Instead of Dagger
Dagger alternatives
Dagger is a CI stack for teams that want pipeline logic expressed through a clean API, real code, and a portable DAG execution engine. The same logic can run locally or in Dagger Cloud, with automatic caching and end-to-end tracing. Cloud Checks can launch repository checks after GitHub pushes or pull requests without a CI workflow file. Official modules handle testing, linting, formatting, type checking, browser tests, and Helm validation, and modules can use a preferred language. Dagger runs across Linux, macOS, Windows, web, and self-hosted environments. Its Individual plan is free with 1,000,000 monthly events, while Team costs $50 per month after a two-week trial.
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Codemagic
Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+5Mobile teams automating builds, testing, and app-store deployment — Codemagic focuses on cloud mobile CI/CD, app-store deployment, code signing, and mobile framework support rather than Dagger’s general CI stack.
Free plan · paid from $0.04 Visit site - 2
GitHub Codespaces
by GitHub CodespacesFree plan AndroidAPIExtension+5Cloud development environments configured per repository — Codespaces provides GitHub-hosted Docker development environments accessed through a browser, VS Code, or CLI, instead of Dagger’s CI execution engine.
Free plan · paid from $0.18 Visit site - 3
Appcircle
Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+4Teams building, testing, and publishing mobile apps — Appcircle combines mobile CI/CD with testing distribution, app stores, signing, binary re-signing, CodePush, and self-hosted deployment.
Free plan Visit site - 4
Bitrise
Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+4Mobile DevOps with extensive workflow integrations — Bitrise adds mobile release management and 400+ workflow steps, while Dagger centers on portable CI pipelines and modules.
Free plan · paid from $89/mo (annual) · 30-day trial Visit site - 5
Semaphore
Free plan APILinuxMac+3Visual CI/CD pipelines with scalable self-hosted agents — Semaphore offers a visual builder that generates YAML, autoscaling agents, and release workflows rather than Dagger’s API-and-DAG approach.
Free plan · paid from $0.00 Visit site - 6
AppVeyor
Free plan APILinuxMac+3Windows-oriented builds with configurable build matrices — AppVeyor emphasizes Windows continuous integration, build matrices, YAML or UI configuration, and deployment providers instead of Dagger’s portable DAG stack.
Free plan · paid from $29/mo · 14-day trial Visit site - 7
Azure Test Plans
Free trial APIExtensionLinux+4Manual and exploratory testing with traceable requirements — Azure Test Plans manages scripted and exploratory manual testing, diagnostics, requirements traceability, and reports rather than running Dagger CI pipelines.
Free plan · paid from $52/user/mo · 30-day trial Visit site - 8
Garden
Free plan Open source APILinuxMac+3 - 9
Source-to-Image
Free plan Open source LinuxMacSelf-hosted+1 - 10
Amazon EC2
Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+4 - 11
AWS CodeBuild
Free plan APILinuxMac+2 - 12
BuildKit
Free plan APILinuxMac+2 - 13
Buildah
Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted - 14
Cloud Native Buildpacks Pack
Free plan LinuxMacSelf-hosted+1 - 15
apko
Free plan LinuxMacSelf-hosted - 16
Google Cloud Build
Free plan APILinuxWeb - 17
Jib
Free plan LinuxMacWindows - 18
Earthly
Free plan APILinuxMac+3 - 19
EC2 Image Builder
Free plan APIWeb - 20
ko
Free plan LinuxMacWindows - 21
Open Build Service
Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted+1 - 22
Cloud Native Buildpacks Lifecycle
Free plan LinuxSelf-hosted - 23
Kaniko
Free plan LinuxSelf-hosted - 24
KIWI NG
Free plan LinuxSelf-hosted - 25
Skaffold
Free plan APIExtensionLinux+2 - 26
kpack
Free plan APISelf-hosted - 27
MeetingScribe
Free plan WebWindows - 28
Nixpacks
Free plan LinuxMacSelf-hosted+1 - 29
Paketo Buildpacks
Free plan LinuxSelf-hosted - 30
rules_docker
Free plan LinuxMac - 31
Tilt
Free plan LinuxMacWindows
