On the recordRead 4 Oct 202613 facts
kpack
Plans and prices
Free / open source
Free
Requires a Kubernetes cluster, kubectl, cluster-admin permissions, and an accessible Docker V2 registry
Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com
On the record
- Automatic rebuilds
- Image resources schedule rebuilds when source code or builder buildpacks or stacks change.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Builder configuration
- A declarative builder resource configures the buildpack order and operating system stack used for builds.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Caching
- Image resources support volume-based or registry-based build caching.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Credentials
- Kubernetes secrets can provide credentials for publishing images to Docker registries and accessing private Git repositories.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Image registry
- Built OCI images are published to a configured image tag, and additional tags must use the same registry because cross-registry exporting is unsupported.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Installation requirements
- Installation requires Kubernetes 1.22 or later, kubectl, cluster-admin permissions, and an accessible Docker V2 registry.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The documentation includes examples for Docker Hub, Google Container Registry, and GitHub credentials.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- License
- The repository identifies its license as Apache-2.0.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- One-off builds
- A build resource can execute a single Cloud Native Buildpacks OCI image build.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- kpack is a Kubernetes native container build service that builds OCI images using Cloud Native Buildpacks.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Security behavior
- SSH host key checking for Git credentials is disabled by default and can be enabled through a controller environment variable.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Service bindings
- Legacy Cloud Native Buildpacks service bindings are deprecated in kpack.io/v1alpha2 and are expected to be removed; the docs direct users to Kubernetes Service Binding configuration.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Support
- The project README points users to a weekly working group and the CNCF Slack community.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026
