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Add to SafariWhen comparing AppVeyor vs Gitea, the Slant community recommends Gitea for most people. In the question“What are the best continuous integration tools with Windows support?” Gitea is ranked 3rd while AppVeyor is ranked 4th. The most important reason people chose Gitea is:
Easy to install and setup. Can run on a VPS with 1 core CPU and 256MB RAM.
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Pros
Pro Free for open-source projects
AppVeyor is free for public GitHub repositories.
Pro Supports Windows build enviroment
AppVeyor has a build environment for Windows available.
Pro Clear, straight-forward user interface
Well I suggest you check it out for yourself, but what I like most is that it's simple yet effective: no bells and whistles, simple black/grey/light-blue/white color scheme, it's immediately clear where you have to go for each specific task, and build settings pages are like that as well. Getting a 'standard' build running literally took me a minute the first time I used it.
Pro Easy access to build VM
AppVeyor allows the user to login to the actual build VM.
Pro The initial setup is easy
There's practically no setup involved prior to working with AppVeyor: simply sign in, add the project, and start a new build.
Pro Light-weight
Easy to install and setup. Can run on a VPS with 1 core CPU and 256MB RAM.
Pro Open source and maintained by community
Unlike Gogs, which is maintained primarily by its creator.
Pro Intuitive interface
Easy to navigate around and feels very natural in general.
Pro Non-memory consuming
Just like Gogs, but with new features and fixed bugs. Unlike GitLab which is enormous.
Pro Wiki and issues
Like GitHub, a wiki and issues (bugtracking) can be added to a repository.
Pro Fast pace of development
New features, constantly updated.
Pro Like Gogs but with faster bug fixes
If you love Gogs but were frustrated with the long wait for bugs to be fixed, this is for you.
Pro Most common platforms
Versions available for Linux, Mac and Windows. This is possible because Gitea is developed in the Go language which makes it compact and fast too. Only one executable is needed.
Pro Easy install with MariaDB back-end
No problems getting to work with MariaDB.
Pro Simple to install/written in GO
Pro Package Registry
Supports NuGet, npm, Cargo, Composer, Maven, RubyGems etc.
To work with the NuGet package registry, you can use command-line interface tools as well as NuGet features in various IDEs like Visual Studio.
Pro Runs perfect on a Raspberry Pi 3
Thanks to its light-weight and simple integration.
Pro Customizable Templates
All templates can be overridden.
Pro Focus only on key features
And if you want extra features, you can use web hooks.
Cons
Con Not free
This is open-source but not free.
Con Configuration is limited
AppVeyor's configuration (which is done from the .yaml file in the root of the project) is unfortunately very limited. The configuration is either tied to a branch or, in other cases, it's global. This limits the developer to a single build process.
However, since you can use arbitrary scripts for building, all those limitations can be overcome. Configuration can also be done from the web UI without a .yaml file.
