Buildbot vs FinalBuilder: What are the differences?
Buildbot: Python-based continuous integration testing framework. 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; FinalBuilder: Automating your Build process. With FinalBuilder you don't need to edit xml, or write scripts. Visually define and debug your build scripts, then schedule them with windows scheduler, or integrate them with Continua CI, Jenkins or any other CI Server.
Buildbot belongs to "Continuous Integration" category of the tech stack, while FinalBuilder can be primarily classified under "Automated Build Tools".
Some of the features offered by Buildbot are:
- run builds on a variety of slave platforms
- arbitrary build process: handles projects using C, Python, whatever
- minimal host requirements: Python and Twisted
On the other hand, FinalBuilder provides the following key features:
- Graphical Interface
- Scheduled Builds
- Flow Control
Buildbot is an open source tool with 4.04K GitHub stars and 1.39K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Buildbot's open source repository on GitHub.
