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The complete guide to getting started with building Docker images banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
27 September 2023
The complete guide to getting started with building Docker images
Dive into the world of Docker images, Dockerfiles, docker build, and much more. We'll cover the basics of Docker and how to get started with building Docker images.
Top 10 common Dockerfile linting issues banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
15 September 2023
Top 10 common Dockerfile linting issues
We've added the ability to lint Dockerfiles on demand in Depot. This post covers the top 10 most common Dockerfile linting issues we've seen flowing through Depot.
Now available: CircleCI OIDC for Depot builds banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
7 September 2023
Now available: CircleCI OIDC for Depot builds
In addition to our existing GitHub Actions and Buildkite OIDC integrations via trust relationships, we now support CircleCI OIDC for Depot builds as well.
Depot Changelog: August 2023 banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
4 September 2023
Depot Changelog: August 2023
August was packed full of new features and enhancements to Depot. Check out our latest updates, including our CNCF announcement, a new buildx driver, and usage caps.
Now available: Usage caps banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
31 August 2023
Now available: Usage caps
Organization owners can now configure usage caps to limit the total number of build minutes their team can use in a given month.
Now available: Use Docker Compose with Depot banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
29 August 2023
Now available: Use Docker Compose with Depot
We're excited to announce that with our new configure-docker command, you can now use Depot to build the images in your Docker Compose file automatically without changing a single line of code.
Depot is now a member of the CNCF banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
10 August 2023
Depot is now a member of the CNCF
We're excited to announce that Depot has joined the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) as a silver member to help more folks learn about and use cloud native technologies like Depot.
How to clear Docker cache and free up space on your system banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
8 August 2023
How to clear Docker cache and free up space on your system
A breakdown of different Docker artifacts and build cache that can take up system resources like disk and how to prune them individually and use docker system prune to clear them all.
Depot Changelog: July 2023 banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
3 August 2023
Depot Changelog: July 2023
We hosted our first Depot Drop Week in July and shipped a lot of new features! Including a new cache architecture, depot.ai, depot build for OSS forks, a UI into what's in your Docker layer cache, and much more!
Overmind uses Depot to build Dev Containers 10x faster banner
david-schmitt
David Schmitt
31 July 2023
Overmind uses Depot to build Dev Containers 10x faster
Overmind leverages Dev Containers to manage and roll out a standard set of development tools and configurations to their engineering team. They switched to Depot to build their multi-platform Dev Container images 10x faster.
Now available: Configure Docker to run builds with Depot by default banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
27 July 2023
Now available: Configure Docker to run builds with Depot by default
We're excited to bring a new feature to the depot CLI that allows you to configure docker build to use Depot for all image builds by default.
Depot raises $1.8M seed round banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
24 July 2023
Depot raises $1.8M seed round
Announcing that we have raised a $1.8M seed round from Y Combinator, Tokyo Black, Kima Ventures, Pioneer Fund, and many incredible individual founders and operators.
A recap of Depot Drop Week #01 banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
20 July 2023
A recap of Depot Drop Week #01
Our first Depot Drop Week is over! We announced three new features that are going to make builds even faster, easier to embed AI models into a build, and allow public forks to leverage the power of Depot builders.
Run Depot builds on forks of open-source projects with GitHub Actions banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
19 July 2023
Run Depot builds on forks of open-source projects with GitHub Actions
Use ephemeral Depot builders to build and test Docker images on pull requests from forks of your open-source repositories with our new authentication mechanism for public forks.
Depot AI: A free open-source Docker registry for public AI models banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
18 July 2023
Depot AI: A free open-source Docker registry for public AI models
Add any of the Top 100 models on Hugging Face to your Dockerfile with a single COPY statement via our new free, open-source Docker registry for public AI models now in public beta.
Depot Cache v2: Faster builds and new features banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
17 July 2023
Depot Cache v2: Faster builds and new features
We're excited to announce our new cache storage architecture that makes builds even faster, eliminates project constraints, and allows you to choose the cache size that makes sense for your project.
Depot Changelog: June 2023 banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
4 July 2023
Depot Changelog: June 2023
June was a record month for us as we climbed past 150k builds ran in the month, shipped many new features, and we are excited to announce our first Depot Drop Day that will be happening the week of July 17th!
How to build an image without the Docker cache banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
28 June 2023
How to build an image without the Docker cache
Using the Docker build cache speeds up builds by reusing layers from previous builds. But sometimes you want to build an image without the cache. Here's how.
Now available: Depot API banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
21 June 2023
Now available: Depot API
We're excited to bring our public API out of beta and make it generally available to all Depot customers. Learn more about what you can do with our new API and how to get started.
Windmill.dev builds multi-platform Docker images faster with Depot banner
ruben
Ruben Fiszel
12 June 2023
Windmill.dev builds multi-platform Docker images faster with Depot
Windmill.dev switched to Depot for their native Intel & Arm Docker image builds, making them 13x faster inside of GitHub Actions.
Building Docker Images in CircleCI with Depot banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
9 June 2023
Building Docker Images in CircleCI with Depot
See how you can accelerate your Docker image builds in CircleCI with Depot. Saving you time and credits with faster builds for native Intel & Arm images.
Depot Changelog: May 2023 banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
8 June 2023
Depot Changelog: May 2023
May was loaded with a lot of new features and exciting enhancements! We launched our accelerated local builds with instant cache sharing, open-sourced our docs, and rolled out a few new versions of our CLI.
New build summary link and a refreshed UI banner
jacob
Jacob Gillespie
6 June 2023
New build summary link and a refreshed UI
We're added a build summary link for every build and refreshed the build details UI to make it easier to see what's going on with your builds at a glance.
Lint a Dockerfile on every build banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
31 May 2023
Lint a Dockerfile on every build
We're excited to announce that you can now lint your Dockerfile on every build with Depot! No more configuring a separate Dockerfile linter outside or before your build in CI.
The fundamentals of building a Docker image banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
30 May 2023
The fundamentals of building a Docker image
There are four fundamentals to building a Docker image quickly with docker build. From the moment we create a Dockerfile, we should be thinking about the fundamentals of building a Docker image as fast as possible.
Depot documentation is now open source banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
22 May 2023
Depot documentation is now open source
All of our documentation is now open source so that you can contribute to it if you'd like and so that we can improve on it in public.
Accelerated local builds, with instant shared cache banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
17 May 2023
Accelerated local builds, with instant shared cache
Today we're announcing local Docker image builds with the speed of Depot's cloud builders and instant cache sharing across your entire team.
Limitations of Docker image builds in Bitbucket Pipelines banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
9 May 2023
Limitations of Docker image builds in Bitbucket Pipelines
Bitbucket Pipelines give you the ability to build Docker images, but they don't give you the ability to build them quickly. This post will look at the limitations of building Docker images in Bitbucket Pipelines.
Depot Changelog: April 2023 banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
2 May 2023
Depot Changelog: April 2023
April marked the end of our YC W23 batch, and we shipped many new enhancements. We're excited to share what we are working on now & thinking about for the future.
Kysely dialect for PlanetScale banner
jacob
Jacob Gillespie
24 April 2023
Kysely dialect for PlanetScale
A Kysely dialect for PlanetScale that allows you to write type-safe and autocompletion-friendly SQL queries.
How to reduce your Docker image size banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
19 April 2023
How to reduce your Docker image size
Leverage .dockerignore, smaller base images, and multi-stage builds to drastically reduce the size of your Docker images.
Depot Changelog: March 2023 banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
5 April 2023
Depot Changelog: March 2023
March was loaded with new features and improvements. Cache statistics, build insights, Buildkite integration, and a massive CLI release for even faster local builds.
Faster image builds from Buildkite pipelines with Depot banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
31 March 2023
Faster image builds from Buildkite pipelines with Depot
We've launched a new integration that allows you to build container images faster with Depot directly from your existing Buildkite pipelines.
Now available: Cache statistics banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
17 March 2023
Now available: Cache statistics
See how much of your builds are cached and how much time that saves you and your team. In addition, monitor how much provisioned cache you are using for each build architecture.
Depot Changelog: February 2023 banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
1 March 2023
Depot Changelog: February 2023
February was a big month for us. We set a new record for ourselves, launched to the Hacker News community, and shipped a ton of new features and improvements.
Turbo Builders are now available banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
24 February 2023
Turbo Builders are now available
Fast image builds just got even faster with the introduction of bigger builder machines that have 4x the compute power.
Depot Changelog: January 2023 banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
1 February 2023
Depot Changelog: January 2023
January was a busy one for us. We traveled back to the US, started a new community, and shipped a lot of excellent new features.
Build all of your Docker images concurrently from a file with bake banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
30 January 2023
Build all of your Docker images concurrently from a file with bake
With CLI version 1.5.0, buildx bake comes to Depot via the depot bake command. Build multiple Docker images concurrently from an HCL, JSON, or Docker Compose file.
Depot Changelog: December 2022 banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
2 January 2023
Depot Changelog: December 2022
Depot is officially a YC company! We will be joining the Winter 2023 batch that is kicking off next week. On top of that exciting news, we also added some exciting new features.
How to use BuildKit cache mounts in CI providers banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
15 December 2022
How to use BuildKit cache mounts in CI providers
BuildKit cache mounts provide a more fine-grained cache that allows you to leverage pre-computed work even when the Docker layer cache says the entire layer needs to be rebuilt. See how to use them and how you can use them in CI providers like GitHub Actions.
New feature: Select the region for your Depot projects banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
12 December 2022
New feature: Select the region for your Depot projects
Building your Docker images just got even faster with the ability to launch Depot builders in the region closest to your registries.
Depot Changelog: November 2022 banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
1 December 2022
Depot Changelog: November 2022
A big announcement is coming next week, but in the meantime, here's what we've been up to throughout the month of November.
Faster Docker image builds in Cloud Build with layer caching banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
18 November 2022
Faster Docker image builds in Cloud Build with layer caching
The easiest way to get faster Docker image builds inside of Google Cloud Build is to make use of the layer cache as frequently as possible. But options available today in Cloud Build can often negate the advantages of layer caching.
Now available: A Depot plugin for asdf banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
11 November 2022
Now available: A Depot plugin for asdf
If you use the asdf version manager, you can now add our Depot CLI as a plugin to manage all of your versions in one place.
Depot Changelog: October 2022 banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
1 November 2022
Depot Changelog: October 2022
We're excited to announce that we are now working on Depot full-time as we aim to change the build of today into one that is fast, reliable, and capable of fixing the impedence mismatch between build tools & CI providers.
New feature: Login with Google and Microsoft banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
30 October 2022
New feature: Login with Google and Microsoft
We made it even easier to sign up and try out Depot by adding support for logging in with Google and Microsoft accounts.
Depot Changelog: September 2022 banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
6 October 2022
Depot Changelog: September 2022
It was a busy month for Depot, we landed on the front page of Hacker News and made a lot of progress on new features and improvements. Check out what we built over the past month.
Building Docker Images in GitLab CI with Depot banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
26 September 2022
Building Docker Images in GitLab CI with Depot
Building Docker images in GitLab CI comes with security, complexity, and performance tradeoffs. With Depot, you can go back to building Docker images quickly and securely from your existing GitLab CI jobs, no tradeoffs needed.
Depot Changelog: August 2022 banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
1 September 2022
Depot Changelog: August 2022
We launched some awesome stuff this month and are preparing to launch Depot publicly in all the usual places throughout September. Check out what we built this month and where we are launching Depot next week.
Introducing self-hosted Depot builders banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
18 August 2022
Introducing self-hosted Depot builders
Self-hosted Depot builders are here! Launch builders in your own AWS accounts on a per-project basis and connect directly to them without passing through any Depot proxy.
Depot Changelog: July 2022 banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
1 August 2022
Depot Changelog: July 2022
It's been a little quieter this past month, but big things are coming over the horizon. Let's dig into what we have been working on over the past month and are building to in the near future.
How to reduce the size of a Docker image using dive banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
22 July 2022
How to reduce the size of a Docker image using dive
Reducing the overall image size is key to building and launching Docker images as quickly as possible. The smaller the image size, the less network bandwidth we have to consume to build and launch it.
Depot Changelog: June 2022 banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
8 July 2022
Depot Changelog: June 2022
Depot is coming out of beta! Here is what we built in June and what we're working on next.
How to use Docker layer caching in GitHub Actions banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
27 June 2022
How to use Docker layer caching in GitHub Actions
One of the keys to building a Docker image quickly is making use of the layer cache as frequently as possible. More cache hits means faster build times. Here we dive into how to make use of the layer cache in GitHub Actions.
New feature: project tokens banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
21 June 2022
New feature: project tokens
You can now authenticate to Depot with a project-specific API token, for fine-grained access control over your Docker builds.
Depot Changelog: May 2022 banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
12 June 2022
Depot Changelog: May 2022
Here is everything that is new with Depot after our first month of learning and iterating with all of our great collaborators during closed beta.
Fast Dockerfiles: theory and practice banner
jacob
Jacob Gillespie
7 June 2022
Fast Dockerfiles: theory and practice
Writing a Dockerfile that builds quickly involves understanding the Docker layer cache and working with it to maximize the number of cache hits between builds.
How to build Arm and multi-architecture containers today banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
26 May 2022
How to build Arm and multi-architecture containers today
The state of building Arm and multi-architecture containers today is filled with tradeoffs and complexities. In this post, we explore the current options, including how Depot addresses these challenges.
Introducing Depot — A faster way to build Docker images banner
kyle
Kyle Galbraith
12 May 2022
Introducing Depot — A faster way to build Docker images
Depot is a new container build service with blazing fast compute and persistent caching, for both Intel and Arm containers.
Build Docker containers 20x faster
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