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 # Forgejo Runner
 
+**WARNING:** this is [alpha release quality](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle#Alpha) code and should not be considered secure enough to deploy in production.
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 A daemon that connects to a Forgejo instance and runs jobs for continous integration. The high level [installation instructions](https://forgejo.org/docs/next/admin/actions/) are part of the Forgejo documentation.
 
 # Configuration