#18 in Orchestration & SchedulingUpdated 2026-08

Digger

by Digger · Self-hostable Terraform CI/CD and background computers for AI agents

43.4 — BenchRank score out of 100

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Overview

Digger is self-hostable, open source infrastructure tooling. Its Terraform CI/CD orchestrator plans on every pull request, applies on merge, detects drift, and manages state with rollback, running inside your own CI so secrets stay in your environment. A second product, opencomputer, provides background computers for AI agents that hibernate when idle and wake when needed.

Best for: Platform teams running Terraform who want PR automation and drift detection inside their own CI
Pricing: No prices or plans are shown in the captured text; the site describes the tooling as open source and self-hostable.
Runs on: Self-hosted

Strengths and trade-offs

Strengths

Runs in your CI, so secrets stay in your environment
Plan on every PR, apply on merge, drift detection
State management with rollback included
Open source and self-hostable

Trade-offs

Terraform only; no other IaC tooling mentioned
You supply and maintain the CI system it runs in
No pricing or plans published on the captured page
The AI-agent computers product is described only in outline

How this score is made up

Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.

MCP support: 0 out of 100
API quality: 55 out of 100
Documentation: 90 out of 100
Agent friendliness: 47 out of 100
Changelog: 0 out of 100
Marketing site structure: 70 out of 100
Operational trust: 40 out of 100

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Openness: 85 out of 100
Maintenance: 100 out of 100

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