Getting Started
Welcome to Monk CI - supercharge your GitHub Actions with elite build speed, deep observability, and effortless migration.
Drop-in GitHub Actions replacement
Same workflows.
10× the value.
Swap one line in your YAML and run your workflow with upto 10x faster speed, full pipeline observability, and up to 75% lower CI costs - with zero re-architecture.
Welcome to Monk CI
Monk CI is a high-performance, zero-config replacement for standard GitHub-hosted runners, engineered to handle the scale of modern, AI-generated codebases. By swapping a single line in your workflow file, teams unlock elite build speeds, transparent caching, and real-time pipeline visibility. This specialized infrastructure eliminates the bottlenecks of traditional CI/CD platforms, allowing organizations to ship faster while reducing their infrastructure bill by up to 75%.
No proprietary YAML. No vendor lock-in. No re-architecture. If your workflows run on GitHub Actions today, they'll run on Monk CI in minutes - faster, cheaper, and with full-stack observability baked in.
Why Monk CI?
~4×
Faster Cache
Restore large caches in seconds with optimized cache infrastructure built for high-throughput CI workloads.
~3×
Faster Compute
Deliver lightning-fast builds with high-performance multicore compute that processes workloads up to 10x faster than standard GitHub Actions runners.
~40×
Faster Docker Builds
Persistent, co-located Docker layer cache restores unchanged layers instantly instead of rebuilding images from scratch on every run.
75%
Lower CI Costs
Per-minute billing, unlimited concurrency, and built-in budget tracking.
Key Highlights
Getting Started
Discover the Monk CI architecture and learn why leading engineering teams transition from standard cloud runners.
QuickStart
Integrate with GitHub and migrate your existing workflows to high-performance infrastructure in under five minutes.
Migration Wizard
Migrate your workflows from the dashboard - pick a runner per job and let Monk CI open the pull requests.
Upto 10x Faster runners
Slash build times by 10x using dedicated, high-frequency GCP instances powered by local NVMe storage.
Upto 4x Faster Caching
Eliminate dependency bottlenecks with specialized, low-latency caching that restores environments in seconds.
Upto 40x Faster Docker Builds
Keep your Docker layer cache warm and co-located so image builds reuse unchanged layers instead of rebuilding from scratch.
Run History
Access a comprehensive audit trail to monitor, debug, and manage every execution across your CI/CD pipeline.
Analytics
Gain deep visibility into job performance, identifying bottlenecks and optimization opportunities with granular metrics.
AI Log Summary
When a job fails, Monk CI automatically generates a plain-English root cause analysis from its logs - right in your dashboard.
Monk Fix
An AI agent that fixes broken builds - it reads the logs, finds the root cause, and opens a pull request with the fix.
Monk CI Shield
Scan every pull request for secrets, vulnerabilities and misconfigurations - and review access and branch policy across your org.
Usage & Billing
Maintain full financial transparency with real-time spend tracking and streamlined payment management.
FAQ & Settings
Configure authentication, manage global notifications, and find expert troubleshooting guides for your environment.
Free Tier
The trial plan gives you 5,000 minutes for free for the first month only.
No credit card required to get started. Same GitHub minutes - 10× more value.
5,000 free minutes on the base monkci-ubuntu-24.04-2 runner. For higher-tier plans, a multiplier is applied to your free minute consumption (e.g., monkci-ubuntu-24.04-4 runners consume free minutes at a 2x rate).
Observability
When builds break at 2 AM, you need answers - not guesswork. Monk CI gives your team full-stack visibility into every run, every log line, and every test result.
Run History
Browse, search, and drill into any past CI run. Filter by Repository, workflow, author, status, and trigger to surface patterns fast.
Analytics Page
Visualize CI performance with job trends, failure rates, and runtime insights. Filter by repository, status, user, and runner to quickly identify bottleneck and reliability issues.
AI Log Summary
When a job fails, Monk CI automatically generates a plain-English root cause analysis from its logs - viewable right in your dashboard.
Cache Page
View and manage workflow cache entries by repository. Monitor cache usage, identify stale data, and delete entries to reclaim space and optimise CI performance.
Usage & Billing
Track CI usage, spending and job minutes in real time. Monitor trends view invoices, and manage billing settings to stay in control of costs.
Monk Fix
An AI agent that fixes your broken builds. When a job fails, Monk Fix reads the logs, isolates the root cause, and automatically opens a pull request with the fix - ready for your review.
Security
Monk CI Shield scans every pull request in your organization for committed secrets, code vulnerabilities, vulnerable dependencies, and insecure infrastructure code. It also reports who has access to what, and which repositories are missing branch protections.
Set it up from the dashboard with a five-step wizard. Shield activates in Monitoring mode - findings are reported and no pull request is blocked until you switch to Active.
Enable Shield
A five-step guided setup - install the app, review existing tools, pick scanners and repos, activate.
Detection Engines
Secret, code, dependency, and infrastructure scanning on every pull request.
Access Management
Teams, permissions, and automatically detected access risks across your GitHub org.
Policy & Posture
A governance scorecard for every repository, plus a one-click baseline ruleset.
Why Teams Switch to Monk CI
Drop-in compatibility
Change one line of YAML. Every step, secret, artifact, and trigger stays exactly the same.
No self-hosting headaches
We manage the fleet so your platform team can focus on shipping, not runner maintenance.
Transparent pricing
Per-minute billing with no hidden fees, surge charges, or idle-runner costs. Budget controls built in.
Enterprise-grade security
Ephemeral VMs, SOC 2 Type I compliant, ISO 27001 certified, and full network isolation for every job.
Dedicated support
Real humans on Slack and email - not a chatbot behind a ticket queue.
Ready to Try It?
The best proof is your own pipeline. Migrate a single workflow in under five minutes and see the difference for yourself.
Launch Guide
Migrate your first workflow in under 5 minutes by a one-line YAML change.
Runner Configuration
Explore available different runner sizes based on your need.
Advanced Caching
Fine-tune cache strategies for monorepos and complex dependency trees.
Subscription Details
Understand per-minute pricing, set budgets, and monitor compute spend.