Harbor
Harbor's patch train is now mostly about undoing regressions from its own security hardening.
Comparison · Infra & APIs
Drone vs MISP
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Drone and MISP — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Shared themes:open-source
Drone vs MISP: at a glance
What is Drone?
Drone's source now ships as Harness Open Source, and it last released in August 2025.
Both tracked releases are tagged Harness Open Source from the harness/harness repo, which is where Drone's code now lives. v3.2.0 added Git LFS, PR revert, retargeting and Code Owner auto-assignment; v3.3.0 added favorite repos, tag protection rules and a fix for a Git LFS path-traversal issue. Nothing has shipped since August 2025.
What is MISP?
MISP 2.5.50 deletes legacy discussions, templates and allowedlists as security fixes keep coming.
MISP is deep in a security-remediation cycle: 2.5.46, 2.5.47, 2.5.48 and now 2.5.50 each ship externally reported fixes, and 2.4.221 backported 57 of them to the EOL branch. 2.5.47 added PostgreSQL support and a first AI-assisted analysis integration. 2.5.50 moves Redis host settings to CLI-only and closes event-index and object-search information leaks. It also starts deleting legacy features outright.
Drone vs MISP: editorial side-by-side
Drone
0.0INFRA · APIS
Drone's source now ships as Harness Open Source, and it last released in August 2025.
◆ Current state
Both tracked releases are tagged Harness Open Source from the harness/harness repo, which is where Drone's code now lives. v3.2.0 added Git LFS, PR revert, retargeting and Code Owner auto-assignment; v3.3.0 added favorite repos, tag protection rules and a fix for a Git LFS path-traversal issue. Nothing has shipped since August 2025.
◆ Where it's heading
The product has moved from a CI engine toward a full code-hosting platform with PR workflows and branch/tag governance. The 14-month gap since v3.3.0 points to slow or paused open-source releases.
◆ Prediction
The entries give no sign of a next release; another quiet period is the base case.
MISP
6.3INFRA · APIS
MISP 2.5.50 deletes legacy discussions, templates and allowedlists as security fixes keep coming.
◆ Current state
MISP is deep in a security-remediation cycle: 2.5.46, 2.5.47, 2.5.48 and now 2.5.50 each ship externally reported fixes, and 2.4.221 backported 57 of them to the EOL branch. 2.5.47 added PostgreSQL support and a first AI-assisted analysis integration. 2.5.50 moves Redis host settings to CLI-only and closes event-index and object-search information leaks. It also starts deleting legacy features outright.
◆ Where it's heading
The project is shifting from adding hardening patches to shrinking its attack surface. In 2.5.50, event discussions become analyst notes, legacy templates become event templates, and signature allowedlists become warninglists, with migrations and logged failures. Combined with the Overmind UI migration and the database abstraction, this looks like a deliberate cleanup of the 2.5 codebase.
◆ Prediction
Expect further legacy features to be migrated and removed in the next releases, alongside more advisories from the ongoing review. Admins with workflows on the removed discussion trigger will need to adapt.
Alternatives to Drone and MISP
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 Drone or MISP.
Tyk
Tyk is in maintenance mode on four release lines at once, with 5.16 barely stirring.
GitHub
GitHub is building an identity trail around agent-era code: who pushed, who prompted, who pays.
werf
werf exposes git provenance to build commands and auto-includes Git LFS content.
Infisical
Infisical puts secret changes on its global approval system and splits out secret scanning.
Apache Airflow
Airflow's feed right now is a wall of provider release candidates, not core changes.
Recent activity from Drone and MISP
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 3d agoMISPMISP 2.5.50 Released - Security hardening, Overmind improvements, and streamlined workflows
- 14d agoMISPMISP 2.5.48: 20 vulnerabilities fixed, native XLSX export
- 25d agoMISPMISP 2.4.221: security backport for EOL branch
- 25d agoMISPMISP 2.5.47: PostgreSQL support, AI analysis, 27 CVEs including authenticated RCE ⚡
- 1mo agoMISPMISP 2.5.46 released - security hardening, major performance gains, knowledge-base updates and Overmind moving forward
- 1mo agoMISPMISP v2.5.45 released - Overmind Everywhere, LDAP Reworked, Security Hardened and Many Fixes
- 1y agoDronev3.3.0 | Harness Open Source
- 1y agoDronev3.2.0 | Harness Open Source
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Drone and MISP?
Both compete on the same themes — open-source — within Infra & APIs. MISP is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 0.0), with 1 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 Drone better than MISP?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. MISP is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 0.0), with 1 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 Drone?
Top Drone alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Drone alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/drone for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to MISP?
Top MISP alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "MISP alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/misp for the full list with editorial commentary on each.