act

Tech stack & purpose

Act is a tool that enables developers to run GitHub Actions workflows locally. Written in Go, it reads workflow files from `.github/workflows/`, parses them into an execution plan, and uses Docker to run the containerized actions. The project is built around a composable Executor pattern that chains operations together, with core components for workflow planning, step execution, expression parsing, and container management. The codebase includes extensive testing infrastructure with table-driven tests and sample workflow fixtures, follows strict linting rules via golangci-lint, and uses logrus for logging and testify for assertions.

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  dependabot[bot]350 commits · 0 followers
• Casey Lee235 commits
• ChristopherHX146 commits
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  mccleeary-galois65 commits · 1 followers
• Markus Wolf44 commits
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  github-actions[bot]30 commits · 0 followers
• Ryan (hackercat)25 commits
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  Josh Soref25 commits · 784 followers
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  actions-user21 commits · 5,514 followers
• Björn Brauer19 commits
• Jason Song18 commits
• Cat™16 commits
• hackercat15 commits
• R13 commits
• KADOTA, Kyohei8 commits
• Aidan Steele6 commits
• Alex Savchuk6 commits
• Justin Grote6 commits
• Michael Heap6 commits
• Torbjørn Vatn6 commits
• Dan Sosedoff6 commits
• Jon Jensen5 commits
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  Robert Kowalski5 commits · 354 followers
• Wink Saville4 commits
• Carlos Alexandro Becker4 commits
• Shubh Bapna4 commits
• Jakub Panek4 commits
• Aidan3 commits
• Eng Zer Jun3 commits
• Marc Campbell3 commits