Cicada is a Free and Open Source CI/CD platform that runs on-prem or in the cloud. Say goodbye to YAML and shell scripts: Write workflows using a programming language designed for automation. Integrates with GitHub and Gitlab.
Hey everyone! My name is Logan Hunt, and I'm working on building Cicada, a Free and Open Source platform for running software automation workflows.
Why use Cicada?
❌ No YAML: Use a programming language specifically designed for writing automation workflows.
🔒 Security first: Cicada mitigates many of the common security risks present in existing CI/CD tools (command injection, secret leaks, etc).
💵 Free to self host: Self host for free, forever, AGPLv3 Licensed. We love open source!
🔎 Open Source: Audit the most important part of your software supply chain: Your CI provider.
🔋 Batteries included: Use the features you know and love: secrets, caching, self-hosted runners, and more.
🔀 Platform agnostic: Cicada integrates with GitHub and Gitlab, with more Git providers on the way!
Why I created Cicada:
I wanted an automation platform that was as flexible as GitHub Actions, could work across multiple Git providers, used a real programming language instead of YAML, and was self-hostable. Nothing like this existed, so I set out to make it happen!
Cicada launched on Product Hunt on November 6th, 2023 and earned 85 upvotes and 8 comments, placing #30 on the daily leaderboard. Cicada is a Free and Open Source CI/CD platform that runs on-prem or in the cloud. Say goodbye to YAML and shell scripts: Write workflows using a programming language designed for automation. Integrates with GitHub and Gitlab.
On the analytics side, Cicada competes within Open Source, Developer Tools and GitHub — topics that collectively have 620.9k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Cicada performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Cicada?
Cicada was hunted by Logan Hunt. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of Cicada including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
Logan Hunt