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Travis CI
The CI that taught open source about CI, outlived by the platform it ran on.
YES
why this verdict
Cancel it — switch to GitHub Actions
GitHub Actions and Woodpecker CI now cover the same core job on a free tier, so the $69/mo is optional.
- A named launch, not a vibe named, unlinked
- GitHub Actions plus AI-authored pipelines. Microsoft, April 29, 2024 — no announcement link recorded yet.
- How much of the job it covers all of it editorial call
- The whole core job — the thing the subscription was actually for.
- Is there a free way to do it? yes
- 2 of 2 listed replacements have a usable free tier: GitHub Actions and Woodpecker CI.
- What the call is worth $828/yr
- $69/mo at the entry paid tier — $828 a year per seat.
Reason composed from the fields above missing: announcement linked recorded: free replacement listed recorded: two or more escape hatches
- Threatened by
- Microsoft
- Since
- April 29, 2024
- List price
- $69/mo
- Per year
- $828
The backstory
Travis CI was the default for a generation of open-source projects. Pricing changes pushed the community out, GitHub Actions absorbed the workflows, and Copilot now writes the pipeline config that used to be Travis's main friction point. There is no longer a scenario where a new project reaches for Travis first.
Escape hatches
switching could free up $828/yr G
GitHub Actions Free for public repositories.
github.com open_in_new W
Woodpecker CI Open-source self-hosted CI.
woodpecker-ci.org open_in_new2 of 2 replacements have a usable free tier.