Buildroot vs fastlane
Buildroot
buildroot.org
fastlane
fastlane.toolsSide by side
| Figure | Buildroot | fastlane |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Build Automation Software | 8.6 (#5) | 8.7 (#4) |
| Customization | The manual documents keeping project-specific customizations outside the Buildroot source tree. | Users can define workflow lanes and extend them with community built actions and plugins. |
| Purpose | Buildroot automates building complete embedded Linux systems through cross-compilation. | fastlane is an open source platform for automating development and release workflows for iOS and Android apps. |
| Support | Community support is available through the OFTC IRC channel, a mailing list, and the GitLab bug tracker. | The documentation directs users to search existing GitHub issues and submit an issue with setup details, including the output of fastlane env, if needed. |
Plans
In their own words
fastlane
fastlane is a free, open-source platform for automating iOS and Android app development and release workflows. Teams define workflows as lanes and can run them with a single command. A lane can manage build numbering, code signing, builds, beta uploads and changelog creation; fastlane also supports store releases, including metadata and screenshot management and submission for review. It can create localized app store screenshots for the languages and devices an app supports. The site lists support for more than 15 beta testing services, including TestFlight, Crashlytics Beta, Play and Hockey. Documentation describes integrations with more than 400 tools and services, including major CI systems, alongside community-built actions and plugins. For iOS signing, signing identities and profiles can be kept in a private encrypted Git repository and synced between machines. fastlane runs on a user's machine or server, and its documentation says credentials and other sensitive information stay there. macOS is officially supported; Linux and Windows are partially supported. The project uses the MIT license.