A curated list of high-quality resources, actions, tools, and workflows for GitHub Actions – GitHub's powerful CI/CD and automation platform.

GitHub Actions enables you to automate tasks across the software development lifecycle. This list is intended for developers, DevOps engineers, and open-source maintainers.

• Official Resources
• Community Guides & Tutorials
• Popular GitHub Actions
• CI/CD Workflows
• Security
• Testing
• Deployment
• Linting & Code Quality
• Automation
• Tools & Utilities
• Templates & Boilerplates
• Related Awesome Lists

• GitHub Actions Documentation – Official GitHub Actions documentation and getting started guides.
• GitHub Actions Marketplace – Explore reusable actions from the community.
• Learning Lab: GitHub Actions – Interactive course for getting started.

• GitHub Actions by Example – Real-world examples and patterns.
• Awesome Actions Examples (GitHub repo) – Community-curated list of actions and examples.
• Introduction to GitHub Actions – Beginner-friendly overview and tutorial.

• actions/checkout – Checkout your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE.
• actions/setup-node – Setup Node.js for your workflow.
• actions/setup-python – Setup Python with version support and caching.
• docker/build-push-action – Build and push Docker images with BuildKit support.
• JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action – Deploy to GitHub Pages.

• CI/CD Templates (GitHub) – Official GitHub starter workflows.
• Node.js CI – CI for Node.js projects and npm publishing.
• Python CI Template – Run tests and lint for Python packages.

• GitHub Code Scanning – Scan your codebase for vulnerabilities.
• trilom/file-changes-action – Detect file changes across branches or PRs.
• GitLeaks Action – Scan repositories for secrets and keys.

• Setup Test Coverage with Codecov – Upload coverage reports to Codecov.
• setup-java – Setup Java and run Maven/Gradle builds.
• cypress-io/github-action – Run Cypress end-to-end tests.

• peaceiris/actions-gh-pages – Deploy static sites to GitHub Pages.
• appleboy/ssh-action – SSH to remote servers and run commands.
• firebase/actions-hosting-deploy – Deploy to Firebase Hosting.

• github/super-linter – All-in-one linter supporting multiple languages.
• reviewdog/action-eslint – Run ESLint and add comments to pull requests.
• peter-evans/create-pull-request – Automate code formatting and create pull requests with changes.

• stale – Automatically mark and close stale issues and pull requests.
• assign-reviewers – Automatically assign reviewers to new pull requests.
• release-drafter – Automate changelog generation and draft releases.

• act – Run GitHub Actions locally for faster development and debugging.
• workflow-dispatch – Manually trigger workflows via GitHub UI or API.
• cache – Cache dependencies and build outputs for faster workflows.

• actions/starter-workflows – Official GitHub Action templates for different languages and frameworks.
• ci-cd-github-actions-examples – Real-world CI/CD workflow examples for common project setups.

• Awesome CI – Continuous Integration tools and services.
• Awesome DevOps – DevOps tools, platforms, and resources.
• Awesome Automation – Automation tools and frameworks across use cases.

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