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actions-runner-controllervsVert

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

actions-runner-controllerVert
Score71/10071/100
Rank in category#7 of 28 in CI/CD#2 of 10 in File Conversion
GitHub stars6 61316 170
Stars, last 30 days+96+540
Stable releases, 12 months60
Latest releasegha-runner-scale-set-0.15.1 · 23 Oct 2026—
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

actions-runner-controller and Vert score the same (71/100), so the choice comes down to the details below.

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

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

Vert is growing faster right now (+540 stars in 30 days).

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