Why hackers moved from GitHub Actions to Buildkite
1 hacker described this switch in public comments. Their words, with links to the originals.
What hackers said about the move
“I recently switched from GitHub Actions to Buildkite + self-hosted runners.”ElFitz, 2026-05-26original comment ↗
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GitHub Actions vs Buildkite
| GitHub Actions | Buildkite | |
|---|---|---|
| Hackers who recommend | 2 | 1 |
| Hackers who criticize | 6 | 0 |
| Moved away from it | 2 | 0 |
| Moved to it | 1 | 1 |
Counts are distinct hackers in the sampled comments, not market share.
Criticism of GitHub Actions
“Hopefully the steady drumbeat of failure will keep it that way.”macintux, 2026-08-06original comment ↗
“It spawns ephemeral EC2/Azure instances, which is a lot cheaper than the GitHub actions runners we used before that.”Jarred, 2026-07-27original comment ↗
“even on our Dev environment there are so many hickups with GitHub.”jeena, 2026-04-29original comment ↗
“I gave GH actions a chance when our org moved from Bamboo but I still hate it.”msie, 2026-01-12original comment ↗
“That’s why we switched from GitHub actions: the dashboard.”brian_cunnie, 2025-12-17original comment ↗
Praise for Buildkite
No further praise for Buildkite captured yet.