February 1, 2025

Limbar Becomes GitHub Technology Partner

We are excited to announce our partnership with GitHub as a technology partner, bringing Android Emulators in the cloud with unlimited concurrency via GitHub Actions.

A Strategic Partnership for Mobile Development

Today, we're proud to announce that Limbar has become an official GitHub Technology Partner. This partnership represents a significant milestone in our mission to revolutionize mobile development with true cloud-native Android infrastructure.

As a GitHub Technology Partner, we join an elite group of technology providers that includes industry leaders like Docker, Atlassian, AWS, and Microsoft Azure.

"Technology partnerships are essential for the GitHub ecosystem because they enable the integration of market-leading tools and services directly into GitHub's platform, enhancing the developer experience."

— GitHub Technology Partners

This partnership brings two immediate benefits to the mobile development community: our officially verified GitHub Action for Android testing, and enhanced security through GitHub's secret scanning program. Let's dive into what these mean for your development workflow.

Verified GitHub Action for Android Testing

Our GitHub Action, limbario/android-emulator-fleet, is now officially verified by GitHub. This verification confirms that our Action meets GitHub's high standards for security, reliability, and maintainability.

What the Action Does

The limbario/android-emulator-fleet Action enables teams to instantly provision and scale Android emulator fleets directly in their GitHub Actions workflows. Unlike traditional solutions that require pre-provisioned capacity, our Action follows true cloud principles:

Scale from 0 to 100s of emulators in seconds
Pay only for the actual test execution time
Run tests in parallel across multiple Android versions
Native GPU acceleration for UI and performance testing

Getting Started

To start using our verified GitHub Action, add the following to your workflow:

steps:
  - uses: limbario/android-emulator-fleet@v0
    with:
      token: ${{ secrets.LIM_TOKEN }}
      count: 5

Check out our documentation for detailed configuration options and examples of running parallel Android tests in GitHub Actions.

What's next?

As part of our technology partnership, Limbar is working with Github to be part of their secret scanning program. This integration adds an important layer of security for all Limbar users:

GitHub automatically scans repositories for exposed Limbar API keys
Detected keys are immediately reported to Limbar
We automatically revoke compromised keys to prevent unauthorized access
Repository owners are notified to update their credentials

Security Best Practices

While GitHub's secret scanning provides an essential safety net, we recommend following these security best practices:

Use GitHub's encrypted secrets to store your Limbar API keys
Rotate API keys regularly through our dashboard
Use different API keys for different environments (staging, production)
Set up IP allowlisting for additional security

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