Kaniko

Kaniko is an open-source tool from Google that builds container images from a Dockerfile inside a container or Kubernetes cluster without requiring a Docker daemon. It executes each command within a Dockerfile in userspace, enabling secure container builds in environments where running a Docker daemon is impractical or insecure. The project was archived on June 3, 2025, and is now read-only.

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Kaniko CLI

Kaniko is a command-line tool distributed as the container image gcr.io/kaniko-project/executor that builds container images from a Dockerfile. It supports multiple build contex...

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aid: kaniko
name: Kaniko
description: Kaniko is an open-source tool from Google that builds container images from a Dockerfile inside a container or
  Kubernetes cluster without requiring a Docker daemon. It executes each command within a Dockerfile in userspace, enabling
  secure container builds in environments where running a Docker daemon is impractical or insecure. The project was archived
  on June 3, 2025, and is now read-only.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- Archived
- Build Tools
- CLI
- Container Images
- Containers
- Daemonless
- Google
- Kubernetes
- Open Source
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kaniko/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-26'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: kaniko:kaniko-cli
  name: Kaniko CLI
  description: Kaniko is a command-line tool distributed as the container image gcr.io/kaniko-project/executor that builds
    container images from a Dockerfile. It supports multiple build context sources (GCS, S3, Azure Blob Storage, local directories,
    Git, stdin), layer caching, and credential helpers for GCR, Docker Hub, ECR, and ACR.
  humanURL: https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kaniko
  tags:
  - CLI
  - Build Tools
  - Container Images
  - Daemonless
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kaniko/blob/main/README.md
  - type: Tutorial
    url: https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kaniko/blob/main/docs/tutorial.md
  - type: ReleaseNotes
    url: https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kaniko/releases
  - type: Contributing
    url: https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kaniko/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md
  - type: Source Code
    url: https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kaniko
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kaniko
- type: Documentation
  url: https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kaniko/blob/main/README.md
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kaniko/blob/main/docs/tutorial.md
- type: Development
  url: https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kaniko/blob/main/DEVELOPMENT.md
- type: Contributing
  url: https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kaniko/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md
- type: ReleaseNotes
  url: https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kaniko/releases
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com