--- title: Cicada-Software/cicada: A FOSS, cross-platform version... description: Cicada is a FOSS, cross-platform version of GitHub Actions and Gitlab CI. It provides syntax highlighting support for Neovim and offers installation options... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/cicada-software-cicada-a-foss-cross-platform-version-of-github-actions-and-gitlab-ci-pbadt8nrp twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Cicada-Software/cicada: A FOSS, cross-platform version of GitHub Actions and Gitlab CI | daily.dev og:description: Cicada is a FOSS, cross-platform version of GitHub Actions and Gitlab CI. It provides syntax highlighting support for Neovim and offers installation options... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/cicada-software-cicada-a-foss-cross-platform-version-of-github-actions-and-gitlab-ci-pbadt8nrp og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/PBADt8nrP.png og:image:alt: Cicada-Software/cicada: A FOSS, cross-platform version of GitHub Actions and Gitlab CI og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Cicada-Software/cicada: A FOSS, cross-platform version of GitHub Actions and Gitlab CI **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 1 min read · 5 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Cicada is a FOSS, cross-platform version of GitHub Actions and Gitlab CI. 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