NixCI vs Garnix

NixCI Garnix
Locally reproducible
Repro commands provided per job
Every job reproducible locally
Workers
Bring your own workers
Hosted worker vCPUs 16 vCPUs unknown
Hosted worker RAM 64 GB unknown
Multi-forge support
GitLab.com support
Self-hosted GitLab support
Codeberg.org support
Self-hosted Forgejo support
Multiple forges in one installation
GitHub.com support
Self-hosted GitHub support
Automatic binary caching
Cachix support
Own cache support
Automatic binary caching
Self-hostable
Self-hostable worker
Self-hostable leader
"Just" Works
Configuration is entirely optional
Automatic flake output discovery
No vendor lock-in
Continuous deployment
Impure tests with secrets
Continuous deployment
FlakeHub
FlakeHub support

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Locally reproducible

Repro commands provided per job

NixCI provides the exact command to reproduce each job locally, including for impure tests and deployments.

Every job reproducible locally

Every job on NixCI can be reproduced locally with a single command.  NixCI shows you the exact command for each job, so when CI fails, you can start fixing it immediately on your machine.

Garnix builds are Nix-based so you can rebuild derivations locally, but it does not provide per-job repro commands.

Hosted worker vCPUs

NixCI's hosted workers have 16 vCPUs and 64 GB of RAM, billed per second of actual build time. You can also bring your own workers with whatever hardware you choose.

Garnix provides hosted build infrastructure. Default CI builder specs are not published.

Multi-forge support

GitLab.com support

NixCI integrates with GitLab.com via webhooks and commit status updates.

Self-hosted GitLab support

NixCI supports self-hosted GitLab instances.

Codeberg.org support

NixCI integrates with Codeberg.org via webhooks and commit status updates.

Self-hosted Forgejo support

NixCI supports self-hosted Forgejo instances.

Multiple forges in one installation

A single NixCI installation can serve GitHub, GitLab, and Codeberg repositories simultaneously.

GitHub.com support

NixCI works with GitHub  , GitLab  , and Codeberg  . One CI system across all your forges.

Self-hosted GitHub support

NixCI supports self-hosted GitHub Enterprise instances.

Automatic binary caching

Cachix support

NixCI has built-in Cachix support. Just add your Cachix cache name to your configuration.

Own cache support

NixCI can push build results to your own binary cache via SSH.

Automatic binary caching

NixCI caches automatically without any configuration. Every build result is cached and subsequent builds pull from the cache to skip work that's already been done.

Garnix automatically caches build results and serves them from cache.garnix.io.

Self-hostable leader

NixCI can be fully self-hosted on your own infrastructure, including the leader, workers, and cache. It also works with self-hosted forges like GitLab and Forgejo.

Garnix self-hosting may be available for enterprise customers.

"Just" Works

Configuration is entirely optional

NixCI reads your flake.nix and automatically discovers what to build. All configuration is optional. If it builds with nix flake check locally, it builds on NixCI.

Garnix reads your flake.nix and automatically discovers what to build.

Automatic flake output discovery

NixCI automatically discovers all flake outputs and creates build jobs for them.

No vendor lock-in

NixCI uses standard Nix flakes. Your build definition is your flake.nix, which works everywhere Nix does.

Continuous deployment

Impure tests with secrets

NixCI has built-in support for continuous deployment and impure tests with access to secrets and the network.

Garnix supports impure tests as actions.

Continuous deployment

NixCI automatically runs deployment after all builds and tests pass, with no manual dependency declaration needed.

FlakeHub support

NixCI does not have FlakeHub integration. FlakeHub only allows publishing from trusted platforms  .

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