Migration

Crow CI maintains compatibility with Woodpecker CI and Drone CI, making migration straightforward.

Compatibility

Feature	Woodpecker	Drone
Plugins	Full	Full
Environment variables	WOODPECKER_* supported	DRONE_* supported
Pipeline syntax	Full	Partial (2019 fork)

From Woodpecker

Crow v4 is a soft-fork of Woodpecker CI with some additional database migrations.

Environment Variables

Crow accepts both prefixes:

• CROW_* — native Crow configuration
• WOODPECKER_* — supported for migration convenience

Note

New Woodpecker features after v3.0 may not be available in Crow. Crow-specific features use the CROW_ prefix.

Migration Steps

1. Replace container images with Crow equivalents
2. Optionally rename WOODPECKER_* vars to CROW_*
3. Update webhook URLs if using a different domain

From Drone

Woodpecker forked from Drone in 2019, and Crow inherits that compatibility. Drone plugins work with Crow.

Tip

Drone and its plugins have received minimal updates since 2019. Migrating to Crow gives you active development and modern features while keeping plugin compatibility.