#1
Run your GitHub Actions locally 🚀
71K starsJun 1, 2026 pushgithub-automationGoGitHub
$ npx skills add nektos/actAlternatives
Github Act Runner alternatives for AI agents.
Compare similar skills by workflow fit, trust score, quality, GitHub adoption, maintenance, and install readiness.
Current skill
Github Act Runner
act as self-hosted runner
69
Quality
74
Trust
385
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#2
Validate and Run GitHub Actions locally.
3.3K starsSep 8, 2026 pushgithub-automationRustGitHub
$ npx skills add bahdotsh/wrkflw#3
Git with a cup of tea! Painless self-hosted all-in-one software development service, including Git hosting, code review, team collaboration, package registry and CI/CD
56K starsJun 16, 2026 pushgithub-automationGoGitHub
$ npx skills add go-gitea/gitea#4
Release engineering, simplified
16K starsJun 13, 2026 pushgithub-automationGoGitHub
$ npx skills add goreleaser/goreleaser#5
Kubernetes controller for GitHub Actions self-hosted runners
6.4K starsAug 3, 2026 pushgithub-automationGoGitHub
$ npx skills add actions/actions-runner-controller#6
GitHub Actions for executing remote ssh commands.
6.2K starsAug 16, 2026 pushgithub-automationShellGitHub
$ npx skills add appleboy/ssh-action#7
Open source alternative to AWS. Elastic compute, block storage (non replicated), firewall and load balancer, managed Postgres, K8s, AI inference, and IAM services.
12K starsJun 16, 2026 pushgithub-automationRubyGitHub
$ npx skills add ubicloud/ubicloud#8
Harness Open Source is an end-to-end developer platform with Source Control Management, CI/CD Pipelines, Hosted Developer Environments, and Artifact Registries.
37K starsJun 15, 2026 pushdevopsGoCI/CD
$ npx skills add harness/harness#9
Woodpecker is a simple, yet powerful CI/CD engine with great extensibility.
7.6K starsJul 30, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add woodpecker-ci/woodpecker#10
A solution for implementing efficient and consistent software delivery to Kubernetes facilitating best practices.
4.7K starsJul 24, 2026 pushdevopsGoCI/CD
$ npx skills add werf/werf#11
Easy and Repeatable Kubernetes Development
16K starsJun 15, 2026 pushcoding-agentsGoDeveloper Tools
$ npx skills add GoogleContainerTools/skaffold#12
Terragrunt is a flexible orchestration tool that allows Infrastructure as Code written in OpenTofu/Terraform to scale.
9.7K starsJun 15, 2026 pushcoding-agentsGoDeveloper Tools
$ npx skills add gruntwork-io/terragrunt#13
Git Server with CI/CD, Kanban, and Packages. Seamless integration. Unparalleled experience.
15K starsJun 15, 2026 pushdevopsJavaCI/CD
$ npx skills add theonedev/onedev#14
Declarative Continuous Deployment for Kubernetes
24K starsSep 16, 2026 pushdevopsGoCI/CD
$ npx skills add argoproj/argo-cd#15
Podman: A tool for managing OCI containers and pods.
32K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add podman-container-tools/podman#16
Complete container management platform
26K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add rancher/rancherHow to choose
When should you switch?
Use an alternative when it has a clearer install path, higher trust score, fresher maintenance, or better platform fit for your current agent stack. Keep Github Act Runner if it already passes your workflow test and repository review.
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Open the compare page, test the install commands in a sandbox, and check each repository before using a skill in production.