# Drone CI

9 Hacker News commenters recommended Drone CI and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A simple, lightweight CI server that people find easy to run and use, and some say it is good for small teams. One critic reports an abrupt vendor change that left users to clean up.

## Why people recommend it

- Simple and easy to set up (3 comments): "It's a very good design; very simple, easy to run, easy to use" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50223870)) "Very easy to stand up, does just fine." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47934992)) "Now that's a dead simple CI system." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46129209))
- Lightweight and does the job (2 comments): "seems to be another popular (and lightweight) alternative" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46106305)) "Very easy to stand up, does just fine." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47934992))
- Liked by past and current users (2 comments): "Personally my favorite is probably drone-ci." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48036576)) "I had good memories about droneci" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46913598))

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