docker/setup-buildx-action

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1373 stars · 261 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

An official GitHub Action that sets up Docker Buildx in CI workflows, creating and booting a builder using the docker-container driver. It enables multi-platform image builds and BuildKit cache export in GitHub Actions pipelines.

Use cases

• set up docker buildx in github actions
• build multi-platform docker images in ci
• enable buildkit cache export in workflows
• configure a docker builder for github actions ci
• pin buildkit version in ci pipeline
• build arm64 images from x86 github runners

When to choose

• You build Docker images in GitHub Actions and need Buildx/BuildKit features
• You need multi-platform image builds or cache export in CI
• You use docker/build-push-action and need a builder set up first

When to avoid

• You build images outside GitHub Actions (use Docker CLI directly)
• You only need plain legacy docker build without Buildx
• You use a different CI system than GitHub Actions

Facets

plugin · maturity stable

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

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