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16 October 2026

Get to the build sooner: Git pre-checkout, LFS caching, and submodules

Avrea prepares Git repositories before checkout, caches large LFS downloads, and preloads submodules so CI can get to the build sooner.

Avrea capybara using a laptop beside Git source code, large-file assets, and submodule folders.

Title card over a misty forest reading Kafka builds 6.6x faster on Avrea than GitHub Actions

Leo Lännenmäki

Benchmark: Kafka builds 6.6x faster on Avrea than GitHub Actions

5m 44s on GitHub Actions. 2m 10s on Avrea without cache. 52 seconds with Gradle's remote cache. That's 2.6x from the hardware, 6.6x once caching kicks in.

Title card over a fjord landscape reading Bazel builds 39.7x faster on Avrea than GitHub Actions

Leo Lännenmäki

Benchmark: Bazel builds 39.7x faster on Avrea than GitHub Actions

37m 10s on GitHub Actions. 14m 4s on Avrea without cache. 56 seconds with cache. That's 2.6x from the hardware, 39.7x once caching kicks in.