What is Harness Open Source (Drone)?
Harness Open Source, or Drone, is an end-to-end open source software development platform from Harness that unifies managing source code repositories, CI/CD pipelines, hosted development environments, and artifact management.
Here’s a short overview of the capabilities:
- Code Repository - Create and share source code in Git repositories, perform code reviews, and scan for vulnerabilities.
- Hosted Development Environments - Set up preconfigured, secure, ready-to-use development environments that can be easily shared with others. Develop from anywhere using your favorite IDE without hosting or managing any code locally.
- Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery - Build, test, and deploy code faster with hundreds of reusable pipeline templates.
- Artifact Registry - Centralize and streamline software delivery pipelines by providing a single source of truth for software artifacts.
How is Harness Open Source related to Drone?
Harness and Drone have merged, and the repository has been renamed to reflect this. Drone 3.0 is now known as Harness Open Source.
For users who need enterprise-grade features such as high availability (HA), role-based access control (RBAC), and governance, the paid offering of Harness Open Source is available as part of the Harness Platform.
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Technical Details
| Deployment Types | On-Premise, SaaS |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Windows, Linux, Darwin |
| Mobile Application | No |
FAQs
What is Harness Open Source (Drone)?
Drone is a self-service Continuous Integration platform for busy development teams, now from Harness since the August 2020 acquisition. Drone integrates with multiple source code management systems, including GitHub, GitHubEnterprise, Bitbucket, and GitLab. Supplying configuration as a code, pipelines are configured with a simple file committed to the git repository.
How much does Harness Open Source (Drone) cost?
Harness Open Source (Drone) starts at $0.



