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GitHub Actions Toolkit

Core library for writing GitHub Actions in JavaScript.

Dev workflow and config npm MIT

Website GitHub npm

Used in agent projects
11
0.2% of 4,818 JS/TS repos built with AI coding agents
Gid Score
55 /100
#1097 of 3,794 tools, #86 in dev workflow and config · ranking
In the catalog because
Public numbers
downloads and GitHub stars, added Oct 13, 2026; too rare in our project count to rank by use
Downloads
9M
npm, last 7 days, @actions/core
GitHub stars
5,888
1,827 forks · last push Oct 20, 2026

How GitHub Actions Toolkit is used

GitHub Actions Toolkit joined the catalog on its public numbers (8,954,343 downloads a week on npm and 5,888 GitHub stars), not on our project count: it is a dependency in 19 public GitHub projects of our scan, 11 of them set up for AI coding agents. Projects that use it most often also use Prettier (63.2%), Jest (47.4%), ESLint (68.4%).

AgentGid articles about GitHub Actions Toolkit

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GitHub Actions Toolkit popularity over time

Top tools by Gid Score

GitHub Actions Toolkit: downloads per weeknpm, @actions/core 8,954,343
GitHub Actions Toolkit: GitHub starsactions/toolkit 5,888

Gid Score 55: downloads 84, use in agent projects 27, GitHub stars 41, downloads trend 58 (each 0-100). How it is calculated.

Often used with GitHub Actions Toolkit

Prettier63.2% of GitHub Actions Toolkit projects · 3.0× more than average
Jest47.4% of GitHub Actions Toolkit projects · 7.5× more than average
ESLint68.4% of GitHub Actions Toolkit projects · 1.9× more than average
@rollup/plugin-commonjs31.6% of GitHub Actions Toolkit projects · 130.7× more than average
@rollup/plugin-node-resolve31.6% of GitHub Actions Toolkit projects · 108.9× more than average
Rollup31.6% of GitHub Actions Toolkit projects · 53.0× more than average
@rollup/plugin-typescript26.3% of GitHub Actions Toolkit projects · 136.1× more than average
ncc26.3% of GitHub Actions Toolkit projects · 326.7× more than average

By coding agent

GitHub Copilot0.3% of projects set up for it

Share of public repos configured for each agent that list GitHub Actions Toolkit as a dependency.

Install

Packagenpm install @actions/core
Main stacksTypeScript / JavaScript (18), Rust (1)
Example projectshandsontable/handsontable, AmadeusITGroup/otter, AgentsID-dev/agentsid-scanner, quantfive/codepress-review, ijw-fyi/agent-pr

Alternatives to GitHub Actions Toolkit

All dev workflow and config

In our scan, none of the most used tools in Dev workflow and config does the same job as GitHub Actions Toolkit: they are add-ons, companions or tools for a different task.

More in Dev workflow and config: dotenv Husky python-dotenv lint-staged concurrently Rich Pydantic Settings cross-env

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