# Jenkins vs Woodpecker CI

| Attribute | Jenkins | Woodpecker CI |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 55.1 (75% (high)) | 56.5 (43% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 81 | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 0 | 4 |
| adoption.github_stars | 26,498 | 7,753 |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A self-contained Java application that automates building, testing, and deployment workflows. Extensible through hundreds of community-maintained plugins and supports distributing work across multiple machines. | An open source continuous integration and deployment platform that uses Docker containers to execute pipeline steps on self-hosted distributed agents. It supports multiple workflows, dynamic scaling, and extensibility through a plugin ecosystem. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"self","marketplace":true,"matrix_builds":true,"yaml_pipelines":true,"deploy_environments":true,"self_hosted_runners":true}` | `{"hosting":"self","marketplace":true,"yaml_pipelines":true,"container_native":true,"self_hosted_runners":true}` |
| integrations.count | 1 | - |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Subversion"}]` | - |
| language.primary | Java | Go |
| license.spdx | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"web":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.jenkins.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T12:14:47.389Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Free and open source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://woodpecker-ci.org","retrievedAt":"2026-08-16T21:34:09.060Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 5 | 23 |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/releases/tag/jenkins-2.579","date":"2026-08-25T14:26:38Z","type":"stable","version":"jenkins-2.579"},{"url":"https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/releases/tag/jenkins-2.578","date":"2026-08-18T12:31:36Z","type":"stable","version":"jenkins-2.578"},{"url":"https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/releases/tag/jenkins-2.568.3-rc","date":"2026-08-19T13:27:45Z","type":"prerelease","version":"jenkins-2.568.3-rc"},{"url":"https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/releases/tag/jenkins-2.577","date":"2026-08-11T11:06:25Z","type":"stable","version":"jenkins-2.577"},{"url":"https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/releases/tag/jenkins-2.576","date":"2026-08-05T13:46:41Z","type":"stable","version":"jenkins-2.576"},{"url":"https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/releases/tag/jenkins-2.568.2","date":"2026-08-05T13:46:42Z","type":"stable","version":"jenkins-2.568.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/releases/tag/jenkins-2.575","date":"2026-07-28T10:36:25Z","type":"stable","version":"jenkins-2.575"},{"url":"https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/releases/tag/jenkins-2.574","date":"2026-07-21T10:53:52Z","type":"stable","version":"jenkins-2.574"},{"url":"https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/releases/tag/jenkins-2.568.2-rc","date":"2026-07-22T14:02:09Z","type":"prerelease","version":"jenkins-2.568.2-rc"},{"url":"https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/releases/tag/jenkins-2.573","date":"2026-07-14T10:39:15Z","type":"stable","version":"jenkins-2.573"},{"url":"https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/releases/tag/jenkins-2.568.1","date":"2026-07-09T18:05:28Z","type":"stable","version":"jenkins-2.568.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/releases/tag/jenkins-2.572","date":"2026-07-07T10:07:39Z","type":"stable","version":"jenkins-2.572"},{"url":"https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/releases/tag/jenkins-2.571","date":"2026-07-01T07:28:39Z","type":"stable","version":"jenkins-2.571"},{"url":"https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/releases/tag/jenkins-2.568.1-rc","date":"2026-06-25T02:05:20Z","type":"prerelease","version":"jenkins-2.568.1-rc"},{"url":"https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/releases/tag/jenkins-2.570","date":"2026-06-23T10:05:49Z","type":"stable","version":"jenkins-2.570"},{"url":"https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/releases/tag/jenkins-2.569","date":"2026-06-16T13:08:40Z","type":"stable","version":"jenkins-2.569"},{"url":"https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/releases/tag/jenkins-2.568","date":"2026-06-10T12:52:30Z","type":"stable","version":"jenkins-2.568"},{"url":"https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/releases/tag/jenkins-2.555.3","date":"2026-06-10T12:52:28Z","type":"stable","version":"jenkins-2.555.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/releases/tag/jenkins-2.567","date":"2026-06-09T14:56:14Z","type":"stable","version":"jenkins-2.567"},{"url":"https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/releases/tag/jenkins-2.555.3-rc-2","date":"2026-05-29T12:09:33Z","type":"prerelease","version":"jenkins-2.555.3-rc-2"}]` | `[{"url":"https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/releases/tag/v3.18.0","date":"2026-08-24T09:38:02Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.18.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/releases/tag/v3.17.0","date":"2026-07-31T14:08:56Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.17.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/releases/tag/v3.16.0","date":"2026-06-27T11:45:43Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.16.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/releases/tag/v3.15.0","date":"2026-05-28T10:40:37Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.15.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/releases/tag/v3.14.1","date":"2026-05-12T11:09:19Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.14.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/releases/tag/v3.14.0","date":"2026-05-01T09:28:41Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.14.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/releases/tag/v3.14.0-rc.2","date":"2026-04-27T12:52:05Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v3.14.0-rc.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/releases/tag/v3.14.0-rc.1","date":"2026-04-15T10:18:01Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v3.14.0-rc.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/releases/tag/v3.14.0-rc.0","date":"2026-04-01T13:00:08Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v3.14.0-rc.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/releases/tag/v3.13.0","date":"2026-01-14T12:26:17Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.13.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/releases/tag/v3.12.0","date":"2025-11-18T17:26:23Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.12.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/releases/tag/v3.11.0","date":"2025-10-19T16:18:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.11.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/releases/tag/v3.11.0-rc.0","date":"2025-10-02T06:17:53Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v3.11.0-rc.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/releases/tag/v3.10.0","date":"2025-09-28T20:18:08Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.10.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/releases/tag/v3.9.0","date":"2025-08-20T20:54:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.9.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/releases/tag/v3.8.0","date":"2025-07-05T07:43:20Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.8.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/releases/tag/v3.7.0","date":"2025-06-06T16:53:32Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.7.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/releases/tag/v3.6.0","date":"2025-05-07T11:48:39Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.6.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/releases/tag/v3.5.2","date":"2025-04-15T20:13:31Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.5.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/releases/tag/v3.5.1","date":"2025-04-04T09:24:22Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.5.1"}]` |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | 5.5 | 6.1 |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=helm&package_name=jenkins-x%2Fjenkins&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | `{"count":3,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fwoodpecker-ci%2Fwoodpecker&per_page=100","last_12m":1,"max_severity":"HIGH"}` |

## Capabilities (CI/CD Tools)

| Capability | Jenkins | Woodpecker CI |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Self-hosted only | Self-hosted only |
| Self-hosted runners | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Core** |  |  |
| Config-as-code pipelines | ✓ | ✓ |
| Matrix / parallel builds | ✓ | - |
| **Build** |  |  |
| Container-native builds | - | ✓ |
| **Performance** |  |  |
| Build caching | - | - |
| **Security** |  |  |
| Secrets management | - | - |
| **Delivery** |  |  |
| Deployment environments & approvals | ✓ | - |
| **Ecosystem** |  |  |
| Reusable actions / marketplace | ✓ | ✓ |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:50:49.075Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*