# Install act with Homebrew, apk, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget, zypper Run your GitHub Actions locally. Version 0.2.89 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-15. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:act ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install act ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install act ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/act/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add act ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: act from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install act ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: act from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#act ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ac/act/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S act ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: act from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install act ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: act from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/act ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/act.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id nektos.act -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: nektos.act from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:act - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.2.89 - **Source summary:** Run your GitHub Actions locally - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-15T10:20:09-04:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - act (cli) - act (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.2.89 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-15 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/nektos/act - Upstream latest detected: v0.2.89 (current) ## Project history and usage act is a command-line runner for executing GitHub Actions workflows locally. It became a standard package-manager-friendly developer tool because it turns repository workflow files into a local Docker-backed feedback loop. ### Project history The nektos/act repository was created in January 2019, shortly after GitHub Actions entered the broader developer-tooling conversation. Its README describes the core idea as reading workflows from .github/workflows, preparing Docker images, and running the jobs locally with filesystem and environment behavior modeled on GitHub-hosted runners. The first GitHub release, v0.0.1, was published on 2019-01-15. Later releases continued the same basic CLI shape while expanding compatibility with GitHub Actions features, runner images, secrets, variables, and workflow execution options. ### Adoption history act spread through CLI package ecosystems because it solved a common GitHub Actions pain point: testing workflow changes without committing and waiting for hosted CI. The supplied package-manager facts list packages in Homebrew, apk, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, Scoop, winget, and zypper. GitHub repository metadata showed more than 70,000 stars by June 2026, making act one of the highest-visibility local GitHub Actions tools in package-manager catalogs. ### How it is used Users typically run act from a repository to execute jobs defined under .github/workflows. The tool can read command-line options from actrc files, load secrets from a .secrets file, and use Docker to run workflow steps in local containers. ### Why package nerds care Package maintainers care about act because it is a small CLI with a large CI surface area: it depends on Docker behavior, tracks GitHub Actions semantics, and is often used in pre-push or local validation loops. Its many package-manager entries make version freshness and reproducible installation especially visible. ### Timeline - 2019-01-02: nektos/act repository created on GitHub. - 2019-01-15: v0.0.1 published as the first GitHub release. - 2026-06: GitHub API metadata showed active maintenance and broad star/fork adoption. ### Related projects - act is closely tied to GitHub Actions, Docker, GitHub-hosted runner images, and editor integrations such as GitHub Local Actions for VS Code. ### Sources - - - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## 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. ## Configuration files - Unix: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/act/actrc, ~/.actrc, ./.actrc ## Credential files - Unix: ./.secrets ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** act - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - act: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ac/act/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk - act - 0.2.83-r5: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: act from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Run your GitHub Actions locally | https://github.com/nektos/act - apk - act-doc - 0.2.83-r5: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: act-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Run your GitHub Actions locally (documentation) | https://github.com/nektos/act - dnf - act - 1.6.0-28.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: act from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Automatic Component Toolkit | https://github.com/Autodesk/AutomaticComponentToolkit - pacman - act - 0.2.89-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: act from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Run your GitHub Actions locally | https://github.com/nektos/act - zypper - act - 0.2.84-1.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: act from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Run your GitHub Actions locally | https://github.com/nektos/act - MacPorts - act: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/act/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - main/act: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/act.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget - nektos.act: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: nektos.act from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Related links - [Cloud CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/cloud-clis/) - Belongs to a cloud or infrastructure command family. - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [gabo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gabo/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ci-cd, cli, developer-tools, github-actions. - [gama](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gama/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ci-cd, cli, developer-tools, github-actions. - [jenkins](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/jenkins/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ci-cd, cli, developer-tools, devops. - [jenkins-lts](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/jenkins-lts/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ci-cd, cli, developer-tools, devops. - [tfcmt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/tfcmt/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ci-cd, cli, developer-tools, github-actions. - [woodpecker-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/woodpecker-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ci-cd, cli, developer-tools, devops. - [actionlint](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/actionlint/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ci-cd, cli, developer-tools, github-actions. - [actions-up](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/actions-up/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: ci-cd, cli, developer-tools, github-actions. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/act.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/act.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph