Local Actions, Just Like In GitHub

Run GitHub Actions workflows locally through the nektos/act CLI with a page that looks and behaves just like GitHub Actions inside VS Code.

Features

Actions Page Webview: A complete GitHub Actions tab interface with:
- Left Sidebar: View all workflows or filter by specific workflow files.
- Run List: Rows with live status icons, run names, events, branches, duration, and relative time.
- Filters: Instant filtering by search query, event type, and execution status.
- Run Detail View:
  - Summary with trigger type, status, and duration.
  - Interactive Job Dependency Graph showing DAG relationships derived from needs.
  - Collapsible per-job steps with execution timing.
  - Rich log viewer with ANSI terminal colors, log search, copy button, and auto-scroll.
- Run Workflow Dialog:
  - Automatically builds input forms from workflow_dispatch definitions.
  - JSON event payload editor with syntax validation.
  - Host runner and container platform overrides.
Components View: Inspects system environment and reports availability of act and Docker.
Workflows View: Live tree explorer of .github/workflows with actions to open files or trigger runs.
Settings View & SecretStorage: Manage secrets securely via VS Code SecretStorage (OS keychain). Configure environment variables, runner images, and cache settings.
Clean Process Management: Robust child process execution with full process tree termination on Windows and POSIX.

Node.js: v20+
nektos/act CLI: Required for local workflow execution. Tested against act v0.2.89.
Docker Engine: Optional. Host runners run directly on your machine without Docker. Docker is only required for containerized environments.

View workflows, trigger runs, and inspect environment components and settings directly in VS Code.

Actions Dashboard

Configure workflows, select specific jobs, customize dispatch inputs, and override runner settings before launching.

Run Workflow Dialog

Track live execution status, trigger details, elapsed duration, and control active jobs in real time.

Live Workflow Run

Inspect the run overview, execution metadata, and interactive job dependency graph (DAG) derived from needs.

Job Dependency Graph

Monitor workflow execution step by step in exact declared sequence with numbered log lines and duration tracking.

Step Logs

Full ANSI color support, log search, timestamp toggles, and seamless switching between step logs and raw logs.

Test Execution Logs

Setting	Type	Default	Description
`localActions.actPath`	`string`	`"act"`	Path to the `act` CLI executable
`localActions.useHostRunner`	`boolean`	`true`	Run jobs directly on the host system without requiring Docker
`localActions.historyRetention`	`number`	`50`	Maximum number of workflow runs to retain in local storage
`localActions.variables`	`object`	`{}`	Environment variables passed to actions via `--var`
`localActions.defaultInputs`	`object`	`{}`	Default action inputs passed via `--input`
`localActions.runners`	`object`	`{}`	Custom image mappings per platform (e.g. `ubuntu-latest: catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest`)
`localActions.noCacheServer`	`boolean`	`false`	Disable act cache server
`localActions.artifactServerPath`	`string`	`""`	Directory where act stores uploaded/downloaded artifacts
`localActions.extraArgs`	`array`	`[]`	Additional flags passed directly to `act`

Open a workspace folder containing GitHub Actions in .github/workflows.
Open the Local Actions activity bar icon.
Open the Actions Page via the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P / Cmd+Shift+P -> Local Actions: Open Actions Page) or from the tree view title bar.
Click Run workflow to trigger workflows with custom inputs or parameters.

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