Run Github actions locally - ashBabu/Utilities GitHub Wiki

Nektos/act provides a useful tool to check the Github workflow file locally

Installation here

• curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nektos/act/master/install.sh | sudo bash. This will install as /bin/act. Check the console log carefully

Running

• Then cd to the root folder containing .github/ which contains the workflow file.
• Run /bin/act -s GITHUB_TOKEN=YOUR_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN -W /path/to/the/workflow.yml