# RISE RISC-V Runners

7 Hacker News commenters recommended RISE RISC-V Runners and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free native RISC-V continuous integration on GitHub Actions, backed by the Linux Foundation. Critics say the hardware is old and it is slower than emulation.

## Why people recommend it

- Linux Foundation backing builds trust (2 comments): "It seems to be a Linux Foundation project, my trust is implicit higher than what you're claiming." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47565267)) "The Linux Foundation backing does address the trust question well" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47569428))

## What people warn about

- Trusting a third-party orchestrator with secrets (1 comments): "I’m concerned about the security/trust model: using a third-party CI orchestrator on top of GHA means trusting them with all of your secrets" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47565443))
- Old hardware, no RVV (1 comments): "Sadly still on quite old hardware, with no RVV." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47565660))
- Slower than emulation (1 comments): "it's slower than using emulation" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47572599))
- Cheaper to buy your own board (1 comments): "No one in their right mind would touch this. It's cheaper to buy the board yourself." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47565223))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Blacksmith runners](https://hackerapproved.com/p/blacksmith.md): 22 recommend
- [WarpBuild](https://hackerapproved.com/p/warpbuild.md): 12 recommend
- [GitHub Actions self-hosted runners](https://hackerapproved.com/p/github-actions-self-hosted-runners.md): 9 recommend
- [Namespace](https://hackerapproved.com/p/namespace.md): 8 recommend
- [Forgejo Runner](https://hackerapproved.com/p/forgejo-runner.md): 8 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "RISE RISC-V Runners", https://hackerapproved.com/p/rise-risc-v-runners/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).