earthly/earthly
Super simple build framework with fast, repeatable builds and an instantly familiar syntax – like Dockerfile and Makefile had a baby. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
44/100
- Activity 48
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 2365
- days_rel: 413
- days_push: 314
- n_releases_24m: 1
Adoption not part of the score
12047 stars · 458 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Earthly is a CI/CD build framework that runs every build step inside containers, using an Earthfile syntax that combines Dockerfile and Makefile conventions. It enables repeatable, cached, parallel builds that run identically on a laptop, remotely, or in any CI system, and works with any language or build tool that runs on Linux.
Use cases
- write repeatable containerized builds that run the same locally and in CI
- replace bash and yaml spaghetti in CI pipelines
- build docker images and artifacts with a makefile-like syntax
- speed up builds with caching and parallel execution
- share and reuse build logic across a monorepo
- run CI pipelines on a laptop before pushing code
- integrate a consistent build layer on top of GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or CircleCI
When to choose
- you want consistent, containerized builds across local development and CI
- your team struggles with duplicated, environment-dependent build scripts
- you need a language-agnostic build layer that augments existing tools like maven, npm, or go build
- you want fast builds via automatic caching and parallelism
When to avoid
- you need a build tool with active long-term maintenance and vendor support - Earthly is no longer actively maintained
- you want a fully managed hosted CI service rather than a build framework layered on existing CI
- your builds cannot run inside Linux containers
- you prefer native CI YAML without an additional build abstraction layer
Facets
cli-tool · maturity maintenance
build-tool ci-cd container-runtime deployment developer-tools developer-tools cloud-computing windows go cli cross-platform earthfiles reproducible-builds dockerfile-like-syntax monorepo build-caching containerized-builds ci-integration no-longer-maintained devops containers automation linux macos docker
8 sources
- readme: https://github.com/earthly/earthly · fetched 2026-08-28 · 6d3036b9afe6
- homepage: https://earthly.dev · fetched 2026-08-29 · b67d5f754a4e
- site_page: https://docs-lunar.earthly.dev/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · cc7707d75f8a
- site_page: https://docs-lunar.earthly.dev · fetched 2026-08-29 · cc7707d75f8a
- site_page: https://earthly.dev/about · fetched 2026-08-29 · 2e05fbf5cf2f
- site_page: https://docs.earthly.dev/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 307b3efe380d
- site_page: https://earthly.dev/lunar/integrations · fetched 2026-08-29 · 4b86fc18ab1e
- site_page: https://earthly.dev/earthfile · fetched 2026-08-29 · 4aee8260d937
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| earthly/earthly | main | 44 |
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