GitHub Actions

What is it?

GitHub Actions is a workflow automation platform built into GitHub repositories. It allows developers to define automated pipelines using YAML files that react to repository events such as commits, pull requests, and releases.

What does it do?

GitHub Actions automates software delivery processes including testing, building, security scanning, container publishing, and deployment. It supports custom actions, reusable workflows, secrets management, and parallel execution.

Where is it used?

GitHub Actions is widely used in SaaS platforms, open-source projects, enterprise systems, microservices architectures, and cloud-native applications for continuous integration and continuous delivery.

When & why it emerged

GitHub Actions was launched in 2019 to bring native CI/CD capabilities directly into GitHub. It emerged to reduce tooling fragmentation and simplify automation by keeping code, pipelines, and collaboration in one place.

Why we use it at Internative

We use GitHub Actions to build reliable, automated delivery pipelines tightly integrated with our codebase. Its flexibility and ecosystem allow us to implement fast, secure, and scalable CI/CD workflows across projects.