bahdotsh

    bahdotsh/wrkflw

    Validate and Run GitHub Actions locally.

    cli
    devops
    ci
    github
    github-actions
    hacktoberfest
    ratatui
    Rust
    MIT
    3.3K stars
    63 forks
    3.3K GitHub watchers
    Updated Oct 30, 2026
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    Where it stands

    Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.

    No releases in the last 90 days; the most recent was 192 days ago, with 9 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #95 in the weekly ranking the week of Sep 28, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Validate and execute GitHub Actions workflows locally using Docker, Podman, or emulation without needing a full GitHub environment.
    • Enables safe, fast local testing and debugging of workflows with a rich TUI and CLI interface, supporting multiple container runtimes and job dependency resolution.
    • Use for validating workflow syntax and catching errors before pushing changes to remote repositories in CI/CD pipelines.
    • Use for running and debugging complex workflows locally with container isolation, including support for composite and reusable workflows.
    • Use for manually triggering and monitoring GitHub or GitLab workflows remotely from the command line or terminal UI.

    Should you depend on it?

    License terms, project hygiene and risks, from GitHub metadata and GStars' snapshots.

    License

    MIT

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.

    Community files

    • README: present

    Watch-outs

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    From the README

    WRKFLW is a powerful command-line tool for validating and executing GitHub Actions workflows locally, without requiring a full GitHub environment. It helps developers test their workflows directly on their machines before pushing changes to GitHub.

    Excerpt from the bahdotsh/wrkflw README on GitHub (MIT license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

    Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots

    Forks

    63+4

    Open issues

    2-5

    Compared with peers in CLI

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