Buildbot vs Jenkins X: 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; Jenkins X: A CI/CD solution for cloud applications on Kubernetes. Jenkins X is a CI/CD solution for modern cloud applications on Kubernetes.
Buildbot and Jenkins X can be categorized as "Continuous Integration" 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, Jenkins X provides the following key features:
- Automated CI and CD - Rather than having to have deep knowledge of the internals of Jenkins Pipeline, Jenkins X will default awesome pipelines for your projects that implements fully CI and CD
- Environment Promotion via GitOps - Each team gets a set of Environments. Jenkins X then automates the management of the Environments and the Promotion of new versions of Applications between Environments via GitOps
- Pull Request Preview Environments - Jenkins X automatically spins up Preview Environments for your Pull Requests so you can get fast feedback before changes are merged to master
"Highly configurable builds" is the top reason why over 8 developers like Buildbot, while over 2 developers mention "Kubernetes integration" as the leading cause for choosing Jenkins X.
Buildbot and Jenkins X are both open source tools. Buildbot with 4K GitHub stars and 1.37K forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than Jenkins X with 2.8K GitHub stars and 498 GitHub forks.
Mozilla, Animoto, and Fetch Robotics are some of the popular companies that use Buildbot, whereas Jenkins X is used by letgo, Zetaops, and Proente. Buildbot has a broader approval, being mentioned in 7 company stacks & 6 developers stacks; compared to Jenkins X, which is listed in 3 company stacks and 7 developer stacks.