Migration guides
Migrate from Namespace to runnerhut
The exact change to move your workflows from Namespace — and the change to move back, so you can evaluate without committing.
What Namespace does well
- Goes far beyond CI — devboxes, sandboxes and ephemeral clusters in one platform
- Serious Bazel support including remote execution and build observability
- Egress policy and audit logging are first-class, not add-ons
- Credible engineering customers including Zed, DuckDB and Framer
Where we differ
- Platform breadth means CI is one product among many, not the whole focus
- 221 of their 300 indexed pages are docs — little help while you are still evaluating
- Nearly half their blog is changelog entries rather than durable guidance
| Namespace | runnerhut | |
|---|---|---|
| EU data residency | Yes, per workspace | Yes, all plans |
| Drop-in runs-on | Yes | Yes |
| Cache volumes | Yes | Yes |
| Devboxes / sandboxes | Yes | Not offered |
| Bazel remote execution | Yes | Remote cache only |
| Egress filtering | Yes | Yes |
| Focus | Broad compute platform | GitHub Actions CI |
| Setup surface | Moderate | One line |
The migration
yaml
jobs: build:- runs-on: nscloud-ubuntu-22.04-amd64-4x8+ runs-on: runnerhut-8vcpu-ubuntu-2404 steps: - uses: actions/checkout@v4And the migration back
We publish this because after BuildJet's shutdown, "what if you disappear" is a fair question. Leaving is the same single line you changed to arrive.
yaml
jobs: build:- runs-on: runnerhut-8vcpu-ubuntu-2404+ runs-on: ubuntu-latestChecklist
- Install the runnerhut GitHub App on the repositories you want to move
- Change runs-on in one job first and compare timings against the old runner
- Add runner.arch to cache keys if you are also moving to arm64
- Roll out to the rest of the repository once the comparison looks right
- Set a budget cap and concurrency cancellation before going organisation-wide
Your next build could be twice as fast, at half the price
Start free. Migrating away is the same one line, and we publish that diff too.
Related
GitHub-hosted runnersThe default runners built into GitHub Actions. Zero setup, billed per minute against your GitHub plan, with larger runners and native arm64 available on paid tiers.BlacksmithA YC-backed managed runner platform positioned as a drop-in GitHub Actions replacement, advertising up to 2× faster CI with faster caching and lower cost. Raised a Series B led by Peak XV and is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant.WarpBuildA hosted runner platform offering Linux, macOS and Windows runners plus bring-your-own-cloud deployments on AWS, GCP and Azure. Advertises roughly 2× faster builds at about half the cost of GitHub-hosted runners.UbicloudAn open-source cloud that runs managed GitHub Actions runners alongside managed Postgres and Kubernetes, competing primarily on price-performance and on being open and portable.