GhVmCtl: Test your GUI apps directly from CI runners
summary
GhVMCtl is a bash utility that uses KVM and lxd to spawn an Ubuntu desktop VM inside a GitHub Actions runner and run snaps or arbitrary commands inside that VM. It creates Ubuntu desktop VM via lxd, installs or exercises the GUI app, and uses gnome-screenshot to capture full-screen and active-window screenshots. Screenshots upload as GitHub artifacts, commit to a repo and can auto-open issues for volunteer QA.
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