docker/build-push-action

Health v2 · maintenance only

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5411 stars · 737 forks observed · 2026-10-12

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

A GitHub Action that builds and pushes Docker images using Buildx with full BuildKit feature support, including multi-platform builds, secrets, and remote cache. It is the official Docker-maintained action for container image workflows in GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines.

Use cases

• build and push docker images in github actions
• multi-platform docker builds with buildx
• push container image to dockerhub from ci
• docker image build with remote cache in ci pipeline
• build docker images for arm and amd64 in github actions
• automate docker image publishing on release

When to choose

• you use GitHub Actions and need to build or publish Docker images
• you need multi-platform image builds with BuildKit features like secrets and cache export
• you want an official, well-maintained Docker action

When to avoid

• you use GitLab CI, Jenkins, or another CI system instead of GitHub Actions
• you need to build images outside a CI pipeline
• you need a general-purpose container orchestration or runtime tool

Facets

plugin · maturity stable

ci-cd build-tool container-runtime deployment cloud-computing developer-tools cloud cli github-actions docker-buildx docker-images container-registry buildkit multi-platform-builds devops containers docker

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