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Fluent CI vs Prim+RPC
Fluent CI orchestrates CI/CD pipelines; Prim+RPC is an RPC library.
Fluent CIWrite your CI/CD Pipelines in Typescript! No YAML
Prim+RPCA bridge between JavaScript environments.Which to pick
Pick Fluent CI if you want…
- TypeScript-based CI pipelines
- Integrations with Gleam, Rescript or Rust (on Fluent CI's list, not Prim+RPC's)
Pick Prim+RPC if you want…
- Transport-agnostic JavaScript RPC
- Integrations with Node, Express or Fastify (on Prim+RPC's list, not Fluent CI's)
Side by side
- What it is
- Fluent CI:Fluent CI lets you write CI/CD pipelines in TypeScript instead of YAML.
- Prim+RPC:Prim+RPC provides type-safe, transport-agnostic RPC/IPC for JavaScript environments.
- Best for
- Fluent CI:TypeScript-based CI pipelines
- Prim+RPC:Transport-agnostic JavaScript RPC
- Who it’s for
- Fluent CI:Developers who prefer a real programming language for CI/CD pipelines.
- Prim+RPC:JavaScript developers needing simple client-server function calls.
- Pricing
- Fluent CI:Open source
- Prim+RPC:Open source
- Open source
- Fluent CI:Yes, 122 GitHub stars
- Prim+RPC:Yes, 110 GitHub stars
- Works with
- Fluent CI:Deno, Gleam, Rescript, Rust, Bun, Cloudflare, Terraform, Android
- Prim+RPC:Node, Deno, Bun, Express, Fastify, Hono, Next.js, Remix
Fluent CI features
- TypeScript pipelines. Define build, test, and deploy steps using TypeScript code.
- Self-hosted. Run Fluent CI locally or on any server you control.
- FluentCI Studio. Graphical UI to explore and edit pipelines across projects.
- Plugin SDK. Write custom CI plugins with IDE auto-completion and type checking.
- 170+ extensions. Ready-made pipelines for many languages and services.
- Dagger & Deno core. Built on Dagger for portable pipelines and Deno for secure execution.
- Registry of pre-built pipelines. Browse and reuse community pipelines for common stacks.
- CI provider integration. Develop locally then push pipelines to any CI provider.
Prim+RPC features
- Type-safe calls. Full TypeScript or JSDoc typings are generated at runtime.
- Zero client generation. Functions are called directly without a build step.
- Transport agnostic. Works over HTTP, WebSocket, Web Workers, processes, etc.
- Framework agnostic. Integrates with Express, Fastify, Hono, Next.js, Deno, Bun and more.
- File & Blob support. Upload and download files without extra handling.
- Batching. Multiple RPC calls can be combined into a single request.
- Custom serialization. Plug-in JSON handlers for Dates, RegExps, Errors, etc.
- Error propagation. Server errors are thrown directly on the client.
Fluent CI vs Prim+RPC FAQ
Is Fluent CI or Prim+RPC free?+
Yes, both are free and open source.
Is Fluent CI or Prim+RPC open source?+
Yes, both are open source: Fluent CI (fluentci-io/fluentci on GitHub, MPL-2.0 license) and Prim+RPC (doseofted/prim-rpc on GitHub, Apache-2.0 license).
Do Fluent CI and Prim+RPC integrate with the same tools?+
Partly. Both list Deno and Bun. Fluent CI also lists Gleam, Rescript, Rust, Cloudflare and 8 more; Prim+RPC also lists Node, Express, Fastify, Hono and 7 more.
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