actions/actions-runner-controller resource
Kubernetes controller for GitHub Actions self-hosted runners observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
90/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 73
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 67
- age_days: 2409
- days_rel: 103
- days_push: 9
- n_releases_24m: 10
Adoption not part of the score
6464 stars · 1467 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Actions Runner Controller (ARC) is a Kubernetes operator that orchestrates and autoscales self-hosted runners for GitHub Actions. It manages ephemeral, container-based runner scale sets that scale up and down based on workflow demand.
Use cases
- autoscale self-hosted GitHub Actions runners on Kubernetes
- run ephemeral CI runners in containers
- scale runners based on queued workflows
- deploy GitHub Actions runners with Helm
- manage runner scale sets for a repository or organization
- replace long-lived self-hosted runners with disposable ones
When to choose
- you run GitHub Actions at scale and need elastic self-hosted runner capacity
- you want ephemeral, cleanly-scaled runners on a Kubernetes cluster
- you need runners scoped to repositories, organizations, or enterprises with autoscaling
When to avoid
- you only need GitHub-hosted runners
- you have no Kubernetes cluster and want simple VM-based runners
- you need a CI system other than GitHub Actions
Facets
infra-config · maturity active
container-orchestration deployment ci-cd workflow-automation cloud-computing go cloud self-hosted github-actions kubernetes-operator self-hosted-runners autoscaling helm runner-scale-sets devops containers automation kubernetes docker
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/actions/actions-runner-controller · fetched 2026-08-28 · 12ea99dbfb3c
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| actions/actions-runner-controller | main | 90 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="actions/actions-runner-controller")
Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00 · Report a problem