Paketo Buildpacks

Spec sheet

Purpose

Paketo Buildpacks transform application source code into container images and provide production-ready buildpacks for popular languages and frameworks.Read 4 Oct 2026 · paketo.io

Intended users

The project describes itself as community-driven, vendor-neutral, and used by tens of thousands of developers and operators daily.Read 4 Oct 2026 · paketo.io

Integrations

The site lists Docker and Kubernetes, CircleCI, GitLab, Tekton, HashiCorp Waypoint, the Pack CLI, Spring Boot, Tilt, and VMware Tanzu Build Service among compatible platforms and tools.Read 4 Oct 2026 · paketo.io

Security

Paketo stacks run as a dedicated non-root user when building and running applications.Read 4 Oct 2026 · paketo.io

Support

The community page invites users to reach the project on Slack, join working group meetings, and use the mailing list for project news and security disclosures.Read 4 Oct 2026 · paketo.io

Build process

Buildpacks detect an application’s language, gather its required dependencies, and build an image.Read 4 Oct 2026 · paketo.io

Caching

Built-in caching enables faster rebuilds without advanced customization of build tooling.Read 4 Oct 2026 · paketo.io

Configuration

Buildpacks can be configured with environment variables, buildpack.yml, bindings, and Procfiles.Read 4 Oct 2026 · paketo.io

Customization

Buildpacks are modular and can be composed for an application’s needs, and the project provides tooling to create buildpacks.Read 4 Oct 2026 · paketo.io

OS patching

Buildpacks in CI can patch the OS layer of application images without rebuilding application source code.Read 4 Oct 2026 · paketo.io

SBOM formats

Paketo buildpacks support Syft JSON, SPDX JSON, CycloneDX JSON, and a Paketo-specific SBOM format.Read 4 Oct 2026 · paketo.io

Software supply chain

Buildpacks provide a bill of materials that gives visibility into software supply chains.Read 4 Oct 2026 · paketo.io

Stack updates

Stacks are rebuilt weekly and when packages are patched for CVEs; the project aims to release fixes for High and Critical CVEs within 48 hours of a patch release.Read 4 Oct 2026 · paketo.io

Supported languages

The documentation provides buildpack guides for Java, Node.js, .NET Core, Go, Python, PHP, and Ruby.Read 4 Oct 2026 · paketo.io

Plans and prices

Every Paketo Buildpacks plan and price →

Where Specifiction places it

• Container Build Tools#24 of 347.4