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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.
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package managers
GitHub Actions
package-management
supply chain security
software development
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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