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Comparison · Infra & APIs
Depot vs Casdoor
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Depot and Casdoor — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Depot vs Casdoor: at a glance
| Feature | Depot | Casdoor |
|---|---|---|
| Sector | Infra & APIs | Infra & APIs |
| Velocity score | 7.5 | 5.0 |
| Sparks · 30d | 2 | 0 |
| Top themes | ci-cd, test-analytics, source-control, infrastructure | oauth, multi-tenancy, data-retention, rbac |
| Last editorial update | 3h ago | 1h ago |
| Website | — | Visit → |
What is Depot?
Depot is no longer a build accelerator — it is assembling the whole CI stack underneath itself.
In roughly a month Depot shipped its own source-control hosting in private beta, took test results to GA with timing-based sharding and org-wide flake analytics, moved CI and Sandboxes onto its own bare-metal compute platform, and filled in the GitHub Actions compatibility surface with stacked pull requests, three additional triggers, and Tailscale access to private networks. Sherlock's AI analysis now runs on any workflow or job, not just failed ones.
What is Casdoor?
Nine releases in four days, all of them small — Casdoor is grinding on tenant-level governance.
Casdoor is running an unusually tight release train: nine tagged versions between August 1 and August 4, each carrying one or two commits. The content clusters around two areas. Retention and expiry are becoming per-organization settings — configurable record retention days, configurable token retention days, and automatic permission revocation after a set expiry. Separately, OAuth conformance work continues, with the RFC 8707 resource parameter now preserved through both the consent flow and the fast auto-signin path, plus a backchannel logout URL field on the application edit page.
Depot vs Casdoor: editorial side-by-side
Depot
7.5INFRA · APIS
Depot is no longer a build accelerator — it is assembling the whole CI stack underneath itself.
◆ Current state
In roughly a month Depot shipped its own source-control hosting in private beta, took test results to GA with timing-based sharding and org-wide flake analytics, moved CI and Sandboxes onto its own bare-metal compute platform, and filled in the GitHub Actions compatibility surface with stacked pull requests, three additional triggers, and Tailscale access to private networks. Sherlock's AI analysis now runs on any workflow or job, not just failed ones.
◆ Where it's heading
The pattern is vertical integration: storage, compute, source control and test intelligence all being pulled in-house so Depot controls every tier. Test results is the first piece with its own metered price ($1 per million passing tests) rather than being folded into build minutes, which suggests the products are being built to stand alone. GitHub compatibility work continues because migration friction is the main thing standing between Depot and its target users.
◆ Prediction
Expect Depot Code to move from private beta toward general availability with Depot CI as its primary integration point, and expect GitHub Actions runners and container builds to complete the announced move onto Depot Metal.
Casdoor
5.0INFRA · APIS
Nine releases in four days, all of them small — Casdoor is grinding on tenant-level governance.
◆ Current state
Casdoor is running an unusually tight release train: nine tagged versions between August 1 and August 4, each carrying one or two commits. The content clusters around two areas. Retention and expiry are becoming per-organization settings — configurable record retention days, configurable token retention days, and automatic permission revocation after a set expiry. Separately, OAuth conformance work continues, with the RFC 8707 resource parameter now preserved through both the consent flow and the fast auto-signin path, plus a backchannel logout URL field on the application edit page.
◆ Where it's heading
The per-organization retention and expiry settings point at multi-tenant deployments where each tenant carries its own compliance obligations — a single global retention policy stops working once one organization's auditor wants 90 days and another's wants 400. The RFC 8707 work is narrower but pointed: resource indicators bind a token to the API it was issued for, which matters when one identity provider fronts many services. A batch UpdatePermissions API added to cut Casbin enforcer rebuilds suggests some deployments are large enough that permission writes had become a bottleneck.
◆ Prediction
The retention-and-expiry pattern is not finished — record and token retention are now per-organization, and other lifecycle settings are the obvious next candidates. Expect the release cadence to stay at this granularity, since these tags carry single commits rather than batched releases.
Alternatives to Depot and Casdoor
Other Infra & APIs products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Depot or Casdoor.
Resend
Resend spent a month making itself something agents and third-party apps can log into.
Prowler
Prowler turned its assistant from a read-only explainer into something that can change your tenant.
NetBox
NetBox is spending 4.6 paying down query cost, not adding models.
Buildkite
Buildkite is rebuilding its MCP server around what an agent actually does with a failed build.
Dashy
The self-hosted dashboard finally let you drag things around instead of editing YAML.
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Recent activity from Depot and Casdoor
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 14h agoCasdoorPer-organization record retention becomes configurable
- 1d agoCasdoorWidens the Provider.Scopes column to varchar(200)
- 1d agoCasdoorPreserves the RFC 8707 resource parameter in fast auto-signin
- 1d agoCasdoorAdds automatic permission revocation after a configurable expiry
- 1d agoCasdoorBatch permissions API cuts Casbin enforcer rebuilds
- 1d agoCasdoorAdds a backchannel logout URL field to application settings
- 1d agoDepotDepot CI now supports native GitHub stacked pull requests
- 6d agoDepotTest results are now generally available ⚡
- 14d agoDepotAI analysis available for all Depot CI workflows and jobs
- 20d agoDepotSplit CI test suites with historical timing data (beta)
- 25d agoDepotDepot CI now supports Tailscale
- 26d agoDepotDepot Code is now available in private beta ⚡
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Depot and Casdoor?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Depot is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 7.5 vs 5.0), with 2 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Depot better than Casdoor?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Depot is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 7.5 vs 5.0), with 2 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Infra & APIs products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Depot?
Top Depot alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Depot alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/depot for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Casdoor?
Top Casdoor alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Casdoor alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/casdoor for the full list with editorial commentary on each.