GitHub Actions is a CI/CD and automation platform built into GitHub that enables workflow automation triggered by repository events.
Pricing
$0-21 / user / month
Reviews
5,000+
Founded
2019
Team Size
10,001+ employees
Current Deal
Free for public repos
About GitHub Actions
GitHub Actions provides CI/CD and general automation directly in GitHub repositories. Workflows are defined in YAML files and triggered by GitHub events like push, pull request, release, or schedule.
The marketplace offers over 20,000 pre-built actions for common tasks. Matrix builds support testing across multiple OS, language versions, and configurations simultaneously.
GitHub-hosted runners are available for Linux, Windows, and macOS, while self-hosted runners provide custom environments. Actions supports reusable workflows and composite actions for DRY principles.
Tight integration with GitHub features like environments, secrets, branch protection rules, and deployment reviews makes Actions the natural CI/CD choice for GitHub-hosted projects.
Pricing
$0-21 / user / month
Free: 2,000 minutes/month for public repos (unlimited for public)
Team: $4/user/month - 3,000 minutes
Enterprise: $21/user/month - 50,000 minutes
Additional minutes: $0.008-0.016/minute based on runner
