Free GitHub Actions Node.js CI Template

What this free workflow includes

Copy this into .github/workflows/nodejs-ci.yml

name: Node.js CI

on:
  push:
    branches: [main]
  pull_request:
    branches: [main]

permissions:
  contents: read

jobs:
  test:
    name: Test on Node ${{ matrix.node-version }}
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      matrix:
        node-version: [20, 22]

    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Setup Node.js
        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
          cache: npm

      - name: Install dependencies
        run: npm ci

      - name: Run lint if configured
        run: npm run lint --if-present

      - name: Run typecheck if configured
        run: npm run typecheck --if-present

      - name: Run tests
        run: npm test --if-present

      - name: Build project
        run: npm run build --if-present

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