diff --git a/dev-util/act/Manifest b/dev-util/act/Manifest
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+++ b/dev-util/act/Manifest
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+DIST act-0.2.59-deps.tar.xz 141042948 BLAKE2B d433f89748585a642e06d31f1699bdd070c5d484f2115d3290238442adc96ea4abfa1b67c1b0dd05d790512545c25f8fa2ce0529f94d89f8475e7cc70d8025f2 SHA512 6550c886c117bdf148ebbe25f88bb2696fb52d5d9770439a6494e9cc1113a69e491206751e695edc85cf9c180c041eac61a7a1e48ddf316dfad2dccca15920e6
+DIST act-0.2.59.tar.gz 9271012 BLAKE2B 69d692cc2df6c00cbacf5015fb56eff19f741f9081d70d0e88b5f27a3743cddd9f4baecc2d1d88edd4416282c7195e691b49fd0bef269c8b100b695bdb61b375 SHA512 30b61ea07e31ca9ba7ee8a5111a743ab486c4e2b628796e92c879ed2c055594144506e370002f54f8c3544eb55023f11cb336c9323830edbdd5e5898b5a6b661
diff --git a/dev-util/act/act-0.2.59.ebuild b/dev-util/act/act-0.2.59.ebuild
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+# Copyright 2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+inherit go-module
+
+DESCRIPTION="run github workflows locally"
+HOMEPAGE="https://nektosact.com"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/nektos/act/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+SRC_URI+=" https://dev.gentoo.org/~williamh/dist/${P}-deps.tar.xz"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+
+src_compile() {
+	emake VERSION="${PV}" build
+}
+
+src_install() {
+dobin dist/local/act
+}
diff --git a/dev-util/act/metadata.xml b/dev-util/act/metadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+	<maintainer type="person">
+		<email>williamh@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>William Hubbs</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="github">nektos/act</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>