# docker/build-push-action

GitHub Action to build and push Docker images with Buildx

Repository: https://github.com/docker/build-push-action
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/build-push-action
Homepage: https://github.com/marketplace/actions/build-and-push-docker-images
Language: TypeScript
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: buildx, github-actions, github-actions-docker, docker, dockerhub
Last push: 2026-08-19T11:53:35+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 96/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 91, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2389, "days_push": 14, "days_rel": 63, "gap_med": 21, "n_releases_24m": 18}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5378, forks 735 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:16.242279+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: stable
- function: ci-cd, build-tool, container-runtime, deployment
- domain: cloud-computing, developer-tools
- platform: cloud, cli
- tags: github-actions, docker-buildx, docker-images, container-registry, buildkit, multi-platform-builds, devops, containers, docker

## Member repositories
- docker/build-push-action (main) score 96

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:16.242279+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:58:40.980601+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/docker/build-push-action (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:16.242279+00:00, sha e99266bb8a7a)
  - homepage: https://github.com/marketplace/actions/build-and-push-docker-images (fetched 2026-08-29T08:53:01.574943+00:00, sha 22b6fc8e7438)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.