Scaling CI/CD workflows is a challenge every fast-growing development team eventually faces. If you’re relying on GitHub Actions for automated builds and deployments, you’ve probably experienced long queue times and limited control over runner performance.
Self-hosting GitHub runners is a smart way to speed things up—but managing them can be complex and time-consuming. That’s exactly why Fireactions was created.
Fireactions is a free, open-source orchestrator for GitHub runners that lets you self-host your own high-performance runners using Firecracker-based micro virtual machines (microVMs). Whether you’re a freelancer, open-source contributor, startup, or enterprise team, Fireactions gives you the power of scalable CI/CD—without the headache.
🚀 Why Fireactions?
Modern development workflows require speed, flexibility, and cost efficiency. GitHub’s hosted runners are convenient, but they come with limitations like:
✅ Slow startup times
✅ Queue delays during peak usage
✅ Limited compute power
✅ Higher costs at scale
Fireactions solves these pain points by letting you Bring Your Own Metal (BYOM) or use any VPS to host your own GitHub runners.
🔥 Benefits of Fireactions:
- Zero queue wait time
- Faster build times (up to 20x faster than GitHub-hosted runners)
- Built on Firecracker for high isolation and security
- Automatic scaling of runners
- Stateless and disposable runner environments
- Lightweight and open-source
🛠️ How Fireactions Works
Fireactions sits between your GitHub workflows and your infrastructure to automatically manage runners:
- Loads your configuration and starts runner pools
- Listens for workflow events from GitHub
- Generates runner tokens dynamically
- Launches a secure Firecracker microVM in seconds
- Runs the CI/CD job
- Destroys the microVM after completion for security and cleanliness
Each build runs in a fresh, isolated environment, similar to GitHub-hosted runners—but much faster and more customizable.
🔧 No Kubernetes Needed
Tools like Actions Runner Controller (ARC) are powerful but require Kubernetes and privileged containers, which add complexity and security concerns.
Fireactions keeps things simple:
✅ No Kubernetes
✅ No complex orchestration
✅ Works on any Linux server
✅ Supports nested virtualization on VPS
You can even deploy it using a pre-built VPS template on Hostinger, making it easy to get started in minutes.
👉 Try it with Hostinger VPS – high performance at low cost
Hostinger VPS link: https://www.hostinger.com/vps-hosting
💡 Real Performance Gains
In real-world use, Fireactions has already delivered impressive results:
| Metric | Result |
|---|---|
| Monthly build minutes handled | 835,000+ |
| Runner startup time | ~20 seconds |
| Queue times | Reduced to zero |
| Speed boost | Up to 20x faster |
Fireactions was built by engineers to solve real CI/CD pain points—and it’s now battle-tested in production.
✅ Open Source & Growing Fast
Fireactions is fully open-source and welcomes community contributions. It was built in just three months by a small team, and continues to evolve with real-world usage and feedback.
You can check it out here:
🔗 Official website: https://fireactions.io
🔗 GitHub repo: https://github.com/fireactions/fireactions
🌐 Run It on Hostinger VPS (Quick Start)
Want to try Fireactions today? All you need is a VPS that supports nested virtualization. Hostinger offers affordable and powerful VPS servers perfect for Fireactions.
✅ Fast setup
✅ Great pricing
✅ Supports Docker & Firecracker
✅ Perfect for CI/CD environments
👉 Get Hostinger VPS to run Fireactions
https://www.hostinger.com/vps-hosting
Final Thoughts
If you’re tired of slow builds and expensive GitHub runner limits, Fireactions is a game-changing solution. It’s secure, blazing fast, easy to scale, and fully open source. Whether you’re deploying microservices, running automated tests, or building container images—Fireactions helps you do more in less time.
Ready to boost your CI/CD pipeline? Deploy Fireactions today and take full control over your GitHub Actions runners.