source-to-image VS kaniko

Compare source-to-image vs kaniko and see what are their differences.

source-to-image

A tool for building artifacts from source and injecting into container images (by openshift)

kaniko

Build Container Images In Kubernetes (by GoogleContainerTools)
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source-to-image kaniko
4 49
2,424 13,925
1.0% 2.3%
6.5 9.5
about 2 months ago 3 days ago
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Apache License 2.0 Apache License 2.0
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source-to-image

Posts with mentions or reviews of source-to-image. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-05.
  • Jenkins in kubernetes without docker
    2 projects | /r/devops | 5 Jan 2023
    You can try and use s2i (source to image) - https://github.com/openshift/source-to-image You deploy container to your cluster that produce another image
  • Shipwright - Building Container Images In Kubernetes
    1 project | /r/kubernetes | 30 Aug 2021
    Surprised to see it supports source-to-image (S2I). If you're using S2I, you're likely using OpenShift where your development pipeline is figured out for you. You wouldn't be using Shipwright on that platform.
  • Where can I find the IMG of version 2.0 of 351Elec?
    2 projects | /r/RG351 | 16 Aug 2021
    If that's not an option, I unfortunately don't know how to compile source code into an IMG file from github, but I have a feeling that there's quite a few people who are knowledgeable in these matters lurking around this subreddit. The only thing I found was this: https://github.com/openshift/source-to-image but I have no idea how or where exactly to execute the code outlined in the readme below. Looks promising though.
  • It's Time to Say Goodbye to Docker
    10 projects | dev.to | 2 Oct 2020
    Source-To-Image (S2I) is a toolkit for building images directly from source code without Dockerfile. This tool works well for simple, expected scenarios and workflows but quickly becomes annoying and clumsy if you need little too much customization or if your project doesn't have the expected layout. You might consider using S2I if you are not very confident with Docker yet or if you build your images on OpenShift cluster, as builds with S2I are a built-in feature.

kaniko

Posts with mentions or reviews of kaniko. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-04.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing source-to-image and kaniko you can also consider the following projects:

buildkit - concurrent, cache-efficient, and Dockerfile-agnostic builder toolkit

podman - Podman: A tool for managing OCI containers and pods.

skopeo - Work with remote images registries - retrieving information, images, signing content

buildah - A tool that facilitates building OCI images.

jib - 🏗 Build container images for your Java applications.

351ELEC - Handheld firmware optimized for the Anbernic RG351P/M/V devices.

Bazel - a fast, scalable, multi-language and extensible build system

nerdctl - contaiNERD CTL - Docker-compatible CLI for containerd, with support for Compose, Rootless, eStargz, OCIcrypt, IPFS, ...

jenkins-std-lib - Bringing the Zen of Python to Jenkins.