Buildbot is a Python-based continuous integration testing framework.
At its core, Buildbot is a job scheduling system: it queues jobs, executes the jobs when the required resources are available, and reports the results. Buildbot consists of several components: master, worker, www/base, www/console_view, and www/waterfall_view.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Supports not just continuous-integration testing, but automation of complex build systems, application deployment, and management of sophisticated software-release processes.
- Provides the structure and components to automate your build, test, and release processes.
- One or more masters and a collection of workers. The masters monitor source-code repositories for changes, coordinate the activities of the workers, and report results to users and developers. Workers run on a variety of operating systems.
- Configure Buildbot by providing a Python configuration script to the master. This script can be very simple, configuring built-in components, but the full expressive power of Python is available. This allows dynamic generation of configuration, customized components, and anything else you can devise.
Website: www.buildbot.net
Support: GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Buildbot Oversight Committee, better known as the Botherders
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
The framework itself is implemented in Twisted Python, and compatible with all major operating systems. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
Related Software
| Continuous Integration Tools | |
|---|---|
| Jenkins | Self-contained automation server with an awesome array of plugins |
| Buildbot | Python-based continuous integration testing framework |
| Tekton | Powerful and flexible framework for creating CI/CD systems |
| Earthly | CI/CD framework that runs every pipeline inside containers |
| Dagger | Powerful, programmable CI/CD engine |
| GoCD | Easily model and visualize complex workflows |
| Concourse | Presents a general approach to automation for CI/CD |
| Woodpecker | Uses docker containers to execute pipeline steps |
| Agola | CI/CD redefined |
| Semaphore | Self-hosted continuous integration and delivery platform |
| Laminar | Lightweight and modular Continuous Integration service |
| Zuul | Project gating system |
| Prow | Kubernetes-based continuous integration and continuous delivery system |
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