Harness Gitness is an open-source end-to-end developer platform that combines Git source control management, CI/CD pipelines, hosted developer environments (Gitspaces), and artifact registries for engineering teams seeking a self-hosted DevOps solution.

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🚀 Overview

Gitness is a platform-agnostic, open-source DevOps platform built by Harness that provides a unified experience for code hosting, collaboration, automation, and delivery. It evolved from the Drone CI project, adding full Git repository management, cloud dev environments, and artifact handling while maintaining Drone's powerful pipeline engine.

This project solves the fragmentation in DevOps tools by offering an all-in-one self-hosted alternative to proprietary SaaS like GitHub + GitHub Actions + package registries, ensuring data sovereignty, customization, and no vendor costs. It eliminates local setup hassles with instant Gitspaces and prevents environment inconsistencies.

It's built for developers, engineering teams, and organizations of all sizes who need scalable, secure CI/CD without lock-in. Harness created it to provide enterprise-grade open-source tools, enabling faster, reliable software delivery.

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✨ Key Features

• Git repositories with commits, branches, pull requests, code reviews, security (secrets scanning, protected branches), and webhooks
• Production-ready CI/CD pipelines for any language/platform (Linux/Windows/Mac), with reusable YAML templates for Java, Go, Node, Rust, Android, Docker
• Gitspaces™: Pre-configured, reproducible cloud development environments linked to IDEs for instant coding without local setup
• Artifact registry: Centralized storage, proxy for upstream repos, collaboration on dependencies
• One-click migrations from GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket/CircleCI, plus integrations and notifications

Optional: Upcoming features via active development on GitHub

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🛠 Tech Stack

• Frontend: TypeScript, React (Yarn/Node.js), SCSS
• Backend: Go (1.20+)
• Database: PostgreSQL
• Auth: Built-in (Personal Access Tokens, CLI login)
• Hosting: Docker (harness/gitness image), Kubernetes-compatible, self-hosted

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👥 Who Is This For?

This project is useful for:

• Developers who want to self-host full DevOps (SCM + CI/CD + artifacts) with no costs
• Teams looking for open-source alternatives to GitHub Enterprise / Actions
• Indie makers building reliable pipelines and environments scalably

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📸 Screenshots / Demo

• Live demo: https://gitness.com (try pipelines), or self-host: docker run -p 3000:3000 harness/gitness at http://localhost:3000
• GitHub: https://github.com/harness/gitness

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🔥 Project Status

• 🟢 Actively building

Last updated: 2026-03-11

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❓ FAQ

Is this project free?

Yes — Fully open-source under Apache License 2.0 (self-host for free).

Is the source code available?

Yes — https://github.com/harness/gitness

Can I contribute?

Yes — Review CONTRIBUTING.md, install dev tools (Go, Node, Protobuf), build from source, submit PRs to main branch, or report issues.

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📬 Contact & Links

• Website: https://gitness.com
• GitHub: https://github.com/harness/gitness
• Twitter/X: https://x.com/harnessio
• Email: Use GitHub issues or https://developer.harness.io/docs/open-source

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