You Can Run GitHub Actions Locally With act — No More Commit-Push-Wait Cycles

Stop Pushing to Test Your Workflows act runs GitHub Actions locally using Docker. Test your CI/CD pipeline in seconds instead of pushing and waiting. Install # macOS brew install act # Linux curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nektos/act/master/install.sh | sudo bash Run Workflows # Run default workflow act # Run specific event act push act pull_request # Run specific job act -j test act -j build # List all workflows act -l How It Works act reads your .github/workflows/ YAML files and runs them in Docker containers. Same environment as GitHub, but on your machine. Pass Secrets # From file act --secret-file .secrets # Inline act -s MY_TOKEN = abc123 # From environment act -s MY_TOKEN Use Cases Debug failing CI — no more commit-push-wait-check cycles Test new workflows before pushing Run workflows offline Speed up development — local runs are faster than cloud Test matrix builds locally Limitations Some GitHub-hosted runners have tools not in Docker images Services (like postgres)