pack

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A command‑line tool for building OCI images with Cloud Native Buildpacks

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Features

Build container images from source code using buildpacks
Support tools for app developers, buildpack authors, and platform operators
Implement the Platform Interface Specification for Cloud Native Buildpacks

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v0.40.6 Breaking risk 18d

Trusted builder + inspect fix

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v0.40.5 Breaking risk 19d

Trusted builder addition + inspect fix

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v0.40.4 Breaking risk 1mo

Fixed fetching builder images for each platform.

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Prerequisites

A container runtime such as Docker or podman must be available to execute builds.

Install

For instructions on installing pack, see our installation docs.

Run

Run the command pack.

You should see the following output

CLI for building apps using Cloud Native Buildpacks

Usage:
  pack [command]

Available Commands:
  build                 Generate app image from source code
  builder               Interact with builders
  buildpack             Interact with buildpacks
  extension             Interact with extensions
  config                Interact with your local pack config file
  inspect               Show information about a built app image
  stack                 (deprecated) Interact with stacks
  rebase                Rebase app image with latest run image
  sbom                  Interact with SBoM
  completion            Outputs completion script location
  report                Display useful information for reporting an issue
  version               Show current 'pack' version
  help                  Help about any command

Flags:
      --force-color   Force color output
  -h, --help          Help for 'pack'
      --no-color      Disable color output
  -q, --quiet         Show less output
      --timestamps    Enable timestamps in output
  -v, --verbose       Show more output
      --version       Show current 'pack' version

Use "pack [command] --help" for more information about a command.

Info

Builders created with this release of the pack CLI contain lifecycle v0.21.0 by default.

Changelog

Features

fix: fetch builder image per platform (#2589 by @ddusht)

Contributors

We'd like to acknowledge that this release wouldn't be as good without the help of the following amazing contributors:

@JamBalaya56562, @ddusht, @dependabot[bot]

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v0.40.3 Breaking risk 1mo

Minor fixes and improvements.