Learn about the concept of runners in GitHub Actions. GitHub offers hosted virtual machines to run workflows. The virtual machine contains an environment of tools, packages, and settings available …

Apr 15, 2025 · In this post, we’ll compare GitHub-hosted runners with self-hosted runners across five areas to help you determine which type best fits your GitHub Actions adoption strategy.

Jun 9, 2025 · Learn how to create a self-hosted GitHub Action Runner with this step-by-step guide. Improve security, control, and performance in your CI/CD pipeline.

You can host your own runners and customize the environment used to run jobs in your GitHub Actions workflows.

Jun 10, 2025 · Setting up a runner is quite simple, and you can even do it on your laptop instead of a VM to try it! NOTE: Just like the previous articles, this one has a repository with all the code shown that …

Jan 16, 2026 · Speed up your CI and cut costs with the best GitHub Actions runner tools. Compare BuildJet, RunsOn, Depot, and more to find the right runners for your pipelines.

Mar 2, 2024 · GitHub Runners are lightweight, scalable virtual machines that execute jobs in a GitHub Actions workflow. Whenever a workflow is triggered — be it by a push event, a pull request, a …

Apr 9, 2024 · Self-hosted runners offer flexibility and control over your CI/CD environment in GitHub Actions. By customizing hardware, operating systems, and software, you can tailor the execution …

Jan 22, 2026 · GitHub Actions 1 vCPU Linux runners are now generally available. All customers can now take advantage of these lower cost runners. These runners are optimized for automation tasks, …

The runner is the application that runs a job from a GitHub Actions workflow. It is used by GitHub Actions in the hosted virtual environments, or you can self-host the runner in your own environment.