kinhin ○
Commit it. Screenshot it. Ship it. Your Mac is your CI, your screenshot studio and your video studio.
Ephemeral, autoscaling runners for GitHub Actions, Gitea and Forgejo Actions and GitLab CI/CD, plus store screenshots and
narrated launch videos built from files in your repo.
kinhin.dev · Quick start ·
Beta 6
Beta (v0.0.1-beta-6). Supported: GitHub, Gitea, Forgejo and GitLab CE. See
what has been tested and the roadmap, and
report what you find. Telemetry is off unless you turn it on.
Sponsored by SupDesk, the feedback and support console for solo founders, devs and small teams.
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The kinhin launch video, built from files in this repo. Watch it.
What it does
- CI that scales to your queue. Self-hosted runners appear for one job and are gone when it ends.
- Store screenshots in every locale. One fastlane lane for iOS, Android, Flutter, React Native and KMP.
- Videos that rebuild with your release. A config in your repo becomes a narrated launch video.
Requirements
- Apple Silicon Mac, macOS 15+, ~60 GB free disk (sizing)
- An access token for your forge, such as a GitHub PAT with
repo scope
Install
curl -fsSL https://github.com/RabinApps/kinhin/releases/latest/download/install.sh | bash
Pinned versions, uninstall and updates: Install.
Quick start
kinhin setup repair tart # install tart; `kinhin doctor` checks the Mac
kinhin config init # starter config: set accounts: and labels
kinhin auth set # store your token in the Keychain
kinhin image prepare && kinhin start # bake the runner image, then run the fleet
Point a workflow at it and watch with kinhin watch:
jobs:
build:
runs-on: [self-hosted, macos, arm64]
Prefer a GUI? Launch kinhin from Applications. Full walkthrough: Quick start.
Documentation
Run kinhin --help for the command list.
Contributing and support
See CONTRIBUTING.md. kinhin is free; support it or
add your project to the list. More from Rabin Apps: SupDesk.
License
Copyright © 2026 Rabin Apps, LLC. Licensed under the Apache License 2.0.
kinhin shells out to Tart and links Yams (both Apache-2.0); see NOTICE.
