actions / runner-images

# GitHub Actions Runner Images
**Table of Contents**
- About
- Available Images
- Announcements
- Image Definitions
- Image Releases
- Software and Image Support
- How to Interact with the Repo
- FAQs
## About
This repository contains the source code used to create the VM images for GitHub-hosted runners used for Actions, as well as for Microsoft-hosted agents used for Azure Pipelines.
To build a VM machine from this repo's source, see the instructions.
## Available Images
| Image | Architecture | YAML Label | Included Software |
| --------------------|--------------|---------------------|------------------|
| Ubuntu 26.04 | x64 | `ubuntu-26.04` | [ubuntu-26.04] |
| Ubuntu 26.04 Arm64 | arm64 | `ubuntu-26.04-arm` | [ubuntu-26.04-arm64] |
| Ubuntu 24.04 | x64 | `ubuntu-latest` or `ubuntu-24.04` | [ubuntu-24.04] |
| Ubuntu 24.04 Arm64 | arm64 | `ubuntu-24.04-arm` | [ubuntu-24.04-arm64] |
| Ubuntu 22.04 | x64 | `ubuntu-22.04` | [ubuntu-22.04] |
| Ubuntu 22.04 Arm64 | arm64 | `ubuntu-22.04-arm` | [ubuntu-22.04-arm64] |
| Ubuntu Slim | x64 | `ubuntu-slim` | [ubuntu-slim] |
| Xcode 27 | arm64 | `xcode-27` or `xcode-27-xlarge` | [xcode-27] |
| macOS 26 | x64 | `macos-latest-large`, `macos-26-intel`, `macos-26-large` | [macOS-26] |
| macOS 26 Arm64 | arm64 | `macos-latest`, `macos-26` or `macos-26-xlarge` | [macOS-26-arm64] |
| macOS 15 | x64 | `macos-15-large`, or `macos-15-intel` | [macOS-15] |
| macOS 15 Arm64 | arm64 | `macos-15`, or `macos-15-xlarge` | [macOS-15-arm64] |
| macOS 14 | x64 | `macos-14-large` | [macOS-14] |
| macOS 14 Arm64 | arm64 | `macos-14` or `macos-14-xlarge` | [macOS-14-arm64] |
| Windows Server 2025 | x64 | `windows-latest`, `windows-2025`, or `windows-2025-vs2026` | [windows-2025-vs2026] |
| Windows Server 2022 | x64 | `windows-2022` | [windows-2022] |
| Windows 11 Arm64 | arm64 | `windows-11-arm` | [windows-11-arm64] |
| Windows 11 Arm64 with Visual Studio 2026 | arm64 | `windows-11-vs2026-arm` | [windows-11-vs2026-arm64] |
### Label scheme
- In general the `-latest` label is used for the latest OS image version that is GA.
- Before moving the `-latest` label to a new OS version we will announce the change and give sufficient lead time for users to update their workflows.
- The `-xlarge` and `-large` suffixes are unique to macOS images and are only available for GitHub Actions. Learn more about GitHub Actions larger runners.
[ubuntu-26.04]: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/main/images/ubuntu/Ubuntu2604-Readme.md
[ubuntu-26.04-arm64]: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/main/images/ubuntu/Ubuntu2604-Arm64-Readme.md
[ubuntu-24.04]: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/main/images/ubuntu/Ubuntu2404-Readme.md
[ubuntu-24.04-arm64]: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/main/images/ubuntu/Ubuntu2404-Arm64-Readme.md
[ubuntu-22.04]: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/main/images/ubuntu/Ubuntu2204-Readme.md
[ubuntu-22.04-arm64]: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/main/image