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title: "What AI recommended for ci/cd in September 2026"
description: "What AI recommends for ci/cd, updated monthly: which tools Claude · Claude Haiku 4.5, Claude · Claude Opus 4.8, Claude · Claude Sonnet 4.6, ChatGPT, Venice · DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731, Venice · Gemini 3.6 Flash, Venice · Kimi K2.6, Venice · Llama 3.3 70B, Venice · Qwen 3.7 Plus and Venice · GLM 5.2 named in September 2026 when developers asked \"What CI/CD should I use?\", cross-referenced with what developers say about them."
source: https://backtalk.sh/ai-recommends/ci-cd/2026-09
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# What AI recommends for ci/cd (September 2026)

When developers ask "What CI/CD should I use?", this is what Claude · Claude Haiku 4.5, Claude · Claude Opus 4.8, Claude · Claude Sonnet 4.6, ChatGPT, Venice · DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731, Venice · Gemini 3.6 Flash, Venice · Kimi K2.6, Venice · Llama 3.3 70B, Venice · Qwen 3.7 Plus and Venice · GLM 5.2 answer, measured over 570 sampled answers across 4 probe runs. Share of voice is the percentage of sampled answers naming the tool; the dev pulse is the sentiment of the same month's developer mentions on Hacker News, Reddit, GitHub, Stack Overflow, Bluesky and more.

| # | Tool | AI share of voice | Change vs prior month | Named by | Dev pulse |
|---|------|------------------:|----------------------:|----------|-----------|
| 1 | GitHub Actions | 0.3% | -21.8 pts | ChatGPT, Venice · GLM 5.2 | not tracked |
| 2 | GitLab CI | 0.3% | -28.1 pts | ChatGPT, Venice · GLM 5.2 | not tracked |
| 3 | CircleCI | 0.3% | -29 pts | ChatGPT, Venice · GLM 5.2 | not tracked |
| 4 | Buildkite | 0.2% | -11.4 pts | ChatGPT | not tracked |
| 5 | Jenkins | 0.2% | -28.7 pts | ChatGPT | not tracked |
| 6 | Travis CI | 0% | -15.6 pts | none this month | not tracked |

Biggest mover: CircleCI (-29 pts vs the previous month).

> Averaged equally across 10 AI models, GitHub Actions is named in 0.3% of answers about ci/cd (2 of 10 name it).

Source: BackTalk AI Recommendation Standings, September 2026 · https://backtalk.sh/ai-recommends/ci-cd/2026-09

## The prompts behind these standings

- What CI/CD should I use? (recommendation)
- What are the best GitHub Actions alternatives? (alternatives)
- Which CI/CD tool is best for a small team? (recommendation)

## Method

These September 2026 standings are final and never change; cite them by permalink. Full methodology: https://backtalk.sh/ai-recommends/methodology (as markdown: https://backtalk.sh/ai-recommends/methodology.md). Free to cite with attribution to "BackTalk AI Recommendation Standings" and a link.