GitHub Actions

GitHub Actions integrates CI/CD directly into your repository. For straightforward workflows — build, test, deploy — the YAML configuration is simpler than Jenkins and the marketplace has actions for common tasks.

The limitations surface with complexity. Multi-stage pipelines with conditional logic, approval gates, and cross-repository orchestration are cumbersome. The hosted runners have limited resources, and self-hosted runners bring back the infrastructure management that Actions was supposed to eliminate. Good default for simple projects, but Jenkins remains the better choice for complex CI/CD.