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Buildkite Agent

Self-hosted CI/CD agent for your own infrastructure

CI/CD & Build ★ 1.1k stars Medium setup MIT

The Buildkite Agent is an open-source build runner that executes pipeline jobs on your own machines while Buildkite coordinates orchestration. It lets teams keep build infrastructure private and scalable.

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Key features

  • Runs builds on your own hardware
  • Cross-platform agent
  • Parallel job execution
  • Artifact handling

Strengths

  • Released under the MIT license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Active community (1.1k GitHub stars)
  • Written in Go

Is Buildkite Agent secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Buildkite Agent's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

Buildkite Agent replaces

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