Literary Runners

Serious Compute. A Little Character.

Your CI runner can be more than a number. Pick a character from literature, or stick with the specs. Same compute. Same price. Your choice.

Available now

Why literature?

I’m a big fan of George Orwell, especially Animal Farm. It’s a book that stays with you because of its characters, and what they show us about power, loyalty and human nature.

When I started building Runzivo, I wanted to bring a little of that love for literature into the tools developers use every day.

Software is serious work. It should still be fun.

So we’re giving our runners a little character. Pick Boxer, Benjamin, Clover or Snowball, or keep the CPU and RAM labels you already use.

Either way, you get the same compute.

Ditah Kumbong, founder of Runzivo

Meet the runners

Benjamin

rzv-benjamin

The thoughtful donkey. Patient and steady, for small builds and quick checks.

Clover

rzv-clover

The caring, dependable horse. A steady choice for everyday builds and tests.

Snowball

rzv-snowball

The inventive reformer. Room for bigger builds and parallel tests.

Boxer

rzv-boxer

The hardworking horse. For heavy builds that need to keep going.

Napoleon

rzv-napoleon

The powerful pig. Our largest machine, for jobs that want everything.

Character labels and the machines they name
Character	Label	Technical label	vCPU / RAM	Unit-minutes per minute	Status
Benjamin	`rzv-benjamin`	`rzv-ubuntu-24.04-x64-2vcpu-8gb`	2 vCPU / 8 GB	1	Available now
Clover	`rzv-clover`	`rzv-ubuntu-24.04-x64-4vcpu-16gb`	4 vCPU / 16 GB	2	Available now
Snowball	`rzv-snowball`	`rzv-ubuntu-24.04-x64-6vcpu-24gb`	6 vCPU / 24 GB	3	Available now
Boxer	`rzv-boxer`	`rzv-ubuntu-24.04-x64-8vcpu-32gb`	8 vCPU / 32 GB	4	Available now
Napoleon	`rzv-napoleon`	`rzv-ubuntu-24.04-x64-16vcpu-64gb`	16 vCPU / 64 GB	8	Available now

Waiting in the barn

These names are reserved for future runners. They are not labels yet.

Old Major
Squealer
Muriel
Mollie
Moses
Jessie
Bluebell
Pincher
Mr. Jones
Mr. Frederick

Same job, a different name

GitHub Actions · character label

jobs:
  build:
    # Same machine as rzv-ubuntu-24.04-x64-8vcpu-32gb
    runs-on: rzv-boxer

Questions about character labels

Is a character runner different from the technical label?

No. Each character names an existing size. The machine, image and price are the same.

Do I have to use the names?

No. Technical labels stay the default and keep working.

When can I use them?

Character labels now work in your GitHub Actions workflows. Technical labels keep working as before.