GitHub Actions vs GitLab CI

GitHub Actions for the GitHub ecosystem, GitLab CI for self-hosted and complete DevOps.

GitHub Actions¶

• Integrated in GitHub
• Marketplace with thousands of actions
• YAML workflow files
• Matrix builds
• Free for open-source

name: CI on: [push, pull_request] jobs: test: runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - uses: actions/checkout@v4 - uses: actions/setup-node@v4 - run: npm ci && npm test

GitLab CI¶

• Integrated in GitLab
• Self-hosted runners
• DAG pipeline
• Environments and review apps
• Container registry, package registry

stages: [test, build, deploy] test: image: node:18 script: [npm ci, npm test] build: script: [docker build -t myapp .]

When to Use Which¶

• GitHub Actions — GitHub repos, open-source, marketplace
• GitLab CI — self-hosted, complete DevOps platform, enterprise

Depends on the Platform¶

GitHub = Actions, GitLab = CI. Both are excellent.