Drone
Drone is an open-source, self-hosted app in the CI/CD & Deployment category, licensed Apache-2.0 and written mainly in Go. It is a self-hosted alternative to GitHub Actions / CircleCI and ships a Docker image. It has 38,710 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 23, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 38,710
- Forks
- 3,445
- Open issues
- 100
- Commits, last 12 months
- 530
- Last commit
- Oct 23, 2026
- Latest release
- v2.28.2Apr 20, 2026
- Created
- Feb 7, 2014
- License
- Apache-2.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 23, 2026, 530 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases4 releases in 12 months
| Last commit | Oct 23, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 530 |
| Latest release | v2.28.2 (Apr 20, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 4 |
| Releases, all time | 59 |
| Open issues | 100 |
| Open pull requests | 25 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | No |
| Created | Feb 7, 2014 |
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About Drone
Container-native continuous integration platform.
Description written by appsgit. Source code: github.com/harness/harness.
Topics
- continuous-delivery
- continuous-integration
- go
- build-pipelines
- build-automation
- docker
- ci
- ci-cd
- hacktoberfest
- git
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Is Drone free and open source?
Yes. Drone is open-source software released under the Apache-2.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Drone with Docker?
Yes. Drone provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to Drone?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Drone include Jenkins, GitLab and Woodpecker CI. Drone itself is a self-hosted alternative to GitHub Actions / CircleCI.
Is Drone actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Drone was on Oct 23, 2026 with 530 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v2.28.2, published Apr 20, 2026. It had 100 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.