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Runs On alternatives for AI agents.

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Runs On

Self-hosted GitHub Actions runners made simple. For AWS. 10x cheaper, 40% faster, and unlimited caching. Best alternative to Actions Runner Controller.

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#1

Github Pages Deploy Action

Similarity 148Trust 95Excellent 100

πŸš€ Automatically deploy your project to GitHub Pages using GitHub Actions. This action can be configured to push your production-ready code into any branch you'd like.

4.6K starsJun 15, 2026 pushgithub-automationTypeScriptGitHub
$ npx skills add JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action
#2

Cml

Similarity 141Trust 81Strong 77

♾️ CML - Continuous Machine Learning | CI/CD for ML

4.2K starsJun 2, 2025 pushgithub-automationJavaScriptGitHub
$ npx skills add iterative/cml
#3

FTP Deploy Action

Similarity 132Trust 92Excellent 100

Deploys a GitHub project to a FTP server using GitHub actions

5.1K starsApr 23, 2026 pushgithub-automationTypeScriptGitHub
$ npx skills add SamKirkland/FTP-Deploy-Action
#4

Terraform Aws Github Runner

Similarity 131Trust 93Excellent 100

Terraform module for scalable GitHub action runners on AWS

3.1K starsJun 15, 2026 pushgithub-automationTypeScriptGitHub
$ npx skills add github-aws-runners/terraform-aws-github-runner
#5

Expo Github Action

Similarity 129Trust 89Excellent 100

Expo GitHub Action makes it easy to automate EAS builds or updates

1.0K starsJun 2, 2026 pushgithub-automationTypeScriptGitHub
$ npx skills add expo/expo-github-action
#6

Gitea

Similarity 128Trust 97Excellent 100

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
#7

Act

Similarity 128Trust 95Excellent 100

Run your GitHub Actions locally πŸš€

71K starsJun 1, 2026 pushgithub-automationGoGitHub
$ npx skills add nektos/act
#8

Gh Aw

Similarity 124Trust 93Excellent 100

GitHub Agentic Workflows

4.6K starsJun 16, 2026 pushgithub-automationGoGitHub
$ npx skills add github/gh-aw
#9

Actionlint

Similarity 124Trust 92Excellent 100

:octocat: Static checker for GitHub Actions workflow files

4.0K starsJun 11, 2026 pushgithub-automationGoGitHub
$ npx skills add rhysd/actionlint
#10

Changed Files

Similarity 124Trust 95Excellent 100

:octocat: Github action to retrieve all (added, copied, modified, deleted, renamed, type changed, unmerged, unknown) files and directories.

2.7K starsJun 11, 2026 pushgithub-automationTypeScriptGitHub
$ npx skills add tj-actions/changed-files
#11

Cibuildwheel

Similarity 123Trust 93Excellent 100

🎑 Build Python wheels for all the platforms with minimal configuration.

2.2K starsJun 15, 2026 pushgithub-automationPythonGitHub
$ npx skills add pypa/cibuildwheel
#12

Wrkflw

Similarity 123Trust 89Excellent 100

Validate and Run GitHub Actions locally.

3.2K starsJun 11, 2026 pushgithub-automationRustGitHub
$ npx skills add bahdotsh/wrkflw
#13

Android Emulator Runner

Similarity 122Trust 96Excellent 100

A GitHub Action for installing, configuring and running hardware-accelerated Android Emulators on macOS virtual machines.

1.3K starsJun 16, 2026 pushgithub-automationTypeScriptGitHub
$ npx skills add ReactiveCircus/android-emulator-runner
#14

Docker Github Actions Runner

Similarity 122Trust 88Excellent 100

This will run the new self-hosted github actions runners with docker-in-docker

2.3K starsJun 10, 2026 pushgithub-automationShellGitHub
$ npx skills add myoung34/docker-github-actions-runner
#15

Action Setup

Similarity 122Trust 94Excellent 100

Install pnpm package manager

1.3K starsJun 15, 2026 pushgithub-automationTypeScriptGitHub
$ npx skills add pnpm/action-setup
#16

Add And Commit

Similarity 122Trust 94Excellent 100

:octocat: Automatically commit changes made in your workflow run directly to your repo

1.3K starsJun 15, 2026 pushgithub-automationTypeScriptGitHub
$ npx skills add EndBug/add-and-commit

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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 Runs On if it already passes your workflow test and repository review.

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