GitHub Actions Has Free CI/CD — 2,000 Minutes/Month for Every Repository

A solo developer was paying $50/month for CircleCI. For running tests on push and deploying on merge. That is $600/year for something GitHub gives away. GitHub Actions provides 2,000 free CI/CD minutes per month for every public and private repository. Build, test, deploy - all from your repo. What GitHub Actions Offers for Free 2,000 Minutes/Month - Free for private repos (unlimited for public) Workflow Automation - CI/CD, issue triage, release automation Matrix Builds - Test across multiple OS/language versions simultaneously Marketplace - 15,000+ pre-built actions Secrets - Encrypted environment variables Artifacts - Store build outputs Caching - Speed up builds with dependency caching Self-Hosted Runners - Use your own machines for unlimited minutes Quick Start # .github/workflows/ci.yml name : CI on : [ push , pull_request ] jobs : test : runs-on : ubuntu-latest steps : - uses : actions/checkout@v4 - uses : actions/setup-node@v4 with : { node-version : 20 } - run : npm ci - run :