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Time-sharing supercomputer built on GitHub Actions. Version 0.0.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-25.
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overview
Package summary
Time-sharing supercomputer built on GitHub Actions
Project links
Commands and aliases
- actions-batch
history
Project history and usage
actions-batch is a small Go CLI by Alex Ellis for submitting shell scripts to disposable GitHub Actions workflows and collecting logs or artifacts. Its own description frames it as a time-sharing supercomputer built on GitHub Actions.
Project history
The project appeared as a public GitHub repository in October 2022 and was documented by the author in a blog post that explains the time-sharing analogy, disposable repository workflow, and artifact retrieval model. Public releases began in December 2023 with v0.0.1.
Adoption history
The README targets GitHub-hosted runners, private repositories, self-hosted runners, and Actuated runners, so adoption is mostly in the GitHub Actions and self-hosted runner niche rather than as a general batch scheduler.
How it is used
Users pass a script with --file, identify an owner with --owner, provide a GitHub token via --token-file, and optionally pass secrets via --secrets-from. The tool creates a temporary workflow, runs it, and can download files placed in an uploads directory.
Why package nerds care
For package-manager users, actions-batch is interesting because it packages GitHub Actions as an ad hoc batch-compute backend: a single local CLI wraps repository creation, workflow generation, token handling, secrets, and artifact download.
Timeline
- 2022: Public GitHub repository created.
- 2023: README examples show artifact download and secret injection workflows.
- 2023: v0.0.1 initial release published on GitHub.
- 2023: v0.0.3 followed the next day with logging changes.
Related projects
- The README points readers to alexellis/run-job for one-shot Kubernetes jobs and OpenFaaS for portable functions.
Sources
- Author blog post linked from the README for project framing.
- GitHub repository and releases API for creation and release dates.
- Official README for usage, supported runners, secrets, artifacts, and related projects.
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Credential files
Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.
- Unix
~/pat.txt~/batch.secrets/*
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
actions-batch | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version0.0.3
manager updated2026-07-25
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:actions-batch |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.3 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://blog.alexellis.io/github-actions-timesharing-supercomputer/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/alexellis/actions-batch |
| Last updated | 2026-07-25T14:18:25-04:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation