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Docker Compose vs Earthly: What are the differences?

  1. Installation and Configuration: Docker Compose requires Docker to be installed on the host machine, while Earthly can be used without Docker and it can generate Dockerfiles for you.

  2. Dependency Management: Docker Compose only manages container lifecycles and configurations, while Earthly can manage dependencies, build artifacts, and workflows in a more structured way.

  3. Build Systems Integration: Earthly integrates more easily with existing build systems such as Makefiles, Bash scripts, and shell commands compared to Docker Compose.

  4. Parallelism: Earthly allows for multi-stage parallelism during builds, enabling faster build times compared to Docker Compose's single-threaded nature.

  5. Build Caching: Earthly provides built-in build caching mechanisms to improve efficiency and reduce the need for repetitive builds, a feature that Docker Compose lacks.

  6. Reproducibility: Earthly ensures reproducibility by tracking dependencies and outputs during builds, making it easier to share and replicate build environments compared to Docker Compose.

In Summary, Earthly offers more flexibility, scalability, and efficiency compared to Docker Compose in build management and dependency handling.

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Pros of Docker Compose
Pros of Earthly
  • 123
    Multi-container descriptor
  • 110
    Fast development environment setup
  • 79
    Easy linking of containers
  • 68
    Simple yaml configuration
  • 60
    Easy setup
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    Yml or yaml format
  • 12
    Use Standard Docker API
  • 8
    Open source
  • 5
    Go from template to application in minutes
  • 5
    Can choose Discovery Backend
  • 4
    Scalable
  • 4
    Easy configuration
  • 4
    Kubernetes integration
  • 3
    Quick and easy
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    Cons of Docker Compose
    Cons of Earthly
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      Tied to single machine
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      Still very volatile, changing syntax often
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      What is Docker Compose?

      With Compose, you define a multi-container application in a single file, then spin your application up in a single command which does everything that needs to be done to get it running.

      What is Earthly?

      It is a build automation tool for the post-container era. It allows you to execute all your builds in containers. This makes them self-contained, reproducible, portable and parallel. You can use it to create Docker images and artifacts (eg binaries, packages, arbitrary files).

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