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Standfast
Standfast is a free, open-source macOS menu bar app that monitors GitHub Actions and GitLab self-hosted runner health, connectivity, job activity, and maintenance status.
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Standfast is a free, open-source macOS menu bar app that monitors GitHub Actions and GitLab self-hosted runner health, connectivity, job activity, and maintenance status.
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Standfast is a practical fit for buyers evaluating Mac, Developer Tools, and GitHub tools.
- What is Standfast?
- Standfast is a free, open-source macOS menu bar app that monitors GitHub Actions and GitLab self-hosted runner health, connectivity, job activity, and maintenance status.
- Who is it for?
- Developers, DevOps engineers, and CI infrastructure maintainers running GitHub Actions or GitLab self-hosted runners on macOS. It is particularly relevant to individuals and small engineering teams maintaining Mac-based build machines.
- Pricing
- unknown
- Alternatives
- Vitals ,Usage for Mac,mectrics
Product information
What this product does
A free macOS menu bar app for self-hosted GitHub Actions runners. It asks launchd whether each runner is alive and GitHub whether it still counts on it, and never mixes up the two answers.
Sourced from perafan18.github.io
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Platforms
- Web
- iOS
Company & Maker
Who built Standfast?
- Company
- Pedro Perafán Carrasco (perafan18.github.io)
- Product
- Standfast is a free, open-source macOS menu bar app that monitors GitHub Actions and GitLab self-hosted runner health, connectivity, job activity, and maintenance status.
- Live since
- Oct 2026
- Founders
- Pedro Perafán Carrasco - Maker
Some facts above are based on publicly available information and may have changed.
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Problem Solved
What problem does Standfast solve?
Developers and CI engineers managing self-hosted runners on Macs need to know whether their runners can actually accept jobs. A running process does not guarantee GitHub can reach the runner, so builds can remain queued while basic service checks report success. Standfast checks the local process and GitHub registration separately, showing actionable states and runner details in the menu bar and desktop window. For example, when a Mac runner is running but disconnected from GitHub, Standfast flags the issue instead of incorrectly reporting it as ready.
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Standfast is a free, open-source macOS menu bar app that monitors self-hosted GitHub Actions runners. It separates local service status from GitHub connectivity, helping developers identify why a runner cannot receive jobs.
Who should use
Buyer-fit is derived from approved personas and use-case evidence. Search-volume noise stays labeled separately.
Best-fit workflows
- Detect GitHub Actions runners that are running but disconnected
- Monitor jobs across multiple Mac runners
- Inspect queued jobs and runner label matching
- Find runner disk usage and clean eligible folders
- Tracks each Mac runner's local process state and GitHub registration status in a menu bar.
- Identifies queued GitHub Actions jobs whose labels match a particular runner.
Inferred from public dataView source →
A short installation and configuration session; exact setup time is not documented.Power-userSoloSmall teamMid-market
Pricing reality
Vendor stated
Free and open source under the MIT license.
Actual cost
The application has no stated purchase price. Users supply their own Mac hardware, GitHub Actions runner infrastructure, and any associated hosting or maintenance resources.
Hidden costs
5 hidden cost warnings — unlock to view
Migration effort from 4 platforms analyzed
Pricing reality
Last updated Oct 2026
Starting price
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Auto-renewal is often on by default and refunds are narrow.
Beta, Linux, or recovery edge cases often ship without SLA coverage.
Team and business tiers usually move to sales-led quoting.
One-time or lifetime offers tend to disappear at version boundaries.
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Engagement signals (30d)
Based on 6 linked public signals.
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HOW THIS TOOL SCORES
Scores compare this tool with 23 similar tools in Mac. Use it to judge Innovation and Capability before you shortlist.
Updated Oct 29, 2026Baseline refreshed Jun 24, 2026
Innovation Index™
Is it new, different, and easy to understand?
below median7.4/10
Is this idea actually new?6.0/10
Does it stand out from similar tools?7.0/10
Can buyers understand it quickly?9.0/10
Functionality Score™
Does it cover the jobs buyers expect, and can it keep up?
Top 10%5.8/10
Does it cover the core jobs?6.0/10
Are the main features deep enough?6.0/10
Will it fit into your stack?5.0/10
Can users trust it to stay usable?6.4/10
Low confidence (30%) - some sub-scores have thin evidence.What this means →
Category baseline: MacInnovation median: 7.7Capability median: 4.5n = 23
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Features detected: 6Homepage load: 0.6sBaseline source: live product websites
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