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actions-runner-controllervstimeoff-management-application

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actions-runner-controllertimeoff-management-application
Score71/10057/100
Rank in category#7 of 28 in CI/CD#4 of 9 in Human Resource Management (HRM)
GitHub stars6 6121 047
Stars, last 30 days+95+3
Stable releases, 12 months60
Latest releasegha-runner-scale-set-0.15.1 · 23 Oct 2026—
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageGoJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

actions-runner-controller scores 71/100 against 57/100 for timeoff-management-application, so it is the safer default.

actions-runner-controller ships more often: 6 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for timeoff-management-application.

If you want the quickest setup, timeoff-management-application is easier to run; actions-runner-controller needs more configuration.

actions-runner-controller is growing faster right now (+95 stars in 30 days).

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