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Heptapod is a software delivery platform for organizations, covering collaboration, version control, testing/building, and deployment. Built on GitLab Core, it adds first-class Mercurial support alongside Git, making it especially suitable for teams that still use Mercurial but want a modern DevOps platform experience.
The platform provides project management, multi-project support, multi-user/group management, team planning, task and Kanban tracking, issues, code review, merge requests, documentation, CI, and CD. Git projects largely follow the GitLab Core feature set. On the Mercurial side, it supports Topics, Evolve, and traditional workflows, and mentions RHGitaly as a server-side Rust implementation designed to improve Mercurial performance. CI/CD can connect to external tools or use Clever Cloud Runner, with support for on-demand Docker containers and machines of different specifications.
Heptapod is free and open-source software, developed in an open model, and it offers a Self-Hosted version that can be deployed from source or with Docker. In addition to SaaS, it also offers Managed Heptapod, hosted by Cloudcrane/Orbeet on dedicated infrastructure or in a customer environment. For the ecosystem, it provides foss.heptapod.net, which offers free hosting for Git or Mercurial repositories for free and open-source projects, along with Bitbucket import, Matrix, Mastodon, RSS, and other community and migration entry points.
Heptapod Cloud starts at 7€/month/active user; Cloud Runners start at 1.85€/1000 minutes. The self-hosted software itself is open source, but the long-term paid policy for production container images is only described as free through Q1 2025. Professional support starts at 100€/month for Cloud and foss users, and 500€/month for self-hosted deployments. Consulting is also available for CI/CD, workflows, API bot customization, tool integrations, and Mercurial extension development.
Its strengths are that it is open source, self-hostable, helps avoid platform lock-in, and is clearly differentiated by its Mercurial support. Its European cloud and privacy commitments also make it appealing to organizations that care about data sovereignty. Downsides include a smaller ecosystem compared with GitHub/GitLab.com, undisclosed payment methods, and the fact that buying euro-priced services from China may be less convenient than using mainstream platforms. It is well suited to Mercurial users, open-source projects, companies that want a self-hosted DevOps platform, and teams that prioritize European cloud compliance.
The collected information does not provide details on network accessibility from mainland China, ICP filing, node locations, or payment methods, so its China access status is unknown. If teams in China need stable access, they may also want to evaluate alternatives such as self-hosted GitLab, Gitea, Forgejo, or GitHub/GitLab.com.
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