Buildbot vs fastlane: 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, fastlane is detailed as "Connect all iOS deployment tools into one streamlined workflow". fastlane lets you define and run your deployment pipelines for different environments. It helps you unify your app’s release process and automate the whole process. fastlane connects all fastlane tools and third party tools, like CocoaPods.
Buildbot and fastlane are primarily classified as "Continuous Integration" and "Mobile Continuous Integration" tools respectively.
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, fastlane provides the following key features:
- Connect all build tools together
- Define multiple lanes for different needs
- Jenkins Integration
"Highly configurable builds" is the top reason why over 8 developers like Buildbot, while over 17 developers mention "Easy to use" as the leading cause for choosing fastlane.
Buildbot and fastlane are both open source tools. It seems that fastlane with 25.7K GitHub stars and 3.93K forks on GitHub has more adoption than Buildbot with 3.98K GitHub stars and 1.36K GitHub forks.
According to the StackShare community, fastlane has a broader approval, being mentioned in 91 company stacks & 22 developers stacks; compared to Buildbot, which is listed in 7 company stacks and 6 developer stacks.
