GitHub Actions has become a prominent tool in the CI/CD space. It offers easy and hassle-free configuration, and workflows can be set up in minutes, with many components available out of the box. The most challenging part, however, is testing the workflow before actually pushing it to production. During the initial setup, we often need enough room to run and experiment with the workflow. Running such experiments directly in GitHub Actions is not always convenient. Wouldn’t it be amazing if we could run them locally, make changes, experiment, finalize, and then push everything to production? I always thought that would be a great idea. Recently, while consulting with one of my clients, I needed to set up an automation workflow with GitHub Actions. During this process, I discovered a gem called Act . It's an open-source tool available on GitHub that makes it easy to run GitHub Actions locally. The tool is incredibly simple to install and use. GitHub: https://github.com/nektos/a...