GitHub Actions is a versatile platform for automating software development workflows directly within GitHub. It supports CI/CD, enabling automated building, testing, and deployment.
Key features include:
- Workflow Automation: Automate tasks based on GitHub events.
- Multi-Platform Support: Offers hosted runners for Linux, macOS, Windows, ARM, and GPU environments.
- Language Flexibility: Supports Node.js, Python, Java, Ruby, PHP, Go, Rust, and .NET.
- Matrix Builds: Enables simultaneous testing across multiple operating systems and runtime versions.
- Live Logs: Provides real-time workflow execution visibility with color and emoji.
- Secret Store: Securely store sensitive information.
- Package Management: Integrates with GitHub Packages for streamlined package management.
- Marketplace: Access a wide range of pre-built actions.