Version control system integration overview

Cloud

Server

Which version control systems are supported?

CircleCI cloud projects can be integrated with code repositories hosted on the following VCS providers:

Bitbucket Data Center

Bitbucket Data Center support is in closed preview. To get access, sign up here.

CircleCI server supports the following:

The following tables show feature support per VCS for CircleCI cloud, along with feature support for CircleCI server:

Features that are supported for a VCS integration type are indicated with Yes.
Features that are not supported are indicated with No.

Check your project slug to discover which GitHub integration you have set up:

Head to the CircleCI web app and select your org from the cards on your user homepage.
Select Projects from the sidebar and locate your project from the list. You can use the search to help.
Select the ellipsis menu () next to your project and select Project Settings. The project slug is listed on the project settings homepage.
- GitHub App: Project slug starts with circleci followed by UUIDs. For example, circleci/34R3kN5RtfEE7v4sa4nWAU/4nYdoKGkb6RXn7JGt8SQtg).
- GitHub OAuth app: Project slug is human readable. For example, github/circleci/circleci-demo-workflows.

For more information about the differences, see the VCS integration overview.

Feature	GitHub App	GitLab	GitLab Self-Managed	GitHub OAuth	Bitbucket Cloud	Bitbucket Data Center	CircleCI server
Secure HTTPS checkout	Yes	No	No	Yes ²	No	No	No
Reduced permissions when integrating with CircleCI. Select a subset of repositories to be used with CircleCI.	Yes	No	No	Yes ²	No	Yes	No
CircleCI config suggestions bot	Yes	No	No	Yes ²	No	No	No
Set up multiple configuration files for a project	Yes	No ¹	No ¹	Yes ^1,2	No ¹	Yes	No ¹
GitHub Checks	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No

² Enable by using the GitHub App integration alongside the OAuth app integration. More details here.

Feature	GitHub App	GitLab	GitLab Self-Managed	GitHub OAuth	Bitbucket Cloud	Bitbucket Data Center	CircleCI server
Custom inbound webhook triggers	Yes	No	No	Yes ²	No	No	No
Scheduled pipelines	No ¹	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Trigger pipelines via API	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Trigger pipelines via web app	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Outbound webhooks	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

¹ One alternative is to use a custom webhook to generate a URL that you curl with a 3rd party scheduling tool.

² Enable by using the GitHub App integration alongside the OAuth app integration. More details here.

Feature	GitHub App	GitLab	GitLab Self-Managed	GitHub OAuth	Bitbucket Cloud	Bitbucket Data Center	CircleCI server
Artifact storage	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Test run config from VS Code	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Dynamic configuration	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Rerun failed tests	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Orbs	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Test splitting and parallelism	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Docker layer caching	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Debug with SSH	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Auto-cancel redundant workflows	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
In-app config viewing and editing	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Test insights	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Only build pull requests	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes

Feature	GitHub App	GitLab	GitLab Self-Managed	GitHub OAuth	Bitbucket Cloud	Bitbucket Data Center	CircleCI server
OpenID Connect tokens	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Config policies	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Audit logs	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Security group context restriction	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Expression context restriction	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Feature	GitHub App	GitLab	GitLab Self-Managed	GitHub OAuth	Bitbucket	Bitbucket Data Center	CircleCI server
OSS support	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Build pull requests from forked repositories	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Pass secrets to builds from forked pull requests	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes