Depot offers several different types of GitHub Actions runners, depending on your CI job needs. You can choose the type on a per-job basis by specifying the runner label in your .github/workflows/*.yaml file:
jobs:
build:
runs-on: depot-ubuntu-24.04Note: We support the depot-ubuntu-latest alias for depot-ubuntu-24.04 if you prefer to use an evergreen Ubuntu version.
In-memory Disk Accelerator:
Depot runners reserve a portion of the memory on the runner host for a disk accelerator, backed by a RAM disk. The accelerator acts as buffer between reading and writing to the root disk, which allows Actions runs to perform incredibly fast I/O operations, much quicker than the physical disk would allow.
Intel runners use AMD EC2 instances. Their EBS volume is provisioned with 8000 IOPS and 250 MB/s throughput.
The following labels are available:
| Label | CPUs | Memory | Disk size | Disk accelerator size | Per-minute price | Minutes multiplier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
depot-ubuntu-24.04-small | 2 | 2 GB | 100 GB | 512MB | $0.002 | 0.5x |
depot-ubuntu-24.04 | 2 | 8 GB | 100 GB | 2GB | $0.004 | 1x |
depot-ubuntu-24.04-4 | 4 | 16 GB | 130 GB | 4GB | $0.008 | 2x |
depot-ubuntu-24.04-8 | 8 | 32 GB | 150 GB | 8GB | $0.016 | 4x |
depot-ubuntu-24.04-16 | 16 | 64 GB | 180 GB | 8GB | $0.032 | 8x |
depot-ubuntu-24.04-32 | 32 | 128 GB | 200 GB | 16GB | $0.064 | 16x |
depot-ubuntu-24.04-64 | 64 | 256 GB | 250 GB | 32GB | $0.128 | 32x |
Arm runners use Graviton4 EC2 instances. Their EBS volume is provisioned with 8000 IOPS and 250 MB/s throughput.
The following labels are available:
| Label | CPUs | Memory | Disk size | Disk accelerator size | Per-minute price | Minutes multiplier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
depot-ubuntu-24.04-arm-small | 2 | 2 GB | 100 GB | 512MB | $0.002 | 0.5x |
depot-ubuntu-24.04-arm | 2 | 8 GB | 100 GB | 2GB | $0.004 | 1x |
depot-ubuntu-24.04-arm-4 | 4 | 16 GB | 130 GB | 4GB | $0.008 | 2x |
depot-ubuntu-24.04-arm-8 | 8 | 32 GB | 150 GB | 8GB | $0.016 | 4x |
depot-ubuntu-24.04-arm-16 | 16 | 64 GB | 180 GB | 8GB | $0.032 | 8x |
depot-ubuntu-24.04-arm-32 | 32 | 128 GB | 200 GB | 16GB | $0.064 | 16x |
depot-ubuntu-24.04-arm-64 | 64 | 256 GB | 250 GB | 32GB | $0.128 | 32x |
These runners use the same instances as the Ubuntu 24.04 runners.
The following labels are available:
| Label | CPUs | Memory | Disk size | Disk accelerator size | Per-minute price | Minutes multiplier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
depot-ubuntu-22.04-small | 2 | 2 GB | 100 GB | 512MB | $0.002 | 0.5x |
depot-ubuntu-22.04 | 2 | 8 GB | 100 GB | 2GB | $0.004 | 1x |
depot-ubuntu-22.04-4 | 4 | 16 GB | 130 GB | 4GB | $0.008 | 2x |
depot-ubuntu-22.04-8 | 8 | 32 GB | 150 GB | 8GB | $0.016 | 4x |
depot-ubuntu-22.04-16 | 16 | 64 GB | 180 GB | 8GB | $0.032 | 8x |
depot-ubuntu-22.04-32 | 32 | 128 GB | 200 GB | 16GB | $0.064 | 16x |
depot-ubuntu-22.04-64 | 64 | 256 GB | 250 GB | 32GB | $0.128 | 32x |
depot-ubuntu-22.04-arm-small | 2 | 2 GB | 100 GB | 512MB | $0.002 | 0.5x |
depot-ubuntu-22.04-arm | 2 | 8 GB | 100 GB | 2GB | $0.004 | 1x |
depot-ubuntu-22.04-arm-4 | 4 | 16 GB | 130 GB | 4GB | $0.008 | 2x |
depot-ubuntu-22.04-arm-8 | 8 | 32 GB | 150 GB | 8GB | $0.016 | 4x |
depot-ubuntu-22.04-arm-16 | 16 | 64 GB | 180 GB | 8GB | $0.032 | 8x |
depot-ubuntu-22.04-arm-32 | 32 | 128 GB | 200 GB | 16GB | $0.064 | 16x |
depot-ubuntu-22.04-arm-64 | 64 | 256 GB | 250 GB | 32GB | $0.128 | 32x |
Status: Beta
macOS runners use instances with M2 chips running macOS 14. Their EBS volume is provisioned with 8000 IOPS and 1000 MB/s throughput. Like the Linux runners, the macOS runners also have a disk accelerator.
Note: These runners are only available on the Startup plan during beta.
The following labels are available:
| Label | CPUs | Memory | Disk size | Per-minute price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
depot-macos-latest | 8 | 24 GB | 150GB | $0.08 |
depot-macos-14 | 8 | 24 GB | 150GB | $0.08 |
Status: Beta
Windows runners use instances with Intel chips running Windows Server 2022. These runners don't currently have a disk accelerator (i.e. Ultra Runners).
The following labels are available:
| Label | CPUs | Memory | Disk size | Per-minute price | Minutes multiplier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
depot-windows-2022-small | 2 | 2 GB | 100 GB | $0.004 | 1x |
depot-windows-2022 | 2 | 8 GB | 100 GB | $0.008 | 2x |
depot-windows-2022-4 | 4 | 16 GB | 130 GB | $0.016 | 4x |
depot-windows-2022-8 | 8 | 32 GB | 150 GB | $0.032 | 8x |
depot-windows-2022-16 | 16 | 64 GB | 180 GB | $0.064 | 16x |
depot-windows-2022-32 | 32 | 128 GB | 200 GB | $0.128 | 32x |
depot-windows-2022-64 | 64 | 256 GB | 250 GB | $0.256 | 64x |
Note: Windows runners don't come equipped with Hyper-v because of an AWS limitation on EC2. Therefore, if you use things that require it like docker, than Depot Windows Runners are unlikely to work for you.
Note that on your Billing summary, costs are broken down by Billed minutes and Elapsed minutes. Here are several things to know about the difference:
Elapsed minutes is the clock time spent executing your jobs.Billed minutes multiples the Minutes multiplier (from the table above) by the Elapsed minutes.Billed minutes accumulates is based on the size of the Minutes multiplier.Billed minutes minus the included minutes of your plan.If you'd like to see what tools and software are installed in each runner image, please see the links to the README in GitHub's repository:
depot-ubuntu-24.04 and depot-ubuntu-latestdepot-ubuntu-22.04depot-macos-14 and depot-macos-latestdepot-windows-2022Note: We do our best to keep our images in sync with GitHub's, but there may be a slight delay between when GitHub updates their images and when we update ours. If you need a specific version of a tool or software, please check the links above to see if it's available in the image you're using.