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Automate your workflow
from idea to production

GitHub Actions makes it easy to automate all your software workflows, now with world-class CI/CD. Build, test, and deploy your code right from GitHub. Make code reviews, branch management, and issue triaging work the way you want.

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on: milestone
on: issue_comment
on: check_run
on: deployment
on: label
on: project_card
on: pull_request_comment
on: release
on: repository_vulnerability_alert
on: milestone
on: public
on: repository_dispatch
on: issue_comment
on: fork
on: deployment_status
on: page_build
on: watch
on: pull_request
on: delete
on: issue_comment
on: issues
on: check_suite
on: scheduled
on: pull_request_review
on: project_column
on: status
on: project
on: pull_request
on: delete
on: issue_comment
on: push
on: page_build
on: watch

Run a workflow
on any GitHub event

Kick off workflows with GitHub events like push, issue creation, or a new release. Combine and configure actions for the services you use, built and maintained by the community.

Whether you want to build a container, deploy a web service, or automate welcoming new users to your open source projects—there's an action for that. Pair GitHub Packages with Actions to simplify package management, including version updates, fast distribution with our global CDN, and dependency resolution, using your existing GITHUB_TOKEN.

on: milestone
on: issue_comment
on: check_run
on: deployment
on: label
on: project_card
on: pull_request_comment
on: release
on: repository_vulnerability_alert
on: milestone
on: public
on: repository_dispatch
on: issue_comment
on: fork
on: deployment_status
on: page_build
on: watch
on: pull_request
on: delete
on: issue_comment
on: issues
on: check_suite
on: scheduled
on: pull_request_review
on: project_column
on: status
on: project
on: pull_request
on: delete
on: issue_comment
on: push
on: page_build
on: watch

Linux, macOS, Windows, ARM, and containers

Hosted runners for every major OS make it easy to build and test all your projects. Run directly on a VM or inside a container. Use your own VMs, in the cloud or on-prem, with self-hosted runners.

Matrix builds

Save time with matrix workflows that simultaneously test across multiple operating systems and versions of your runtime.

Any language

GitHub Actions supports Node.js, Python, Java, Ruby, PHP, Go, Rust, .NET, and more. Build, test, and deploy applications in your language of choice.

  error-pages
  GET /
     should respond with page list
  Accept: text/html
    GET /403
       should respond with 403
    GET /404
       should respond with 404
    GET /500
       should respond with 500
  Accept: application/json
    GET /403
       should respond with 403
    GET /404
       should respond with 404
    GET /500
       should respond with 500
  Accept: text/plain
    GET /403
       should respond with 403
    GET /404
       should respond with 404
    GET /500
       should respond with 500
error
  GET /
     should respond with 500
  GET /next
     should respond with 500
  GET /missing
     should respond with 404

markdown
  GET /
     should respond with html
  GET /fail
     should respond with an error

multi-router
  GET /
     should respond with root handler
  GET /api/v1/
     should respond with APIv1 root handler
  GET /api/v1/users
     should respond with users from APIv1
  GET /api/v2/
     should respond with APIv2 root handler
  GET /api/v2/users
     should respond with users from APIv2

mvc
  GET /
     should redirect to /users
  GET /pet/0
     should get pet
  GET /pet/0/edit
     should get pet edit page
  PUT /pet/2
     should update the pet
  GET /users
     should display a list of users (70ms)
  GET /user/:id
    when present
       should display the user
       should display the users pets
    when not present
       should 404
  GET /user/:id/edit
     should display the edit form
  PUT /user/:id
     should 500 on error
     should update the user
  POST /user/:id/pet
     should create a pet for user (19ms)

params
  GET /
     should respond with instructions
  GET /user/0
     should respond with a user
  GET /user/9
     should fail to find user
  GET /users/0-2
     should respond with three users
  GET /users/foo-bar
     should fail integer parsing

resource
  GET /
     should respond with instructions
  GET /users
     should respond with all users
  GET /users/1
     should respond with user 1
  GET /users/9
     should respond with error
  GET /users/1..3
     should respond with users 1 through 3
  DELETE /users/1
     should delete user 1
  DELETE /users/9
     should fail
  GET /users/1..3.json
     should respond with users 2 and 3 as json

route-map
  GET /users
     should respond with users
  DELETE /users
     should delete users
  GET /users/:id
     should get a user
  GET /users/:id/pets
     should get a users pets
  GET /users/:id/pets/:pid
     should get a users pet

route-separation
  GET /
     should respond with index
  GET /users
     should list users
  GET /user/:id
     should get a user
     should 404 on missing user
  GET /user/:id/view
     should get a user
     should 404 on missing user (13ms)
  GET /user/:id/edit
     should get a user to edit
  PUT /user/:id/edit
     should edit a user
  POST /user/:id/edit?_method=PUT
     should edit a user
  GET /posts
     should get a list of posts

vhost
  example.com
    GET /
       should say hello
    GET /foo
       should say foo
  foo.example.com
    GET /
       should redirect to /foo
  bar.example.com
    GET /
       should redirect to /bar

web-service
  GET /api/users
    without an api key
       should respond with 400 bad request
    with an invalid api key
       should respond with 401 unauthorized
    with a valid api key
       should respond users json
  GET /api/repos
    without an api key
       should respond with 400 bad request
    with an invalid api key
       should respond with 401 unauthorized
    with a valid api key
       should respond repos json

GET /api/user/:name/repos
  without an api key
     should respond with 400 bad request
  with an invalid api key
     should respond with 401 unauthorized
  with a valid api key
     should respond user repos json
     should 404 with unknown user

when requesting an invalid route
   should respond with 404 json

1123 passing (4s)

=============================================================================
Writing coverage object [/home/runner/build/expressjs/express/coverage/coverage.json]
Writing coverage reports at [/home/runner/build/expressjs/express/coverage]
=============================================================================

=============================== Coverage summary ===============================
Statements   : 98.81% ( 1916/1939 ), 38 ignored
Branches     : 94.58% ( 751/794 ), 22 ignored
Functions    : 100% ( 267/267 )
Lines        : 100% ( 1872/1872 )
================================================================================
The command "npm run test-ci" exited with 0.

$ npm run lint

> express@4.17.1 lint /home/runner/build/expressjs/express
> eslint .

The command "npm run lint" exited with 0.

store build cache

$ # Upload coverage to coveralls

Done. Your build exited with 0.

          
PR checks

Live logs

See your workflow run in realtime with color and emoji. It’s one click to copy a link that highlights a specific line number to share a CI/CD failure.

Built in secret store

Automate your software development practices with workflow files embracing the Git flow by codifying it in your repository.

Multi-container testing

Test your web service and its DB in your workflow by simply adding some docker-compose to your workflow file.

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on: push
jobs:
  test:
    strategy:
      matrix:
        platform: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
    - uses: actions/setup-node@v1
      with:
        version: 12
    - run: npm install-ci-test
    - uses:











  publish:
    needs: [build]
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
              

Community-powered workflows

GitHub Actions connects all of your tools to automate every step of your development workflow. Easily deploy to any cloud, create tickets in Jira, or publish a package to npm.

Want to venture off the beaten path? Use the millions of open source libraries available on GitHub to create your own actions. Write them in JavaScript or create a container Action—both can interact with the full GitHub API and any other public API.

What our community is saying

Philips
GitHub Actions empowers teams to define highly advanced pipelines without losing the focus on simplicity. It brings the power of the pipeline as code, matrix builds, and predefined environment together in one place. GitHub Actions makes it possible to build and share workflows via reusable steps and delivers what’s required to build the next-generation CI/CD pipeline.”

Jeroen Knoops

Senior Software Engineer

Yarn
For open source projects, the lower the infrastructure friction we have, the easier it becomes to work with external contributors. Using GitHub Actions for CI and common tasks like triaging issues allows us to lower the barriers even more, so we can focus on writing a good product.”

Maël Nison

Yarn maintainer

Gitkraken
We’re excited about Actions and the possibilities it brings. It’s CI/CD but with so much more. Our integration with Actions allows Glo Board users to easily manage and automate their issues on various triggers.”

Hamid Shojaee

GitKraken Founder

JUnit5
I’m excited to use GitHub Actions to streamline our workflows to access sources and builds. The ability to manage and automate issues, code, packages and CI tasks all in one place is very powerful.”

Christian Stein

JUnit5 maintainer

Simple, pay-as-you-go pricing

Public repositories

Free

loveWe love open source

Private repositories

Included minutes

  • Free

    2,000

    minutes per month

  • Pro

    3,000

    minutes per month

  • Team

    3,000

    minutes per month

  • Enterprise

    50,000

    minutes per month

Additional hosted runner minutes

  • Linux

    2 cores, 7GB

    $0.008

    per minute

  • Windows

    2 cores, 7GB

    $0.016

    per minute

  • macOS

    2 cores, 7GB

    $0.08

    per minute

  • Self-hosted

    Free

Included, hosted runner minutes are consumed at different rates for each operating system. GitHub Actions is not available for private repos in legacy per-repository plans. Learn more

The future of workflow automation is now

Get started with GitHub actions today and explore community created actions in the GitHub Marketplace.

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