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What is Drone CI?

Drone CI automates software build and testing. A self-service Continuous Delivery platform for busy development teams. Configuration as code using simple YAML files. Create and share plugins for extended functionality. Customization when you need it. Install Drone in minutes with Docker. Container-native builds run each step in isolated containers. Simple, scalable, and language-agnostic. Acquired by Harness for continued development.

Key Features

  • Configuration as code
  • Container-native
  • Plugin ecosystem
  • YAML pipelines
  • Multi-platform
  • Secrets management
  • Parallelization
  • Matrix builds
  • GitHub/GitLab integration
  • Self-hosted
  • Docker-based
  • Easy installation

🔒 Privacy & Data Protection

Drone is fully self-hosted with all CI/CD data on your infrastructure. No external dependencies required. For teams wanting CircleCI/Travis alternatives with container-native approach, Drone delivers.

Best For

CI/CD pipelinesContainer-native buildsMulti-language projectsSelf-hosted CIGitHub Actions alternativeGitOps workflows

💰 Pricing

Drone is open-source under Apache 2.0. Harness CI available for enterprise features and support.

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