Ecosystem Comparisons

OctoGuide is a lightweight action: it does not install dependencies or run any build scripts. It runs as quickly as possible, generally around 10 seconds a run.

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Comparison with Neighboring Actions

OctoGuide is a rough superset of other dedicated actions for specific practices.

Area	OctoGuide Rule	accessibility-alt-text-bot	pr-compliance-action
Comments	comment-meaningless
Issues	issue-required-fields-content
PRs	pr-branch-non-default		✔️
PRs	pr-linked-issue		✔️
PRs	pr-task-completion
PRs	pr-title-conventional		✔️
Texts	text-image-alt-text	✔️

Other Ecosystem Approaches

• Danger: is a much larger, more powerful system that has repositories write their rules in imperative configuration files. However, Danger is not made for analyzing GitHub comments, discussions, or issues — only pull requests.