# 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.

Repository: https://github.com/harness/harness
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/harness-harness
Homepage: https://www.harness.io/open-source
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: continuous-delivery, continuous-integration, go, build-pipelines, build-automation, docker, ci, ci-cd, hacktoberfest, git, scm, code-repository
Last push: 2026-08-26T11:17:02+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 88/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 68, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4590, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 135, "gap_med": 32, "n_releases_24m": 12}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 38136, forks 3368 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:01.667038+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: ci-cd, version-control, deployment, developer-tools, container-orchestration
- domain: developer-tools, self-hosted
- platform: self-hosted, go, windows
- tags: git-hosting, gitspaces, artifact-registry, drone-successor, code-reviews, cloud-development-environments, devops, automation, docker, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- harness/harness (main) score 88

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:01.667038+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:25:01.160748+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/harness/harness (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:01.667038+00:00, sha ebdbce2e0aa1)
  - homepage: https://www.harness.io/open-source (fetched 2026-08-29T07:47:18.202239+00:00, sha 1288b19e8427)
  - site_page: https://developer.harness.io/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T07:47:18.211978+00:00, sha 23fbe53b62df)
  - site_page: https://www.harness.io/company/about-us (fetched 2026-08-29T07:47:18.216287+00:00, sha 97e574f0a2ae)
  - site_page: https://developer.harness.io/docs/open-source (fetched 2026-08-29T07:47:18.218325+00:00, sha 8cf43036ccb3)
  - site_page: https://developer.harness.io/docs/category/gitspaces (fetched 2026-08-29T07:47:18.219927+00:00, sha 70fec5536284)
  - site_page: https://developer.harness.io/docs/category/pipelines-1 (fetched 2026-08-29T07:47:18.221389+00:00, sha 4f3feae51ac1)
  - site_page: https://developer.harness.io/docs/category/registries (fetched 2026-08-29T07:47:18.222831+00:00, sha 6796bf10e442)
  - site_page: https://developer.harness.io/docs/open-source/pipelines/overview (fetched 2026-08-29T07:47:18.224325+00:00, sha cd7c89260246)
  - site_page: https://www.harness.io/pricing (fetched 2026-08-29T07:47:18.214098+00:00, sha a16b230eeccf)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.