What is act?
Rather than having to commit/push every time you want test out the changes you are making to your .github/workflows/ files (or for any changes to embedded GitHub actions), you can use this tool to run the actions locally. The environment variables and filesystem are all configured to match what GitHub provides.
act is a tool in the Tools for GitHub category of a tech stack.
act is an open source tool with 57K GitHub stars and 1.4K GitHub forks. Here’s a link to act's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses act?
Companies
Developers
5 developers on StackShare have stated that they use act.
act's Features
- Fast Feedback
- Local Task Runner
act Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to act?
dbt
dbt is a transformation workflow that lets teams deploy analytics code following software engineering best practices like modularity, portability, CI/CD, and documentation. Now anyone who knows SQL can build production-grade data pipelines.
React
Lots of people use React as the V in MVC. Since React makes no assumptions about the rest of your technology stack, it's easy to try it out on a small feature in an existing project.
Git
Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.
GitHub
GitHub is the best place to share code with friends, co-workers, classmates, and complete strangers. Over three million people use GitHub to build amazing things together.
Visual Studio Code
Build and debug modern web and cloud applications. Code is free and available on your favorite platform - Linux, Mac OSX, and Windows.
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