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microsoft/azure-pipelines-agent

Azure Pipelines Agent 🚀 observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/microsoft/azure-pipelines-agent · C# · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

97/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 93
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 20
  • age_days: 3835
  • days_rel: 44
  • days_push: 8
  • n_releases_24m: 36

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1911 stars · 930 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

The official cross-platform build and release agent for Azure Pipelines and Team Foundation Server 2015+, written in C# for .NET. It runs CI/CD jobs on self-hosted machines across Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Use cases

  • run azure pipelines jobs on my own server
  • self-hosted build agent for azure devops
  • set up a ci runner on linux for tfs
  • execute release pipelines on-premises
  • cross-platform ci agent for windows mac and linux
  • connect on-prem machine to azure pipelines

When to choose

  • you need self-hosted agents for Azure Pipelines or TFS/Azure DevOps Server
  • your builds require specific hardware, OS versions, or network access not available in Microsoft-hosted agents
  • you want an officially supported, actively maintained agent

When to avoid

  • you use GitHub Actions or another CI system instead of Azure DevOps
  • Microsoft-hosted agents meet your needs and you don't want to manage infrastructure
  • you need a general-purpose CI runner unrelated to Azure DevOps

Facets

application · maturity active

ci-cd deployment developer-tools cloud-computing windows cross-platform dotnet azure-devops azure-pipelines build-agent release-agent tfs microsoft devops automation macos linux

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Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
microsoft/azure-pipelines-agentmain97

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