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actions-runner-controllervsZeroNet

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

actions-runner-controllerZeroNet
Score71/10063/100
Rank in category#7 of 28 in CI/CD#1 of 3 in Peer-to-Peer
GitHub stars6 61318 786
Stars, last 30 days+96+18
Stable releases, 12 months60
Latest releasegha-runner-scale-set-0.15.1 · 23 Oct 2026—
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0Other
Main languageGoJavaScript

Which one should you pick?

actions-runner-controller scores 71/100 against 63/100 for ZeroNet, so it is the safer default.

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

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

actions-runner-controller is growing faster right now (+96 stars in 30 days).

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