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Buildbot

Python-based continuous integration testing framework
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What is Buildbot?

BuildBot is a system to automate the compile/test cycle required by most software projects to validate code changes. By automatically rebuilding and testing the tree each time something has changed, build problems are pinpointed quickly, before other developers are inconvenienced by the failure.
Buildbot is a tool in the Continuous Integration category of a tech stack.
Buildbot is an open source tool with 5.2K GitHub stars and 1.6K GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Buildbot's open source repository on GitHub

Who uses Buildbot?

Companies
9 companies reportedly use Buildbot in their tech stacks, including Mozilla, Sotong Kitchen, and Animoto.

Developers
60 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Buildbot.

Buildbot Integrations

Pros of Buildbot
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Highly configurable builds
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Hosted internally
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Beautiful waterfall
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Free open source
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Python
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No external web fonts by default

Buildbot's Features

  • run builds on a variety of slave platforms
  • arbitrary build process: handles projects using C, Python, whatever
  • minimal host requirements: Python and Twisted
  • slaves can be behind a firewall if they can still do checkout
  • status delivery through web page, email, IRC, other protocols
  • track builds in progress, provide estimated completion time
  • flexible configuration by subclassing generic build process classes
  • debug tools to force a new build, submit fake Changes, query slave status
  • released under the GPL

Buildbot Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to Buildbot?
Jenkins
In a nutshell Jenkins CI is the leading open-source continuous integration server. Built with Java, it provides over 300 plugins to support building and testing virtually any project.
TeamCity
TeamCity is a user-friendly continuous integration (CI) server for professional developers, build engineers, and DevOps. It is trivial to setup and absolutely free for small teams and open source projects.
GitLab CI
GitLab offers a continuous integration service. If you add a .gitlab-ci.yml file to the root directory of your repository, and configure your GitLab project to use a Runner, then each merge request or push triggers your CI pipeline.
Bitbucket
Bitbucket gives teams one place to plan projects, collaborate on code, test and deploy, all with free private Git repositories. Teams choose Bitbucket because it has a superior Jira integration, built-in CI/CD, & is free for up to 5 users.
CircleCI
Continuous integration and delivery platform helps software teams rapidly release code with confidence by automating the build, test, and deploy process. Offers a modern software development platform that lets teams ramp.
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