | 3 yrs9 owners | Approved |
| Dagger | 43 | 23 | 65% | 10 | — | — |
| CrowCIThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
4 of the 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“His work on CrowCI (Woodpecker fork) has been great.”
“I switched to Forgejo, Crow CI and YouTrack and couldn't be happier”
“Moved to self hosted crowci instead of actions.”
“seems to have better docs”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.