---
title: Creating actions
intro: 'You can create your own actions, use and customize actions shared by the {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} community, or write and share the actions you build.'
redirect_from:
  - /articles/building-actions
  - /github/automating-your-workflow-with-github-actions/building-actions
  - /actions/automating-your-workflow-with-github-actions/building-actions
  - /actions/building-actions
  - /articles/creating-a-github-action
versions:
  fpt: '*'
  ghes: '*'
  ghae: '*'
  ghec: '*'
children:
  - /about-custom-actions
  - /creating-a-docker-container-action
  - /creating-a-javascript-action
  - /creating-a-composite-action
  - /metadata-syntax-for-github-actions
  - /dockerfile-support-for-github-actions
  - /setting-exit-codes-for-actions
  - /publishing-actions-in-github-marketplace
  - /sharing-actions-and-workflows-from-your-private-repository
  - /sharing-actions-and-workflows-with-your-enterprise
  - /sharing-actions-and-workflows-with-your-organization
  - /releasing-and-maintaining-actions
  - /developing-a-third-party-cli-action
--- 
{% data reusables.actions.enterprise-github-hosted-runners %}