# actions/starter-workflows

Accelerating new GitHub Actions workflows

Repository: https://github.com/actions/starter-workflows
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/starter-workflows
Homepage: https://github.com/features/actions
Language: TypeScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: actions
Last push: 2026-08-03T14:06:59+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 75/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 95, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2592, "days_push": 30, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 11974, forks 7282 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:50.585605+00:00)

## What it is
A curated collection of starter workflow templates for GitHub Actions, presented to users when creating new workflows in the GitHub UI. It includes CI, deployment, automation, code scanning, and Pages workflow YAML files with accompanying metadata and icons.

## Use cases
- set up CI for a new project on GitHub
- find a GitHub Actions workflow template for Django or Node
- bootstrap a deployment workflow with GitHub Actions
- add code scanning to my repository
- get started with GitHub Actions quickly
- copy a starter workflow YAML for my language

## When to choose
- you want ready-made GitHub Actions workflow templates to start from
- you need reference examples for CI, deployment, or code scanning workflows
- you are building tooling that consumes or mirrors GitHub's official starter workflows

## When to avoid
- you need a general-purpose CI system rather than GitHub Actions templates
- you want to contribute new templates, since contributions are not accepted
- you need workflows for platforms outside GitHub Actions

## Facets
- artifact type: dataset
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ci-cd, workflow-automation, developer-tools, configuration-management
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: cloud, cli
- tags: github-actions, workflow-templates, ci-templates, starter-templates, yaml-workflows, devops, automation, continuous-integration, web-server

## Member repositories
- actions/starter-workflows (main) score 75

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:50.585605+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:15:01.863251+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/actions/starter-workflows (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:50.585605+00:00, sha 6f86ee00d733)
  - homepage: https://github.com/features/actions (fetched 2026-08-29T08:13:05.420983+00:00, sha 97092a806fe3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.