The Fastest Way to Run GitHub Actions | Blacksmith

Blacksmith is positioned as a drop-in replacement for GitHub Actions runners that claims to cost 60% less than GitHub runners.
It says its CI runs on bare-metal gaming CPUs with high single-core performance, making jobs about 2x faster on hardware.
Dependency cache downloads are claimed to be 4x faster because cache artifacts are co-located in the same data center as the jobs.
Docker builds are claimed to be 40x faster by persisting Docker layers across CI runs on NVMe drives.
The product highlights instant microVM provisioning to avoid the usual runner wait time.
Blacksmith claims it can cut build, test, and deploy time in half and provide faster PR feedback.
It says the platform is 75% more cost-efficient while not requiring customers to spend more.
Customer examples claim Ashby reduced GitHub Actions costs by 75% and doubled deployment frequency.
Customer examples claim VEED deployed 2x faster while cutting GitHub Actions costs by 70%.
The console features include spotting failing or slow jobs, global search across CI logs, and inline GitHub comments for failed tests.

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