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GitHub Actions Has a Package Manager, and It Might Be the Worst
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Andrew Nesbitt
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Dec. 6, 2025, 1:30 p.m.
package managers
github
software development
GitHub Actions
development tools
package-management
Summary
The blog post critiques GitHub Actions' new package manager for neglecting fundamental supply chain security practices, highlighting the lack of features like lockfiles, integrity verification, and transitive pinning.
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