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Automate, customize, and execute your software development workflows right in your repository with GitHub Actions. You can discover, create, and share actions to perform any job you'd like, including CI/CD, and combine actions in a completely customized workflow.

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Example workflows using service containers

service containers
actions/example-services

Declaratively setup GitHub Labels

GitHub Action to declaratively setup labels across repos

issues labels
lannonbr/issue-label-manager-action

Declaratively sync GitHub labels

GitHub Action to sync GitHub labels in the declarative way

issues labels
micnncim/action-label-syncer

Add releases to GitHub

Publish GitHub releases in an action

releases publishing
elgohr/Github-Release-Action

Publish a docker image to Dockerhub

A GitHub Action used to build and publish Docker images

docker publishing build
elgohr/Publish-Docker-Github-Action

Create an issue using content from a file

A GitHub action to create an issue using content from a file

issues
peter-evans/create-issue-from-file

Publish GitHub Releases with Assets

GitHub Action for creating GitHub Releases

releases publishing
softprops/action-gh-release

GitHub Project Automation+

Automate GitHub Project cards with any webhook event

projects automation issues pull requests
alex-page/github-project-automation-plus

Run GitHub Actions Locally with a web interface

Runs GitHub Actions workflows locally (local)

local-development devops docker
phishy/wflow

Run your GitHub Actions locally

Run GitHub Actions Locally in Terminal

local-development devops docker
nektos/act

Build and Publish Android debug APK

Build and release debug APK from your Android project

android build
ShaunLWM/action-release-debugapk

Generate sequential build numbers for GitHub Actions

GitHub action for generating sequential build numbers.

build automation
einaregilsson/build-number

GitHub actions to push back to repository

Push Git changes to GitHub repository without authentication difficulties

publishing
ad-m/github-push-action

Generate release notes based on your events

Action to auto generate a release note based on your events

releases publishing
Decathlon/release-notes-generator-action

Create a GitHub wiki page based on the provided markdown file

Create a GitHub wiki page based on the provided markdown file

wiki publishing
Decathlon/wiki-page-creator-action

Label your Pull Requests auto-magically (using committed files)

GitHub action to label your pull requests auto-magically (using committed files)

projects issues labels
Decathlon/pull-request-labeler-action

Add Label to your Pull Requests based on the author team name

GitHub action to label your pull requests based on the author name

pull request labels
JulienKode/team-labeler-action

Get a list of file changes with a PR/Push

This action gives you will get outputs of the files that have changed in your repository

workflow repository
trilom/file-changes-action

Private actions in any workflow

Allows private GitHub Actions to be easily reused

workflow tools
InVisionApp/private-action-loader

Label your issues using the issue's contents

A GitHub Action to automatically tag issues with labels and assignees

workflow tools labels issues
damccorm/tag-ur-it

Rollback a GitHub Release

A GitHub Action to rollback or delete a release

workflow releases
author/action-rollback

Lock closed issues and Pull Requests

GitHub Action that locks closed issues and pull requests after a period of inactivity

issues pull requests workflow
dessant/lock-threads

Get Commit Difference Count Between Two Branches

This GitHub Action compares two branches and gives you the commit count between them

commit diff workflow
jessicalostinspace/commit-difference-action

Generate Release Notes Based on Git References

GitHub Action to generate changelogs, and release notes

cicd release-notes workflow changelog
metcalfc/changelog-generator

Enforce Policies on GitHub Repositories and Commits

Policy enforcement for your pipelines

docker build-automation workflow
talos-systems/conform

Auto Label Issue Based

Automatically label an issue based on the issue description

labels workflow automation
Renato66/auto-label

Update Configured GitHub Actions to the Latest Versions

CLI tool to check whehter all your actions are up-to-date or not

versions cli workflow
fabasoad/ghacu

Create Issue Branch

GitHub Action that automates the creation of issue branches

probot issues labels
robvanderleek/create-issue-branch

Remove old artifacts

Customize artifact cleanup

artifacts workflow
c-hive/gha-remove-artifacts

Sync Defined Files/Binaries to Wiki or External Repositories

GitHub Action to automatically sync changes to external repositories, like the wiki, for example

wiki sync workflow
kai-tub/external-repo-sync-action

Create/Update/Delete a GitHub Wiki page based on any file

Updates your GitHub wiki by using rsync, allowing for exclusion of files and directories and actual deletion of files

wiki docker workflow
Andrew-Chen-Wang/github-wiki-action

Prow GitHub Actions

Automation of policy enforcement, chat-ops, and automatic PR merging

chat-ops prow workflow
jpmcb/prow-github-actions

Check GitHub Status in your Workflow

Check GitHub Status in your workflow

status monitoring workflow
crazy-max/ghaction-github-status

Manage labels on GitHub as code

GitHub Action to manage labels (create/rename/update/delete)

labels workflow automation
crazy-max/ghaction-github-labeler

Distribute funding in free and open source projects

Continuous Distribution of funding to project contributors and dependencies

sponsors funding payment
protontypes/libreselery

Herald rules for GitHub

Add reviewers, subscribers, labels and assignees to your PR

reviewers labels assignees pull request
gagoar/use-herald-action

Codeowner validator

Ensures the correctness of your GitHub CODEOWNERS file, supports public and private GitHub repositories and also GitHub Enterprise installations

codeowners validate workflow
mszostok/codeowners-validator

Copybara Action

Move and transform code between repositories (ideal to maintain several repos from one monorepo)

monorepo copybara workflow
olivr/copybara-action

Deploy static files to GitHub Pages

GitHub Action to publish website to GitHub Pages automatically

publishing
peaceiris/actions-gh-pages

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Setting up CI using templates

You can set up continuous integration for your project using a workflow template that matches the language and tooling you want to use.

@GitHub
@GitHub

Publishing Node.js packages

You can publish Node.js packages to a registry as part of your continuous integration (CI) workflow.

@GitHub
@GitHub

Building and testing PowerShell

You can create a continuous integration (CI) workflow to build and test your PowerShell project.

@potatoqualitee
@potatoqualitee
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