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Buildbot vs Snap CI: 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; Snap CI: Build, test, and deploy software faster with Snap's continuous integration and deployment tool. Snap CI is a cloud-based continuous integration & continuous deployment tool with powerful deployment pipelines. Integrates seamlessly with GitHub and provides fast feedback so you can deploy with ease.
Buildbot and Snap CI 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, Snap CI provides the following key features:
- Deployment Options - Heroku, AWS
- System Libraries - Your build runs on a RedHat 6-compatible system with commonly required libraries
- Customization Options - In addition to all that we support out of the box, we offer you the chance to customize your build extensively.
"Highly configurable builds" is the top reason why over 8 developers like Buildbot, while over 13 developers mention "Github integration" as the leading cause for choosing Snap CI.
Buildbot is an open source tool with 4K GitHub stars and 1.37K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Buildbot's open source repository on GitHub.
Mozilla, Animoto, and Fetch Robotics are some of the popular companies that use Buildbot, whereas Snap CI is used by ThoughtWorks, Hazeorid, and Firecracker. Buildbot has a broader approval, being mentioned in 7 company stacks & 6 developers stacks; compared to Snap CI, which is listed in 7 company stacks and 3 developer stacks.
Pros of Buildbot
- Highly configurable builds9
- Hosted internally5
- Beautiful waterfall5
- Free open source4
- Python3
- No external web fonts by default1
Pros of Snap CI
- Github integration14
- Easy setup13
- Multi-stage pipelines11
- Continuous deployment10
- Easy ui9
- Great customer support9
- Automatic branch tracking8
- Automated and manual deploys7
- Console debugging5
- Pull request integration5
- Continuous delivery4
- Free for open-source3
- Better PR support2