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Cheaper, faster, self-hostable GitHub Actions runners

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  • A modern CI/CD infrastructure solution for running fully self-hosted GitHub Actions runners inside your AWS account
    • 7–15x cheaper than official GitHub runners with 30% better CPU performance. Fully compatible with workflows
    • Can handle hundreds of concurrent jobs without limits
  • Operating system support: Linux (x64, arm64), Windows, GPU environments
  • Can be operated for about $1.5/month in CloudFormation resource costs (supports 1-click installation and upgrades )
  • All resources are configured automatically; no separate management server needed. Automatically monitors and reports execution costs and status
  • Creates an Ephemeral VM for each job, strengthening security and stability
  • Scalability: auto-scaling architecture that can handle large workloads
    • Includes automatic fallback that switches to On-Demand when using Spot instances
  • Caching: provides a unified cache backend based on a local S3 bucket, making Docker layer caching up to 5x faster
  • Network and security: SSH access available, can be restricted to specific CIDR ranges, Static IP can be configured with Private networking
  • Multi-environment support: supports Multi-AZ and various environment configurations
  • Designed as an alternative to Actions Runner Controller(ARC) , the Philips Terraform module, and other third-party runner providers
    • Runs in your own AWS environment without exposing code or secrets to external services

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