act VS gitlab-ci-local

Compare act vs gitlab-ci-local and see what are their differences.

act

Run your GitHub Actions locally 🚀 (by nektos)

gitlab-ci-local

Tired of pushing to test your .gitlab-ci.yml? (by firecow)
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act gitlab-ci-local
145 10
49,430 1,808
4.8% -
9.2 9.1
about 21 hours ago 2 days ago
Go TypeScript
MIT License MIT License
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act

Posts with mentions or reviews of act. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-27.

gitlab-ci-local

Posts with mentions or reviews of gitlab-ci-local. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-18.
  • 🦊 GitLab CI YAML Modifications: Tackling the Feedback Loop Problem
    6 projects | dev.to | 18 Dec 2023
    Among these options, the one that has gained the most traction is gitlab-ci-local :
  • 🦊 GitLab CI: 10+ Best Practices to Avoid Widespread Anti-patterns
    3 projects | dev.to | 25 Sep 2023
    The main reason behind this change is to have consistent scripts for local testing and remote runners during testing and debugging. However, there are already tools available, such as gitlab-ci-local, that allow you to run jobs locally, partially invalidating this argument. Additionally, working locally may not provide access to all necessary variables.
  • GitHub Actions could be so much better
    21 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 22 Sep 2023
  • How do you debug CI/CD pipelines? Breakpoints?
    7 projects | /r/devops | 26 May 2023
    Two tools I've used for local Gitlab CI runs: - https://github.com/firecow/gitlab-ci-local - https://gitlab.com/AdrianDC/gitlabci-local
  • makefiles in stages
    2 projects | /r/gitlab | 7 Mar 2023
    What you might want to look at is this, to meet both needs https://github.com/firecow/gitlab-ci-local
  • The End of CI
    6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 2 Jul 2022
    > One thing that would be nice, however, would be the ability to run the entire pipeline locally.

    This cost me many hours of waiting for the Gitlab CI runner when debugging non-trivial pipelines, when the issue was something that did not have to do with the script steps inside of the jobs but rather how the Gitlab runner handled things.

    I've found gitlab-ci-local [1] which actually does run the Gitlab pipeline locally, although I had to write some boilerplaye scripts to set up all the necessary 'CI_FOO_SOMETHING' environment variables before running the tool. (Which sometimes came back to bite me because the issue was actually in the content of some of those environment variables). It's still a very good tool.

    [1] https://github.com/firecow/gitlab-ci-local

  • How to develop CI pipeline effectively?
    3 projects | /r/devops | 20 Jun 2022
    Most CI/CD tools let you run pipelines locally. Just one example: https://circleci.com/blog/using-runner-for-local-testing/ . In my opinion Gitlab and Circleci have the test tools for this.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing act and gitlab-ci-local you can also consider the following projects:

reverse-rdp-windows-github-actions - Reverse Remote Desktop into Windows on GitHub Actions for Debugging and/or Job Introspection [GET https://api.github.com/repos/nelsonjchen/reverse-rdp-windows-github-actions: 403 - Repository access blocked]

cache - Cache dependencies and build outputs in GitHub Actions

dagger - Application Delivery as Code that Runs Anywhere

earthly - Super simple build framework with fast, repeatable builds and an instantly familiar syntax – like Dockerfile and Makefile had a baby.

action-tmate - Debug your GitHub Actions via SSH by using tmate to get access to the runner system itself.

LSPatch - LSPatch: A non-root Xposed framework extending from LSPosed

virtual-environments - GitHub Actions runner images [Moved to: https://github.com/actions/runner-images]

runner - The Runner for GitHub Actions :rocket:

roadmap - GitHub public roadmap

awesome-actions - A curated list of awesome actions to use on GitHub

setup-node - Set up your GitHub Actions workflow with a specific version of node.js