Namespace
Shares rank 4 of 9 ci runners by recommenders
Developers use it as a faster GitHub Actions runner that fixed their CI problems. The most common caveat is that its custom setup makes switching back to another provider hard.
Developers use it as a faster GitHub Actions runner that fixed their CI problems. The most common caveat is that its custom setup makes switching back to another provider hard.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Responsive, positive support
“We try really hard to be there for teams, appreciate you recognizing that.”
Comment from 10 Jun 2026 in “Surprise Pay $1000” “my experience with their support has been incredibly positive”
Comment from 10 Jun 2026 in “Surprise Pay $1000”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Hard to switch away
“their custom setup makes it way too hard to switch back if you ever want to leave”
Comment from 28 Mar 2026 in “Namespace: We've raised $23M to build the compute layer for code”
Other ci runners people recommend
The four most recommended other ci runners, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blacksmith runners | 22 | 21 | 51% | 8 | — | — |
| WarpBuild | 12 | 2 | 86% | 8 | — | Approved |
| GitHub Actions self-hosted runners | 9 | 25 | 26% | 6 | — | — |
| NamespaceThis page | 8 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
| RunsOn | 8 | 3 | 73% | 8 | — | — |
What people said
7 of the 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“We try really hard to be there for teams, appreciate you recognizing that.”
“my experience with their support has been incredibly positive”
“their custom setup makes it way too hard to switch back if you ever want to leave”
“It's an order of magnitude faster we're talking about.”
“the runner host we use (Namespace labs) cost $0.0015 / minute”
“I have a utility that lets you associate names with each Space”
“Namespace fixed all of the issues I had with GitHub Actions.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.