# GitHub Actions now offers free Apple Silicon macOS runners for public repositories

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**Created:** [February 2, 2024, 6:45pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/github-actions-now-offers-free-apple-silicon-macos-runners-for-public-repositories/109641 "2024-02-02T18:45:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 2, 2024, 6:45pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/github-actions-now-offers-free-apple-silicon-macos-runners-for-public-repositories/109641/1 "2024-02-02T18:45:52Z")

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> Today, GitHub is excited to announce the launch of a new M1 macOS runner! This runner is available for all plans, **free in public repositories** , and eligible to consume included free plan minutes in private repositories. The new runner executes Actions workflows with a 3 vCPU, 7 GB RAM, and 14 GB of storage VM, which provides the latest Mac hardware Actions has to offer. The new runner operates exclusively on macOS 14 and to use it, simply update the `runs-on` key in your YAML workflow file to `macos-14` .

> **[GitHub Actions: Introducing the new M1 macOS runner available to open source!](https://github.blog/changelog/2024-01-30-github-actions-introducing-the-new-m1-macos-runner-available-to-open-source/)**
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> GitHub Actions: Introducing the new M1 macOS runner available to open source!