rhysd/actionlint
:octocat: Static checker for GitHub Actions workflow files
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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 220 days ago, with 86 contributors on GitHub.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides a static checker for GitHub Actions workflow files to detect syntax and semantic errors.
- Ensures high accuracy in error detection with minimal false positives by validating workflow syntax, expressions, and action usage.
- Use for validating GitHub Actions workflows to catch syntax mistakes and misconfigurations before deployment.
- Use for securing workflows by detecting script injection risks and hard-coded credentials in action scripts.
- Use for integrating with CI pipelines or editors to automate workflow linting and improve continuous integration reliability.
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
- Contributing guide: present
Watch-outs
No watch-outs from GStars' checks.
General guidance from repository metadata, not legal advice. How we score
From the README
actionlint is a static checker for GitHub Actions workflow files. Try it online!
See the full list of checks done by actionlint.
Install
actionlintcommand by downloading the released binary or by Homebrew or bygo install. See the installation document for more details like how to manage the command with several package managers or run via Docker container.Basically all you need to do is run the
actionlintcommand in your repository. actionlint automatically detects workflows and checks errors. actionlint focuses on finding out mistakes. It tries to catch errors as much as possible and make false positives as minimal as possible.Another option to try actionlint is the online playground. Your browser can run actionlint through WebAssembly.
See the usage document for more details.
Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
Forks
295+36
Open issues
217+32
Compared with peers in DevOps
Fastest-growing repositories GStars tracks in this cohort for the week of Nov 1, by 7-day star growth
| Repository | Stars | +7d | Health | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| milind-soni/OpenMausBot | 13.5K | +6.0K | 45 | today |
| DuarteSantos8/openGym | 19.7K | +2.4K | 60 | 2 days ago |
| AstrBotDevs/AstrBot | 46.2K | +1.4K | 65 | 5 days ago |
| elie222/rakazo | 7.2K | +922 | 59 | 26 days ago |
| superplanehq/superplane | 8.8K | +435 | 60 | 7 days ago |
| rhysd/actionlint | 4.4K | — | 48 | 220 days ago |
| Category median | 13.5K | +1.4K | 60 | — |
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