Depot is a cloud-based service that accelerates Docker image builds and GitHub Actions workflows by utilizing a globally-distributed cache and native support for multi-architecture images. This platform significantly reduces build times, enabling developers to save hours in their continuous integration processes.
Funding
$5.9M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Product
Problem
Building Docker images and running GitHub Actions workflows can be time-consuming, especially when dealing with multi-architecture support and inefficient caching mechanisms. This leads to wasted developer time and slower continuous integration processes.
Solution
Depot provides a cloud-based platform that accelerates Docker image builds and GitHub Actions workflows. By leveraging a globally distributed cache, optimized compute, and native support for multi-architecture images (Intel and Arm), Depot significantly reduces build times. The platform seamlessly integrates with existing CI providers and development workflows, allowing developers to replace `docker build` with `depot build` for faster remote container builds. Depot also offers GitHub Actions runners hosted in AWS with faster CPUs, networking, and unrestricted concurrency, at a lower cost than GitHub-hosted runners.
Target Audience
Depot targets software engineers and DevOps teams who want to accelerate their Docker image builds and GitHub Actions workflows to improve developer productivity and CI/CD pipeline efficiency.
Features
- Remote container builds with native support for Intel and Arm architectures
- Automatic layer caching for efficient rebuilds
- GitHub Actions runners hosted in AWS with faster CPUs and networking
- Unrestricted concurrency for GitHub Actions workflows
- Build API for Platforms: Programmatically build container images on behalf of your customers in a secure, isolated environment.
- gRPC, Connect, and HTTP/JSON support, with a variety of language SDKs and integrations.
- Integration with existing CI providers and infrastructure-as-code tools