Blacksmith
The fastest way to run your GitHub Actions
Blacksmith is a drop-in replacement for GitHub Actions runners that accelerates CI/CD pipelines on Linux, Windows, and macOS. It claims to run CI/CD 2x faster, download caches 4x faster, and build Docker images 40x faster while eliminating queue times. It also provides observability features and aims to reduce overall CI costs.
Blacksmith acts as a drop-in replacement for GitHub-hosted runners, routing jobs to faster infrastructure without requiring changes to existing workflow files.
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Background.
- Status
- launched
- Business model
- freemium
- Company
- Blacksmith
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