# cloud66-oss/habitus

A build flow tool for Docker.

Repository: https://github.com/cloud66-oss/habitus
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/habitus
Homepage: https://help.cloud66.com/habitus/
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: ci-cd, containers, docker, dockerfile, kubernetes
Last push: 2020-02-05T17:10:30+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3933, "days_push": 2401, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1400, forks 80 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:37.162322+00:00)

## What it is
Habitus is a standalone command-line build flow tool for Docker that orchestrates chained, multi-step Docker image builds defined in a build.yml file. It supports secrets handling during builds, artifact copying between steps, and image squashing to produce minimal final images.

## Use cases
- chain multiple docker builds into a workflow
- use ssh keys as secrets during docker build without leaving traces
- build compiled go or java apps into minimal docker images
- copy build artifacts between docker build steps
- squash docker image layers after build
- combine multiple dockerfiles into one build pipeline

## When to choose
- you need multi-step docker build workflows with secrets before buildkit secrets were available
- you want to chain builds and pass artifacts between images
- you need to squash final images to remove build layers

## When to avoid
- you use modern Docker BuildKit which supports multi-stage builds and build secrets natively
- you want an actively maintained tool - the last release was in 2020
- you only need simple single-Dockerfile builds

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: build-tool, ci-cd, secrets-management, container-runtime, deployment
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: windows, cli, go
- tags: docker-build, multi-stage-build, build-workflow, dockerfile, build-secrets, image-squashing, containers, devops, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- cloud66-oss/habitus (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:37.162322+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 2026-08-30T04:39:05.988073+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/cloud66-oss/habitus (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:37.162322+00:00, sha 7e9a8d6e44d1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.