12 Things You Might Not Know About Buildpacks

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  • buildpacks-nodejs

    Heroku's Cloud Native Buildpacks for Node.js applications.

    The Paketo Buildpacks are mostly written in Go, while the Heroku buildpacks are written in Bash and Rust. The libcnb library is a Go language binding of the Cloud Native Buildpacks API. It's supported by the project, but there are also libraries outside of the project like libcnb.bash.

  • libcnb

    A non-opinionated language binding for the Cloud Native Buildpack Buildpack and Extension specifications

    The Paketo Buildpacks are mostly written in Go, while the Heroku buildpacks are written in Bash and Rust. The libcnb library is a Go language binding of the Cloud Native Buildpacks API. It's supported by the project, but there are also libraries outside of the project like libcnb.bash.

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    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  • libcnb.bash

    A library for common buildpack functions

    The Paketo Buildpacks are mostly written in Go, while the Heroku buildpacks are written in Bash and Rust. The libcnb library is a Go language binding of the Cloud Native Buildpacks API. It's supported by the project, but there are also libraries outside of the project like libcnb.bash.

  • cyclonedx-maven-plugin

    Creates CycloneDX Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) from Maven projects

    A Software-Bill-of-Materials (SBOM) lists all the software components included in an image. Buildpacks support SBOMs in CycloneDX, Syft and SPDX formats.

  • jammy-tiny-stack

    Tiny (minimal) stack for Ubuntu 2022.04: Jammy Jellyfish

    For a more robust but still slim image, try the Paketo "tiny" base image. For more information on using custom base images see the documentation on stacks.

  • syft

    CLI tool and library for generating a Software Bill of Materials from container images and filesystems

    A Software-Bill-of-Materials (SBOM) lists all the software components included in an image. Buildpacks support SBOMs in CycloneDX, Syft and SPDX formats.

  • github-actions

    End-user GitHub Actions related to Cloud Native Buildpacks (by buildpacks)

    The Buildpacks project maintains a set of github-actions that can be used for various buildpack related tasks. Among these is the ability to set up a job that is ready with the pack CLI. It's as simple as using this action:

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  • rfcs

    RFCs for Cloud Native Buildpacks (by buildpacks)

    For more information, see the finalized RFC on supporting Dockerfiles.

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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