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GitHub Actions

about 1 minuteStudents, Staff, IT staffchecked 8 May 2026

GitHub Actions is GitHub’s integrated CI/CD platform. It allows you to define workflows directly in a repository and execute them automatically on specific events (e.g., push, pull request, schedule).

Available runners at the University of Bern

Section titled “Available runners at the University of Bern”

Two types of runners are available for workflow execution:

Runner typeAvailabilityOperated by
GitHub-hosted RunnerGHEC onlyGitHub Inc.
Self-hosted RunnerGHES and GHECIT Services (ID), University of Bern

For questions about GitHub Actions and the available runners, please contact IT Services via the ServicePortal.