GitHub Actions runners in Montréal, by the minute

What you get

The same workflows, a smaller bill.

Setup
Your workflows as they are
Install the GitHub app on an organization or a personal account, pick its repositories, then set runs-on to one of our labels. Steps, actions and secrets stay as they are.
Image
What ubuntu-24.04 has
The tool cache that setup-python, setup-node and setup-java look for, Docker without sudo, service containers, passwordless sudo. We rebuild it every week from GitHub's.
Isolation
One machine per job
Each job gets its own virtual machine, created from the image and destroyed at the end. Nothing a job leaves behind reaches the next one.
Startup
Jobs start in seconds
Runners wait ready in Montréal. Billing starts when GitHub reports the job as started, so the time to boot a machine is never on your bill.
Caches
Next to the runners
actions/cache, the setup-* caches and buildx type=gha stay in Montréal without a workflow change. The Docker cache, per repository, keeps the layers and images of the last successful job that changed Docker.
Billing
By the started minute
Taken from your credit, prorated by vCPU. The console and the API show the minutes of each repository, and why a job waits.

In practice

One line in your workflow.

Connect GitHub from the console and choose the repositories the app may serve. Then replace ubuntu-latest with one of our labels: the job runs on 2, 4 or 8 vCPU, and the npm cache below is kept in Montréal.

The runners guide

yaml

name: CI
on: [push, pull_request]

jobs:
  test:
    runs-on: ffxf-2vcpu-ubuntu-2404
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: 22
          cache: npm
      - run: npm ci
      - run: npm test

Sizes

Sizes and prices.

Label	vCPU	Memory	FFxF, a minute	GitHub, a minute
ffxf-2vcpu-ubuntu-2404	2	8 GB	0.004 CAD (0.003 USD)	0.006 USD
ffxf-4vcpu-ubuntu-2404	4	16 GB	0.008 CAD (0.006 USD)	0.012 USD
ffxf-8vcpu-ubuntu-2404	8	32 GB	0.016 CAD (0.012 USD)	0.022 USD

GitHub: published prices of its Linux x64 hosted runners, October 2026. Taxes included at FFxF.

Limits

What to know before you start.

Item	Rule
Repositories	Private repositories on GitHub.com, in an organization or a personal account
System	Linux x64, Ubuntu 24.04; no Windows, macOS, ARM or GPU
Jobs at once	Up to 32 vCPU per account; beyond that, jobs wait their turn in GitHub's queue
Free minutes	500 minutes of 2 vCPU a month (250 on 4 vCPU, 125 on 8) once the account has made a payment
Actions cache	0.30 CAD per GB per month; the repository's limit at GitHub (10 GB by default), 50 GB at most
Docker cache	Per repository, turned on in the console; 100 GB at most, 0.30 CAD per GB per month
Network	Outbound IPv6 and IPv4, containers included; no inbound connection reaches the runner
Status	Beta, open to every account

FFxF · Montréal

Run your next job in Montréal.

Connect GitHub from the console, then change runs-on in one workflow to try it.

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Your GitHub Actions jobs, at half the price.

The same workflows, a smaller bill.

Your workflows as they are

What ubuntu-24.04 has

One machine per job

Jobs start in seconds

Next to the runners

By the started minute

One line in your workflow.

Sizes and prices.

What to know before you start.

Run your next job in Montréal.