Buildfarm vs nix-serve
Buildfarm
buildfarm.github.ionix-serve
github.comSide by side
| Figure | Buildfarm | nix-serve |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 0 | 1 |
| Spec score · Build Cache Software | 7.8 (#11) | 7.7 (#14) |
| Deployment | The project documents running Buildfarm server and worker processes, using containers for a minimal cluster, and installing an OCI bundled Helm chart. | The README describes running nix-serve locally as a standalone binary cache server. |
| License | The project repository identifies its license as Apache-2.0. | The repository lists the project under the LGPL-2.1 license. |
| Purpose | Buildfarm implements the Remote Execution API for remote caching and execution. | nix-serve serves a Nix store as a binary cache that other Nix installations can use as a substituter. |
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Buildfarm
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