CategoryContinuous Integration & Delivery
PricingFree, open source+ paid cloud / support
Self-hostableYes
Repositoryharness/drone
LicenseApache-2.0
LanguageGo
Last activityOct 2026Active
Repository
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Stars38k
Forks3.4k
Open issues117
Last pushOct 2026
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