Choosing CI/CD tooling requires more than a familiar name: teams need a clear view of what each tool does and whether its project is healthy and shipping. This September 2026 snapshot uses the supplied ToolVitals records for 25 tools, including descriptions, ToolVitals scores, health scores, shipping scores, openness and license labels, and GitHub stars.
The list covers open/source-visible tools only and follows the supplied ordering: ToolVitals score descending, then health and shipping for ties. GitHub stars are context only and do not determine the ranking.
Rankings
| Rank | Tool | Openness | License | Health | Shipping | GitHub Stars | Score | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | App Store Connect CLI | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 97 | 98 | 7336 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 2 | Buildkite Agent | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 97 | 97 | 1078 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 3 | Dagger | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 96 | 97 | 16297 | 97 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 4 | Jenkins | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 97 | 96 | 26579 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 5 | PipeCD | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 97 | 96 | 1356 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 6 | Distr | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 96 | 96 | 1227 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 7 | Superplane | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 96 | 96 | 7550 | 96 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 8 | Fastlane | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 96 | 94 | 42148 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 9 | Zadig | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 94 | 95 | 3247 | 95 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 10 | werf | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 95 | 94 | 4723 | 94 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 11 | ReARM | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 94 | 93 | 127 | 94 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 12 | jx | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 93 | 94 | 4693 | 94 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 13 | GoCD | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 92 | 92 | 7433 | 92 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 14 | Gitness | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 91 | 86 | 38425 | 89 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 15 | Harness | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 91 | 86 | 38425 | 89 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 16 | Devtron | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 90 | 85 | 5604 | 88 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 17 | OVS CDS | OSI-approved OSS | BSD-3-Clause | 88 | 82 | 4844 | 86 | 🟢 Excellent |
| 18 | gitmanager | OSI-approved OSS | Zlib | 78 | 71 | 7 | 75 | 🟢 Good |
| 19 | Wrkflw | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 56 | 41 | 3321 | 50 | 🟡 Fair |
| 20 | DevSpace | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 36 | 4 | 5190 | 23 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 21 | LiteOps | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 27 | 10 | 510 | 20 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 22 | Act | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 28 | 5 | 72090 | 19 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 23 | orion-ops | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 1 | 0 | 522 | 1 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 24 | Choerodon | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 0 | 0 | 2397 | 0 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 25 | makes | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 0 | 0 | 491 | 0 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
Top 3 Highlights
Ranked first, App Store Connect CLI has a ToolVitals score of 97, with health at 97 and shipping at 98. The supplied description presents it as a scriptable CLI for App Store Connect automation. It is labeled OSI-approved OSS and MIT; its 7,336 GitHub stars are context only.
Buildkite Agent ranks second with a ToolVitals score of 97, health at 97, and shipping at 97. Its supplied description focuses on securely running build jobs on any device or network. It is labeled OSI-approved OSS and MIT, while its 1,078 GitHub stars provide context rather than ranking weight.
Dagger ranks third with a ToolVitals score of 97, health at 96, and shipping at 97. The supplied description positions it as an automation engine for building, testing, and shipping codebases locally, in CI, or directly in the cloud. It is labeled OSI-approved OSS and Apache-2.0; its 16,297 GitHub stars are context only.
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