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Dev tools · September 9, 2026

openpreflight

Self-hosted CI without the CI platform.

openpreflight launched on September 9, 2026 with 11 votes, #956 of 8,095 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches.

What it does

Self-hosted CI without the CI platform. Small on purpose: one Go binary, one SQLite file, one Check Run per commit. Every commit gets a native GitHub Check Run from a GitHub App you own. You register the App, bind repos in a web UI, and the worker runs on a server you already have. UI, API, webhooks, and the job runner live in one process. Source, builds, secrets, and logs stay on your infrastructure. The pipeline file is `.ci.yml`, not Actions YAML. License: Apache-2.0.

Self-hosted CI without the CI platform. Native GitHub Check Runs from one Go binary and one SQLite file on a server you run.

Every commit gets a native GitHub Check Run, written by a GitHub App you own. There is no workflow engine and no runner fleet to operate: one Go binary and one SQLite file on a server you already run. Both approaches put a Check Run on the same private repository. The difference is how much orchestration you need. Workflow YAML, hosted or self-hosted actions/runner , matrices and caches if you need them. This is the right answer when you want that orchestration layer. One binary, SQLite, a GitHub App you register, and .ci.yml . Logs stay on your disk. It does not try to be one config that spans GitLab and Jenkins. The webhook has ten seconds to answer, so it validates and enqueues while the…from openpreflight.xyz

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