Wrapping Up the GitHub Actions Hackathon

The GitHub Actions Hackathon drew to a close after four weeks of online submissions from developers around the world. With hundreds of open-source Actions submitted over the course of the event, participants delivered everything from website uptime monitors to Slack integrations that post a plant emoji when you make a contribution.

The full set of submissions is browsable at the hackathon website. Since every entry is open source, you can clone, fork, or drop any of them directly into your own workflows. Here is a selection of standout projects from the event.

Action Cats

Action Cats is a light-hearted Action that comments on pull requests. Every time you push code, a random cat gif appears on the PR as a small reward for keeping up good contribution habits. It is a fun way to encourage regular pull request activity across your team.

Get it from ruairidhwm/action-cats.

Actions Label Commenter

If you need to attach labels based on templated messages, Actions Label Commenter can do the job. The Action lets you automatically add labels, close or reopen issues, and manage pull requests without leaving your repository's configured workflows.

Check out peaceiris/actions-label-commenter.

Actions Comment Run

Actions Comment Run lets you execute any script from a GitHub issue comment, turning issues into interactive command surfaces. You can program the bot to respond with a "hello, world" message, post an image or gif, inject links, run commands, or deliver other relevant information. A set of input variables is available for customizing the behavior.

Install it from nwtgck/actions-comment-run.

Misspell Fixer

Typo correction that browsers already handle on web pages can also be automated in your codebase. Misspell Fixer automatically patches spelling mistakes in source files and documentation, running as a simple step in your CI pipeline to catch errors in comments and strings.

Try sobolevn/misspell-fixer-action.

TODO to Issue

When a TODO note grows into something bigger than a single bullet point, TODO to Issue turns it into a tracked GitHub issue. The Action monitors comments and converts #TODO annotations into issues automatically as new comments are added, keeping project management closer to where you write code.

Explore alstr/todo-to-issue-action.

SWAG packs are on their way to all participants who submitted eligible Actions. Future online hackathons will be announced on the GitHub Hackathon site, so check back for the next event.