# Dagger

> Apache-2.0 CI as containers, programmable in your language

**Category:** DevOps  
**Pricing:** open-source  
**URL:** https://dagger.io  
**GitHub:** https://github.com/dagger/dagger  
**Added:** 2026-09-03

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## The Hook

Dagger is CI you can run on a laptop because the graph is containers.

## What's Good

Apache-2.0. Write pipelines in Go, Python, or TypeScript. Same graph locally and in GitHub Actions / any Docker host. Caching is content-addressed. Engine is a container runtime, not a YAML dialect.

## The Catch

You need Docker or a compatible engine. Rewriting mature CI YAML is a project, not an afternoon. Dagger Cloud is a separate product — this review does not invent its free tier.

## Verdict

Apache-2.0 portable CI. The pipeline is code; Cloud is optional and unverified here.