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Dagger

Dagger

Programmable CI/CD engine

Dagger lets you write CI/CD pipelines in your programming language — TypeScript, Python, Go. Runs locally and in any CI. No more YAML.

Panel Reviews

The Builder

The Builder

Developer Perspective

Ship

CI pipelines in TypeScript instead of YAML. Local execution means you can debug pipelines on your machine.

The Skeptic

The Skeptic

Reality Check

Ship

The YAML-to-code migration for CI is overdue. Dagger's approach of real programming languages is correct.

The Futurist

The Futurist

Big Picture

Ship

CI/CD in real programming languages will replace YAML. Dagger is leading this inevitable transition.

Community Sentiment

Overall1,735 mentions
65% positive23% neutral12% negative
Hacker News356 mentions
67%22%11%

Writing CI pipelines in actual TypeScript instead of YAML feels like a revelation

Reddit489 mentions
63%24%13%

Local testing of CI pipelines before pushing is the killer feature nobody knew they needed

Twitter/X712 mentions
65%23%12%

Dagger finally makes CI/CD something you can actually debug and reason about

Product Hunt178 mentions
71%19%10%

The containerized execution model is clever — same result everywhere