Buildkite
Buildkite is a CI/CD platform for running fast, scalable pipelines on your own infrastructure. · Buildkite · DevOps & CI
Overview
Buildkite provides a flexible CI/CD platform that lets you run pipelines on your own infrastructure, ideal for teams needing control and scalability.
Good fit
Use Buildkite if you need scalable CI/CD pipelines with control over your build infrastructure and strong support for open source projects.
- teams needing self-hosted CI
- open source maintainers
- organizations with security requirements
Not a fit
Avoid Buildkite if you require fully managed build agents or need more than 5 users or 10 concurrent jobs without paying.
- you need managed build infrastructure
- you need more than the free plan's users or concurrency
Quickstart · 5 steps
- Sign up for a Buildkite account.
- Connect your code repository (GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket).
- Install and configure a Buildkite agent on your infrastructure.
- Create a pipeline and add your build steps.
- Trigger your first build to verify setup.
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