# Woodpecker > Woodpecker is a community fork of the Drone CI system.  ## Support Please consider to donate and become a backer. 🙏 [[Become a backer](https://opencollective.com/woodpecker-ci#category-CONTRIBUTE)] ## Usage ### .woodpecker.yml - Place your pipeline in a file named `.woodpecker.yml` in your repository - Pipeline steps can be named as you like - Run any command in the commands section [Read More](https://woodpecker-ci.org/docs/usage/intro) ### Build steps are containers - Define any Docker image as context - Install the needed tools in custom Docker images, use them as context [Read More](https://woodpecker-ci.org/docs/usage/pipeline-syntax#steps) ### Plugins Woodpecker has [official plugins](https://woodpecker-ci.org/plugins), but you can also use your own. [Read More](https://woodpecker-ci.org/docs/usage/plugins/plugins) ## Documentation https://woodpecker-ci.org/ ## Contribution See [Contributing Guide](CONTRIBUTING.md) ## Who uses Woodpecker? [Codeberg](https://codeberg.org), the woodpecker project itself, and many others not listed. Leave a [comment](https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/issues/122) if you're using it. ## Stars over time [](https://starchart.cc/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker) ## License Woodpecker is Apache 2.0 licensed with the source files in this repository having a header indicating which license they are under and what copyrights apply. Files under the `docs/` folder are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License.