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Earthly

Repeatable, container-based builds for CI

CI/CD & Build ★ 12.1k stars Medium setup MPL-2.0

Earthly is an open-source build automation tool that runs reproducible builds inside containers using a syntax that combines Dockerfiles and Makefiles. It works the same on any CI system or locally.

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Key features

  • Reproducible container builds
  • Works on any CI
  • Parallel build execution
  • Build cache support

Strengths

  • Released under the MPL-2.0 license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Mature project with 12.1k GitHub stars
  • Written in Go

Is Earthly secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Earthly'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.

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