Blacksmith

Fast GitHub Actions runners.

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Console’s review

· Reviewed by David Mytton

What we like

Faster runners using more up to date CPUs. Supports faster caching of jobs (up to 400MB/s vs GitHub 100MB/s) and colocation of caching physically closer to the runners. Includes a Docker pull-through cache. Cheaper runner costs. Custom caching actions optimized for Rust, Gradle, Zig. NVMe backed I/O.

Tradeoffs

Doesn’t support personal GitHub accounts. No Windows or macOS runners.

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