When comparing Drone.io vs Bitrise, the Slant community recommends Bitrise for most people. In the question“What are the best continuous integration tools?” Bitrise is ranked 9th while Drone.io is ranked 11th.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Integrated with GitHub, BitBucket, and Google Code
Drone.io integrates perfectly with GitHub, BitBucket and Google Code.
Pro Easy self-hosted setup
Drone can be easily set up locally: all that's needed is Docker.
Pro Docker integration simplifies deployment
Drone uses Docker containers to build and test code. Using Docker containers makes it easier for developers to then deploy this code to production.
Pro Gitea support
Supports Gitea (Git server).
Pro Dozens of service integrations
Pro Visual configuration editor
The configuration can be specified without the need to change the code repository
Pro Quick setup
Automatic repository scanner, to generate a base configuration.
Pro GitHub and Bitbucket integration, also supports other Git services
Webhook server is also open source.
Pro Free plan available
Pro Store YAML in version control
Cons
Con Does not allow you to configure two projects using the same GitHub repo
Drone.io does not let developers configure two different projects against the same repository. Instead, one must fork that repository into a new one and use that to create a new Drone.io project.