awesome-free/services/devtools/github-actions.yaml at main · devliq/awesome-free · GitHub

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service:
  id: "github-actions"
  name: "GitHub Actions"
  provider: "GitHub"
  category: "devtools"
  url: "https://github.com/features/actions"
  free_tier:
    type: "always-free"
    always_free:
      included: true
      limits:
        - "2,000 minutes/month for public repositories"
        - "500 MB storage for GitHub Packages and Large File Storage"
        - "No minute limits for public repositories"
      duration: "Always"
  regions:
    always_free:
      - "Global"
    note: "Runs on GitHub-hosted runners in Microsoft Azure data centers"
  gotchas:
    - "Private repositories limited to 2,000 minutes/month"
    - "Storage limits for packages and large files"
    - "No self-hosted runners in free tier"
    - "Concurrent job limits (20 for public repos, 1 for free private repos)"
    - "No access to larger runner types (2-64 vCPUs)"
  best_for:
    - "CI/CD pipelines for open source projects"
    - "Automated testing and linting"
    - "Deployment automation"
    - "Code quality checks"
    - "Documentation generation"
  not_for:
    - "Heavy workloads requiring long build times"
    - "Private repositories with high CI/CD usage"
    - "Projects needing custom hardware or software"
    - "Large-scale parallel testing"
  complementary_services:
    - service_id: "github-pages"
      notes: "For hosting static websites directly from repositories"
    - service_id: "github-packages"
      notes: "For hosting and sharing packages within the GitHub ecosystem"
    - service_id: "github-dependabot"
      notes: "For automated dependency updates and security alerts"
  cost:
    under_free_tier: "$0"
    typical_after_free: "$0.008 per minute for Linux/Windows, $0.016 per minute for macOS"
    scaling_trajectory: "Pay per minute of compute time used"
  requirements:
    credit_card: false
    phone_verification: false
    identity_verification: false
    minimum_age: 13
    geography_restrictions: "None"
  resources:
    official_docs: "https://docs.github.com/en/actions"
    free_tier_page: "https://github.com/pricing"
    tutorial: "https://docs.github.com/en/actions/quickstart"
    community: "https://github.community/c/code-to-cloud/github-actions/41"
  metadata:
    last_verified: "2026-01-26"
    verified_by: "Kilo Code"
    source: "GitHub official documentation"
    notes: ""
  flags:
    time_sensitive: false
    cost_risk: "low"
    vendor_lock_in: "low"
    learning_curve: "low"
    setup_time: 10