diff --git a/gitea_runner/env.sh b/gitea_runner/env.sh
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+SERVICE_NAME="gitea_runner"
+USER_SYSTEMD="$HOME/.config/systemd/user"
+INSTALL_DIR="$HOME/.local/share/$SERVICE_NAME"
+ADDITIONAL_LABLES=(
+  "linux"
+  "arm64"
+  "cloud"
+)
+CONTAINER_HOST="unix:////run/user/1000/podman/podman.sock"
+GITEA_URL="https://gitea.example.com"
+GITEA_TOKEN="your_gitea_token"
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diff --git a/gitea_runner/gitea_runner.service.template b/gitea_runner/gitea_runner.service.template
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+[Unit]
+Description=Gitea Actions runner
+Documentation=https://gitea.com/gitea/act_runner
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=
+ExecReload=/bin/kill -s HUP $MAINPID
+WorkingDirectory=
+TimeoutSec=0
+RestartSec=10
+Restart=always
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=default.target
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diff --git a/gitea_runner/install.sh b/gitea_runner/install.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This script is used to install gitea act_runner
+
+. ./env.sh
+
+set -e
+
+ARCH=$(uname -m)
+echo "Architecture $ARCH"
+DOWNLOAD_VARIANT=""
+ACT_RUNNER_VERSION="0.2.11"
+RUNNER="$INSTALL_DIR/act_runner"
+
+if [[ "$ARCH" == "amd64" ]]; then
+  DOWNLOAD_VARIANT="amd64"
+elif [[ "$ARCH" == "aarch64" ]]; then
+  DOWNLOAD_VARIANT="arm64"
+else
+  echo "Unsupported architecture: $ARCH"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+DOWNLOAD_URL="https://dl.gitea.com/act_runner/$ACT_RUNNER_VERSION/act_runner-$ACT_RUNNER_VERSION-linux-$DOWNLOAD_VARIANT"
+
+mkdir -p "$INSTALL_DIR"
+
+wget -q "$DOWNLOAD_URL" -O "$RUNNER" || {
+  echo "Failed to download act_runner from $DOWNLOAD_URL"
+  exit 1
+}
+chmod +x "$INSTALL_DIR/act_runner"
+echo "act_runner downloaded and made executable."
+
+$RUNNER generate-config > "$INSTALL_DIR/config.yaml"
+
+echo "act_runner config generated."
+echo "act_runner config file created at $INSTALL_DIR/config.yaml"
+
+echo "manually add additional labels to the config file - $INSTALL_DIR/config.yaml"
+echo "add the following labels to the config file - $INSTALL_DIR/config.yaml"
+for label in "${ADDITIONAL_LABLES[@]}"; do
+  echo "  - $label"
+done
+
+echo "manually add docker socket to the config file - $INSTALL_DIR/config.yaml"
+echo "add the following docker socket to the config file - $INSTALL_DIR/config.yaml"
+echo "  - $CONTAINER_HOST"
+
+# Create systemd service file
+SERVICE_FILE="${SERVICE_NAME}.service"
+cp "$SERVICE_FILE.template" "$SERVICE_FILE"
+
+ESC_RUNNER=$(printf '%s' "$RUNNER" | sed 's:/:\\/:g')
+ESC_INSTALL_DIR=$(printf '%s' "$INSTALL_DIR" | sed 's:/:\\/:g')
+
+sed -i "s|^ExecStart=.*$|ExecStart=${ESC_RUNNER} daemon --config ${ESC_INSTALL_DIR}/config.yaml|" "$SERVICE_FILE"
+sed -i "s|^WorkingDirectory=.*$|WorkingDirectory=${ESC_INSTALL_DIR}|" "$SERVICE_FILE"
+
+mv "$SERVICE_FILE" "$USER_SYSTEMD/$SERVICE_FILE"
+systemctl --user daemon-reload
+systemctl --user enable "${SERVICE_NAME}.service"
+
+echo "Gitea act_runner installed and systemd service created."
+echo "Before starting the service, please edit the config file - $INSTALL_DIR/config.yaml"
+echo "and register the runner with your Gitea instance."
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diff --git a/gitea_runner/uninstall.sh b/gitea_runner/uninstall.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This script is used to uninstall Gitea act_runner
+
+. ./env.sh
+
+if systemctl --user list-units --full --all | grep -q "${SERVICE_NAME}.service"; then
+  systemctl --user stop "${SERVICE_NAME}.service"
+fi
+
+systemctl --user disable --now "${SERVICE_NAME}.service"
+rm "$USER_SYSTEMD/${SERVICE_NAME}.service"
+systemctl --user daemon-reload
+
+echo "Uninstall complete. Manually remove data directory - $INSTALL_DIR if needed."
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