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How “github actions” trended on Hacker News

“Github actions” was mentioned 16,435 times on Hacker News between 2008 and 2026, peaking in Feb 2026 with 508 that month.

Every month from 2007 to 2026, counting how often “github actions” appears in Hacker News stories and comments. Each point is a live date-histogram over ~45M items, computed with Upstash Redis Search.

Top Hacker News stories about “github actions”

1. 1.Docker Hub Hacked – 190k accounts, GitHub tokens revoked, builds disabled 1,146 points · 257 comments · 2019 · discuss on HN
2. 2.Pricing Changes for GitHub Actions 802 points · 817 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
3. 3.The Pain That Is GitHub Actions 704 points · 562 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
4. 4.GitHub Actions now supports CI/CD, free for public repositories 680 points · 231 comments · 2019 · discuss on HN
5. 5.GitHub launches Actions, its workflow automation tool 642 points · 145 comments · 2018 · discuss on HN
6. 6.GitHub: Widespread Injection Vulnerabilities in Actions 624 points · 145 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
7. 7.Show HN: Open-source x64 and Arm GitHub runners 475 points · 124 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
8. 8.Coming soon: Simpler pricing and a better experience for GitHub Actions 454 points · 2 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
9. 9.GitHub Actions has a package manager, and it might be the worst 444 points · 262 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
10. 10.GitHub Actions by Example 436 points · 71 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
11. 11.Doing stupid stuff with GitHub Actions 380 points · 45 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
12. 12.I'll think twice before using GitHub Actions again 336 points · 278 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN

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