CI/CD teams are choosing between long-running automation servers, Kubernetes delivery tools, local workflow runners, and newer release-control platforms. For June 2026, ToolVitals data compares 22 open/source-visible CI/CD Tools using health score, shipping score, ToolVitals score, GitHub stars, status, openness_label, and license_label.
This ranking uses open/source-visible tools only and sorts by ToolVitals score first, with GitHub stars used only as a secondary popularity signal when scores are close. The license and openness fields are reported as given; in this dataset, every ranked tool carries the openness_label “OSI-approved OSS”, while license_label varies across MIT, Apache-2.0, AGPL-3.0, Zlib, and BSD-3-Clause.
Rankings
| Rank | Tool | Openness | License | Health | Shipping | GitHub Stars | Score | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jenkins | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 100 | 100 | 25460 | 100 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 2 | Dagger | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 98 | 100 | 15972 | 99 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 3 | Buildkite Agent | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 98 | 100 | 1001 | 99 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 4 | Superplane | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 95 | 100 | 3064 | 98 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 5 | App Store Connect CLI | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 93 | 100 | 4802 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 6 | werf | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 95 | 92 | 4694 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 7 | Gitness | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 92 | 75 | 36825 | 89 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 8 | Harness | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 88 | 75 | 36825 | 87 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 9 | ReARM | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 79 | 84 | 119 | 86 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 10 | DevSpace | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 79 | 64 | 4998 | 80 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 11 | PipeCD | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 78 | 69 | 1291 | 80 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 12 | jx | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 79 | 61 | 4691 | 78 | 🟢 Good |
| 13 | Zadig | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 71 | 77 | 3205 | 78 | 🟢 Good |
| 14 | GoCD | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 67 | 63 | 7403 | 72 | 🟢 Good |
| 15 | Wrkflw | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 73 | 43 | 3239 | 70 | 🟢 Good |
| 16 | Act | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 74 | 46 | 70820 | 69 | 🟢 Good |
| 17 | Devtron | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 69 | 37 | 5514 | 67 | 🟢 Good |
| 18 | gitmanager | OSI-approved OSS | Zlib | 59 | 52 | 7 | 65 | 🟢 Good |
| 19 | OVS CDS | OSI-approved OSS | BSD-3-Clause | 69 | 41 | 4825 | 64 | 🟢 Good |
| 20 | Choerodon | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 31 | 0 | 2399 | 32 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 21 | makes | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 21 | 0 | 491 | 30 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 22 | orion-ops | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 28 | 0 | 508 | 29 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
Top 3 Highlights
Jenkins ranks first with a ToolVitals score of 100, backed by a health score of 100 and shipping score of 100. It is labeled “OSI-approved OSS” with license_label “MIT”, has 25,460 GitHub stars, and is marked 🟢 Excellent, making it the cleanest all-around result in this CI/CD set.
Dagger ranks second with a ToolVitals score of 99, a health score of 98, and a shipping score of 100. It is labeled “OSI-approved OSS” with license_label “Apache-2.0” and has 15,972 GitHub stars, so it combines near-top health and shipping signals with strong repository popularity.
Buildkite Agent also scores 99, matching Dagger on shipping score at 100 and health score at 98, but ranks third because it has fewer GitHub stars at 1,001. It is labeled “OSI-approved OSS” with license_label “MIT”, and its description focuses on securely running build jobs across devices and networks.
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