Cloud Native Buildpacks

pack CLI

pack is the reference command-line interface for Cloud Native Buildpacks. It implements the Platform API to build OCI images from source on a developer's workstation, manages builders and buildpack packages, and integrates with Docker and OCI registries.

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Documentation
https://buildpacks.io/docs/for-app-developers/how-to/build-inputs/

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Source Code
https://github.com/buildpacks/pack
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CLI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/buildpacks/refs/heads/main/cli/buildpacks-cli.yml

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: buildpacks:pack-cli
name: pack CLI
tags:
- CLI
- Tooling
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
humanURL: https://buildpacks.io/docs/for-app-developers/how-to/build-inputs/
properties:
- url: https://buildpacks.io/docs/for-app-developers/how-to/build-inputs/
  type: Documentation
- url: https://github.com/buildpacks/pack
  type: Source Code
- type: CLI
  url: cli/buildpacks-cli.yml
description: pack is the reference command-line interface for Cloud Native Buildpacks. It implements the
  Platform API to build OCI images from source on a developer's workstation, manages builders and buildpack
  packages, and integrates with Docker and OCI registries.