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Woodpecker

Woodpecker is a simple, yet powerful CI/CD engine with great extensibility.

From woodpecker-ci·Updated June 17, 2026·View on GitHub·

Woodpecker is a simple, yet powerful CI/CD engine with great extensibility. The project is written primarily in Go, distributed under the Apache License 2.0 license, first published in 2019. It has gained significant community traction with 7,267 stars and 591 forks on GitHub. Key topics include: automation, ci, cicd, devops, docker.

Latest release: v3.15.03.15.0
May 28, 2026View Changelog →

Woodpecker

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Woodpecker is a simple, yet powerful CI/CD engine with great extensibility.

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Installation & Resources

Woodpecker can be installed in various ways (see the Installation Instructions) and runs with SQLite as database by default.
It requires around 100 MB of RAM (Server) and 30 MB (Agent) at runtime in idle mode.

Support

You can support the project by becoming a backer on Open Collective or via GitHub Sponsors.

<a href="https://opencollective.com/woodpecker-ci" target="_blank"><img src="https://opencollective.com/woodpecker-ci/backers.svg?width=890" alt="Open Collective backers"></a>

Documentation

Our documentation can be found at https://woodpecker-ci.org/docs/intro.

Translation

We have a self-hosted Weblate instance at translate.woodpecker-ci.org.

An overview of the current translation state is available at https://translate.woodpecker-ci.org/projects/woodpecker-ci/#languages.

Public Woodpecker Instances

Woodpecker is used as the main CI/CD engine at Codeberg, an alternative Git hosting platform with a focus on privacy and free software development.

Plugins

Woodpecker can be extended via plugins.
The plugin overview website helps browsing available plugins.
It combines both plugins by the Woodpecker core team and community-maintained ones.

Star History

Star History Chart

License

Woodpecker is Apache 2.0 licensed.
The source files have a header indicating which license they are under and what copyrights apply.

Everything in docs/ is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License.

Contributors

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