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Gitea Runner, published by The Gitea Authors, is the agent that powers Gitea Actions, the built-in CI/CD system of the Gitea platform. The software is currently available at version 3.4.2, with 24 versions listed in total, reflecting an active development history. Its purpose is to execute continuous integration and continuous delivery jobs on infrastructure chosen and configured by the operator, working alongside Gitea's built-in Git server and auxiliary services to create an isolated environment in which the tasks that make up a CI/CD pipeline run. A defining characteristic of the runner is its compatibility with the same workflow syntax used by GitHub Actions, which allows teams familiar with that ecosystem to adopt Gitea Actions with minimal friction. The runner operates on a simple yet effective premise: it listens for any job dispatched from a Gitea server and runs those jobs in the configured environment. Whenever a commit or a pull request is made, the runner kicks into action and provides immediate feedback about the impact of the change, enabling developers to detect problems early in the development cycle. Typical use cases include automated building and testing of code on self-managed infrastructure, validation of pull requests before merging, and execution of deployment or packaging tasks as part of a broader pipeline, all without relying on externally hosted CI services. Because the runner can be deployed on the infrastructure of the user's choice, it suits organizations that require control over where their workloads execute, whether for compliance, performance, or cost reasons. Within a software catalog, Gitea Runner falls under the category of continuous integration and continuous delivery tooling, specifically CI/CD runner and automation agents, and it complements the Gitea server as part of a self-hosted software development and DevOps toolchain.
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