Buildbot vs Bitrise: What are the differences?
Developers describe Buildbot as "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. On the other hand, Bitrise is detailed as "Automate your mobile app development from building through testing to deployment". It is a Continous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD) Platform as a Service (PaaS) with a main focus on mobile app development (iOS, Android). You can automate the testing and deployment of your apps with just a few clicks. When you trigger a build a Virtual Machine is assigned to host your build and your defined Workflow (series of Steps scripts) will be executed, step by step.
Buildbot and Bitrise belong to "Continuous Integration" category of the tech stack.
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, Bitrise provides the following key features:
- Continuous Delivery
- Hosted Environment
- Customizable Workflows
"Highly configurable builds" is the primary reason why developers consider Buildbot over the competitors, whereas "Easy setup" was stated as the key factor in picking Bitrise.
Buildbot is an open source tool with 4.06K GitHub stars and 1.39K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Buildbot's open source repository on GitHub.
According to the StackShare community, Bitrise has a broader approval, being mentioned in 44 company stacks & 70 developers stacks; compared to Buildbot, which is listed in 10 company stacks and 32 developer stacks.
