harness/harness
Harness Open Source is an end-to-end developer platform with Source Control Management, CI/CD Pipelines, Hosted Developer Environments, and Artifact Registries. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
88/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 68
- 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: 32
- age_days: 4590
- days_rel: 135
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 12
Adoption not part of the score
38136 stars · 3368 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Harness Open Source is an end-to-end self-hosted developer platform combining Git source control management, CI/CD pipelines, hosted cloud development environments (Gitspaces), and artifact registries. It is the next-generation evolution of Drone CI, written in Go and distributed as a Docker image.
Use cases
- self-host a git code hosting platform with pull requests and code reviews
- run CI/CD pipelines to build, test, and deploy code
- provide pre-configured cloud development environments for developers
- host and manage docker and other artifact registries
- migrate repositories and pipelines from GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, or CircleCI
- replace Drone CI with a full DevOps platform
When to choose
- you want an all-in-one self-hosted alternative to GitHub/GitLab with built-in CI/CD
- you need code hosting, pipelines, dev environments, and artifact registries in a single tool
- you are an existing Drone user looking for a successor platform
- you want one-click migration from GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, or CircleCI
When to avoid
- you only need a lightweight standalone CI runner without code hosting
- you require full Drone pipeline feature parity today, as migration is still in progress
- you prefer managed SaaS DevOps rather than self-hosting
- you need the advanced enterprise Harness modules like security testing or cost management, which are separate commercial offerings
Facets
application · maturity active
ci-cd version-control deployment developer-tools container-orchestration developer-tools self-hosted self-hosted go windows git-hosting gitspaces artifact-registry drone-successor code-reviews cloud-development-environments devops automation docker linux macos
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/harness/harness · fetched 2026-08-28 · ebdbce2e0aa1
- homepage: https://www.harness.io/open-source · fetched 2026-08-29 · 1288b19e8427
- site_page: https://developer.harness.io/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · 23fbe53b62df
- site_page: https://www.harness.io/company/about-us · fetched 2026-08-29 · 97e574f0a2ae
- site_page: https://developer.harness.io/docs/open-source · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8cf43036ccb3
- site_page: https://developer.harness.io/docs/category/gitspaces · fetched 2026-08-29 · 70fec5536284
- site_page: https://developer.harness.io/docs/category/pipelines-1 · fetched 2026-08-29 · 4f3feae51ac1
- site_page: https://developer.harness.io/docs/category/registries · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6796bf10e442
- site_page: https://developer.harness.io/docs/open-source/pipelines/overview · fetched 2026-08-29 · cd7c89260246
- site_page: https://www.harness.io/pricing · fetched 2026-08-29 · a16b230eeccf
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| harness/harness | main | 88 |
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