act
CI/CD & BuildRun GitHub Actions workflows locally for fast feedback
Replaces GitHub Actions
Best Cross-Platform CI/CD & Build for self-hosting
The 6 best Cross-Platform ci/cd & build you can self-host, ranked by community traction.
Dagger
CI/CD & BuildProgrammable CI/CD engine that runs pipelines as code
Replaces GitHub Actions, CircleCI
Earthly
CI/CD & BuildRepeatable, container-based builds for CI
Replaces Make, GitHub Actions
Buildkite Agent
CI/CD & BuildSelf-hosted CI/CD agent for your own infrastructure
Replaces GitHub Actions, CircleCI
GitLab
CI/CD & BuildGit-repository manager providing wiki, issue-tracking and CI/CD
Replaces GitHub
Bamboo
CI/CD & BuildContinuous integration server
No apps match these filters.
At a glance
| App | Deploy effort | Difficulty | Min. RAM | License | ★ Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| act | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 256 MB | MIT | 72,322 |
| Dagger | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 1,024 MB | Apache-2.0 | 16,337 |
| Earthly | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 512 MB | MPL-2.0 | 12,058 |
| Buildkite Agent | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 256 MB | MIT | 1,095 |
| GitLab | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 2,000 MB | MIT | — |
| Bamboo | Read-the-docs project | Medium | 512 MB | ⊘ Proprietary | — |
Quick picks
- Most adopted: act (72,322 GitHub stars).
- Lightest footprint: act (from 256 MB RAM, against 2,000 MB for the heaviest here).
- Licensing: 3 of 6 use MIT; check the rest individually if you plan to modify and redistribute.
Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Cross-Platform within the ci/cd & build category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.