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CI-as-a-Service Platform Research

CI-as-a-Service Platform Research

This page details and compares available CI-as-a-Service (CISaaS) platforms for open source communities. Though there is no free SaaS provider for Jenkins, it is included in the comparison as that is what most LFN projects are currently using.



Notes on Systems Not Included

There are several other CI SaaS platforms out there not included in this comparison for various reasons.

  • Travis-CI
    After the majority of senior staff was laid off when the company was acquired, Travis-CI was essentially put into standby mode. No new major feature or changes are expected.

  • Bitbucket Pipelines
    Bitbucket Pipelines requires code be hosted in Bitbucket and only provides 50 free minutes per-month for open source projects. This is far to few to even evaluate the system.

  • Appveyor
    Originally the only place to get free Windows builds. There's little need to use them when Azure Pipelines provides all-if-not-more of the same services.

SCM Support by Platform

This table details the support for CI systems to report back the status of builds to SCM providers. 



Gerrit

Github

GitLab

Bitbucket

Azure Code



Gerrit

Github

GitLab

Bitbucket

Azure Code

Jenkins