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Concourse vs Woodpecker CI
The same facts for both, read from GitHub every night, and the relation a person reviewed.
| Fact | Concourse | Woodpecker CI |
|---|---|---|
| Language | Go | Go |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Stars | 7.9k | 8k |
| Latest | v8.3.1 | v3.18.1 |
| Last push | 2026-10-06 | 2026-10-06 |
| Release cadence | about 33 days between releases | about 27 days between releases |
| Active contributors | 19 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days | 59 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | none | none |
How they relate
Both replace CircleCI. Alternatives to CircleCI →
Full replacementConcourseSelf-hosted pipelines, each step in a container.
Full replacementWoodpecker CISelf-hosted pipelines in YAML, each step in a container.
Both replace Jenkins. Alternatives to Jenkins →
Full replacementConcoursePipelines declared as resources and jobs, every step in a container.
Full replacementWoodpecker CIPipelines in YAML, each step in its own container.
Concourse
- v8.3.12026-09-28worker: keep in-flight overlay dirs during orphan sweep by @ShravanthReddy in #9695
- v8.3.02026-08-13Chown bind-mount volumes when running as non-root user
- v8.2.52026-08-03[Security] Fix path traversal bug during secrets lookup. Resolves GHSA
- v8.2.42026-06-16fix how resources with check_every: never are handled when scheduling builds
- v8.2.32026-05-27unescape the redirect uri before further parsing it
Concourse
✓ signed The latest release, v8.3.1, carries a signature GitHub verified.
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Woodpecker CI
✓ signed The latest release, v3.18.1, carries a signature GitHub verified.
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