CI/CD & DevOps automation Rising

Blacksmith

Faster, cheaper runners for GitHub Actions

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Blacksmith is a drop-in replacement for GitHub Actions runners; teams switch by changing the runner label. It adds Docker layer caching, faster cache downloads and a console for finding failing and slow jobs.

  • Pipeline as code (not listed)
  • Parallel and cached builds
  • Managed build runners
  • Deployment automation (not listed)
  • Secrets management (not listed)
  • Approval gates (not listed)

Also includes

  • Container builds
  • Test result reporting
  • Build analytics

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Key features

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