StableBuild – make any Docker container deterministic

What it does

StableBuild maintains historical and current software packages across Docker, Python, Debian, Ubuntu and custom repositories, to guarantee that your software builds every time.

Stop wasting time with broken dependencies - create deterministic builds by freezing and pinning all your packages. Integrate in less than 60 seconds and with just a few lines of code. StableBuild maintains historical and current mirrors for all major repositories, to guarantee that your software builds every time. Our Docker mirror acts as a pull-through cache for Docker Hub, GitHub Container Registry or NVIDIA NGC. Any container you pull will be stored in our cache, and made immutable. So you'll always get the exact same container back. Our fully daily copy of the PyPI registry lets you pin your Python dependencies to a specific date. Always get the exact same packages (including…from stablebuild.com

In the maker’s words, at launch

Hi HN! I've posted this a few weeks back without much HN traction - today we've added a free community tier, so anyone can try it out. TL;DR: We’ve launched StableBuild, a new tool to easily freeze and pin Docker images, operating system packages, Python packages, and arbitrary build dependencies; in 5 lines of code…

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