Linux arm64 hosted runners now available for free 😃

[manics]

Now in public preview, Linux arm64 hosted runners are available for free in public repositories. Following the release of arm64 larger hosted runners in June, this offering now extends to the open source-community. Powered by the Cobalt 100-based processors, these 4 vCPU runners can deliver up to a 40% performance boost compared to Microsoft Azure’s previous generation of Arm-based VMs, providing a power-efficient compute layer for your workloads. Arm-native developers can now build, test and deploy entirely within the arm64 architecture without the need for virtualization on your Actions runs.

https://github.blog/changelog/2025-01-16-linux-arm64-hosted-runners-now-available-for-free-in-public-repositories-public-preview/

[mathbunnyru]

@yuvipanda you will be really happy about this :)

[mathbunnyru]

Took me 13 minutes to come up with a PR, you can see how much I've been waiting for this. Let's see if it works.

[choldgraf]

amazing! it makes me happy when things we once paid for are now free 😅