Shipfox The European alternative to GitHub Actions runners / CircleCI

Shipfox is a CI platform from Shipfox SAS in Paris that accelerates GitHub Actions workflows. Instead of GitHub-native runners, builds run on Shipfox infrastructure, which according to the provider uses dedicated CPU cores and local SSD storage. Features include pay-per-minute billing, unlimited concurrency, 4x faster caching, and pipeline visibility down to individual test failures.

Shipfox SAS is registered as a French SAS in Paris and is subject to French and European law. According to the privacy policy, Shipfox minimizes data transfers outside the EU and conducts such transfers as data controller only for clearly defined purposes. Which specific cloud providers are used in the background is not detailed on the public page. Shipfox is SOC 2 certified.

According to the provider, Shipfox is around 50 percent cheaper and roughly twice as fast as GitHub-native runners without requiring changes to existing workflows. GitHub belongs to Microsoft (USA), Shipfox is French and subject to EU law. Both providers offer various CPU configurations, Shipfox bills per minute instead of per month. Free quotas are available for open-source projects and non-profits.