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Spec sheet

Purpose
Drone is a self-service continuous integration platform for automating software builds and testing.Read 5 Oct 2026 · drone.io
Deployment
Drone’s website says it installs from a single binary and scales automatically.Read 5 Oct 2026 · drone.io
Trial
The Enterprise Edition trial is free for up to 5000 builds.Read 5 Oct 2026 · docs.drone.io
API
Drone provides a remote API that uses access tokens for authorization and lists official Go, JavaScript, and Node libraries.Read 5 Oct 2026 · docs.drone.io
Security
Drone supports AES-GCM encryption for secrets stored in its database, but encryption must be enabled before secrets are stored.Read 5 Oct 2026 · docs.drone.io
Support
Drone documentation directs users to its community forum and chatroom for questions and comments.Read 5 Oct 2026 · docs.drone.io
Architecture
Drone uses a server and one or more standalone runners that poll the server for pipelines to execute.Read 5 Oct 2026 · docs.drone.io
Configuration integrity
Drone can sign YAML configuration files and block a pipeline for manual approval if signature verification fails; Starlark and Jsonnet files cannot be signed and verified.Read 5 Oct 2026 · docs.drone.io
Pipelines
Pipelines are configured in a file committed to the Git repository, and each pipeline step runs inside an isolated Docker container.Read 5 Oct 2026 · drone.io
Plugins
The plugin marketplace describes community plugins for customizing continuous integration pipelines, including plugins for AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Slack, and other services.Read 5 Oct 2026 · plugins.drone.io
Source control
Drone documents integrations with GitHub, GitHub Enterprise, Gitee, GitLab, Gogs, Gitea, Bitbucket Cloud, and Bitbucket Server.Read 5 Oct 2026 · docs.drone.io
Use case
The Open Source Edition is described as capable of complex pipelines and optimized for individuals and small teams.Read 5 Oct 2026 · docs.drone.io

Plans and prices

Open Source Edition Free Free Apache 2.0 · single machine · embedded SQLite · lacks distributed and Kubernetes runners, organization and Vault secrets, cron scheduling, autoscaling, and extensions Read 5 Oct 2026 · drone.io
Enterprise Edition $299 a month Starting at $299 per month Priced per developer · unlimited repositories · unlimited builds · unlimited servers · free for individuals, students, and organizations with under $1 million US dollars in annual gross revenue Read 5 Oct 2026 · docs.drone.io

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