When comparing pipelight vs Drone.io, the Slant community recommends Drone.io for most people. In the question“What are the best self-hosted continuous integration tools?” Drone.io is ranked 2nd while pipelight is ranked 11th. The most important reason people chose Drone.io is:
Drone.io integrates perfectly with GitHub, BitBucket and Google Code.
Specs
Ranked in these QuestionsQuestion Ranking
Pros
Pro Free and Open source
Foss and ultra lightweight software!
You can edit your pipelines either in Yaml or in Typescript.
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).
Cons
Con Linux only
It is only compatible with Linux due to it's low level process management! The counterpart of being such lightweight.
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.