# Google Cloud Build builder images

Builder images and examples commonly used for Google Cloud Build

Repository: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-builders
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/google-cloud-build-builder-images
Homepage: https://cloud.google.com/cloud-build/
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: google-cloud-platform, google-containers, build, docker, google-cloud-build
Last push: 2026-06-22T10:47:58+00:00
Link (homepage): https://cloud.google.com/cloud-build/

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 72/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 88, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3725, "days_push": 72, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1462, forks 618 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:47.588701+00:00)

## What it is
A collection of official and community-contributed Docker builder images (e.g., docker, gcloud, kubectl, go, npm) used as build steps in Google Cloud Build CI/CD pipelines. Images are pre-built and published to gcr.io/cloud-builders, with source and example cloudbuild.yaml configs included.

## Use cases
- run docker builds in google cloud build
- deploy to gke from cloud build pipeline
- build go project with cloud build
- run kubectl commands in ci pipeline
- push images to artifact registry from cloud build
- find community builder images for cloud build

## When to choose
- you use Google Cloud Build and need ready-made build step images
- you want Google-maintained images for common tools like docker, git, gcloud, or kubectl
- you need gke-deploy best-practice deployments from CI

## When to avoid
- you use another CI system like GitHub Actions or GitLab CI
- you need self-hosted builds outside Google Cloud
- you need multi-version or multi-platform images, which community alternatives often provide better

## Facets
- artifact type: infra-config
- maturity: active
- function: build-tool, ci-cd, container-runtime, deployment, developer-tools
- domain: cloud-computing, developer-tools
- platform: cloud, go
- tags: google-cloud-build, builder-images, gcr, cloudbuild-yaml, artifact-registry, gcp, devops, containers, docker, linux

## Member repositories
- GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-builders (main) score 72
- GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-builders-community (plugin) score 71

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:47.588701+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 2026-08-30T04:35:15.484875+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-builders (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:47.588701+00:00, sha 0777caf413f3)
  - homepage: https://cloud.google.com/cloud-build/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:43:42.501606+00:00, sha 3b7b4821f7d8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.