Requirements for self-hosted runner machines
You can use a machine as a self-hosted runner as long as it meets these requirements:
- You can install and run the self-hosted runner application on the machine. See Supported operating systems and Supported processor architectures.
- The machine can communicate with GitHub Actions.
- The machine has enough hardware resources for the type of workflows you plan to run. The self-hosted runner application itself only requires minimal resources.
- If you want to run workflows that use Docker container actions or service containers, you must use a Linux machine and Docker must be installed.
Supported operating systems
Linux
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 or later
- CentOS 8 or later
- Oracle Linux 8 or later
- Fedora 29 or later
- Debian 10 or later
- Ubuntu 20.04 or later
- Linux Mint 20 or later
- openSUSE 15.2 or later
- SUSE Enterprise Linux (SLES) 15 SP2 or later
Windows
- Windows 10 64-bit
- Windows 11 64-bit
- Windows Server 2016 64-bit
- Windows Server 2019 64-bit
- Windows Server 2022 64-bit
macOS
- macOS 11.0 (Big Sur) or later
Supported processor architectures
x64- Linux, macOS, Windows.ARM64- Linux, macOS, Windows (currently in public preview).ARM32- Linux.