[jenkins] Jenkins vs Travis-CI. Which one would you use for a Open Source project?

For my project I need to choose between Jenkins and Travis-CI. I’ve been using Jenkins for years but I’ve also read good reviews about Travis-CI.

Which one would you use for an Open Source project? What are the main benefits or advantages of both?

I would suggest Travis for Open source project. It's just simple to configure and use.

Simple steps to setup:

1. Should have GITHUB account and register in Travis CI website using your GITHUB account.
2. Add .travis.yml file in root of your project. Add Travis as service in your repository settings page.

Now every time you commit into your repository Travis will build your project. You can follow simple steps to get started with Travis CI.

I worked on both Travis and Jenkins: I will list down some of the features of both:

Setup CI for a project

Travis comes in first place. It's very easy to setup. Takes less than a minute to setup with GitHub.

1. Login to GitHub
2. Create Web Hook for Travis.
3. Return to Travis, and login with your GitHub credentials
4. Sync your GitHub repo and enable Push and Pull requests.

Jenkins:

1. Create an Environment (Master Jenkins)
2. Create web hooks
3. Configure each job (takes time compare to Travis)

Re-running builds

Travis: Anyone with write access on GitHub can re-run the build by clicking on `restart build

Jenkins: Re-run builds based on a phrase. You provide phrase text in PR/commit description, like reverify jenkins.

Controlling environment

Travis: Travis provides hosted environment. It installs required software for every build. It’s a time-consuming process.

Jenkins: One-time setup. Installs all required software on a node/slave machine, and then builds/tests on a pre-installed environment.

Build Logs:

Travis: Supports build logs to place in Amazon S3.

Jenkins: Easy to setup with build artifacts plugin.