# Buildah vs kind

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Buildah

| Attribute | Buildah | kind |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 62.8 (59% (medium)) | 54.2 (42% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 84 | 16 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 321 | 2,126 |
| adoption.github_stars | 8,995 | 15,448 |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | An open-source utility for building OCI-compliant container images from Dockerfiles or from scratch, maintained by the containers organization. | kind enables developers to set up isolated Kubernetes clusters locally using Docker for testing, development, and CI/CD purposes. Originally built for testing Kubernetes itself, it provides CNCF-conformant Kubernetes clusters on a single machine. |
| features.capabilities | `{"rootless":true,"oci_compliant":true}` | `{"hosting":"self","rootless":true,"arm_support":true,"gui_dashboard":false,"orchestration":"kubernetes","k8s_conformant":true}` |
| language.primary | Go | Go |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true}` | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://buildah.io/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T23:01:29.635Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://kind.sigs.k8s.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-03T14:26:34.716Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| release.cadence_days | 7 | 85 |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/podman-container-tools/buildah/releases/tag/v1.45.0","date":"2026-07-30T17:44:23Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.45.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/podman-container-tools/buildah/releases/tag/v1.44.1","date":"2026-07-21T17:36:22Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.44.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/podman-container-tools/buildah/releases/tag/v1.43.2","date":"2026-06-08T19:32:07Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.43.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/podman-container-tools/buildah/releases/tag/v1.44.0","date":"2026-05-27T21:40:35Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.44.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/podman-container-tools/buildah/releases/tag/v1.39.9","date":"2026-05-13T14:11:38Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.39.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/podman-container-tools/buildah/releases/tag/v1.29.8","date":"2026-05-07T20:13:15Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.29.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/podman-container-tools/buildah/releases/tag/v1.33.15","date":"2026-05-04T22:32:46Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.33.15"},{"url":"https://github.com/podman-container-tools/buildah/releases/tag/v1.26.11","date":"2026-05-06T17:50:01Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.26.11"},{"url":"https://github.com/podman-container-tools/buildah/releases/tag/v1.41.9","date":"2026-04-17T18:46:49Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.41.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/podman-container-tools/buildah/releases/tag/v1.43.1","date":"2026-04-08T18:08:26Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.43.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/podman-container-tools/buildah/releases/tag/v1.43.0","date":"2026-02-06T13:48:53Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.43.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/podman-container-tools/buildah/releases/tag/v1.21.6","date":"2026-01-22T20:16:40Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.21.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/podman-container-tools/buildah/releases/tag/v1.29.7","date":"2026-01-15T23:49:32Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.29.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/podman-container-tools/buildah/releases/tag/v1.39.8","date":"2026-01-08T21:47:24Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.39.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/podman-container-tools/buildah/releases/tag/v1.37.8","date":"2026-01-08T21:30:45Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.37.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/podman-container-tools/buildah/releases/tag/v1.33.14","date":"2026-01-08T21:32:41Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.33.14"},{"url":"https://github.com/podman-container-tools/buildah/releases/tag/v1.41.8","date":"2026-01-06T19:39:29Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.41.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/podman-container-tools/buildah/releases/tag/v1.41.7","date":"2025-12-13T01:37:34Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.41.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/podman-container-tools/buildah/releases/tag/v1.39.7","date":"2025-12-13T01:28:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.39.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/podman-container-tools/buildah/releases/tag/v1.33.13","date":"2025-12-11T18:46:37Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.33.13"}]` | `[{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/tag/v0.32.0","date":"2026-06-02T17:34:57Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.32.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/tag/v0.31.0","date":"2025-12-18T00:56:59Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.31.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/tag/v0.30.0","date":"2025-08-27T17:45:58Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.30.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/tag/v0.29.0","date":"2025-05-21T01:54:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.29.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/tag/v0.28.0","date":"2025-05-16T23:36:45Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.28.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/tag/v0.27.0","date":"2025-02-15T00:54:08Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.27.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/tag/v0.26.0","date":"2024-12-16T22:02:37Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.26.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/tag/v0.25.0","date":"2024-11-08T20:37:49Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.25.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/tag/v0.24.0","date":"2024-08-15T16:39:53Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.24.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/tag/v0.23.0","date":"2024-05-14T02:02:39Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.23.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/tag/v0.22.0","date":"2024-02-14T23:30:47Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.22.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/tag/v0.21.0","date":"2024-02-02T20:31:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.21.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/tag/v0.20.0","date":"2023-06-15T03:18:36Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.20.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/tag/v0.19.0","date":"2023-05-17T00:46:52Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.19.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/tag/v0.18.0","date":"2023-03-30T19:33:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.18.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/tag/v0.17.0","date":"2022-10-26T15:53:21Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.17.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/tag/v0.16.0","date":"2022-09-22T19:33:33Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.16.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/tag/v0.15.0","date":"2022-09-02T01:31:50Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.15.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/tag/v0.14.0","date":"2022-05-19T20:58:38Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.14.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/tag/v0.13.0","date":"2022-05-10T19:40:39Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.13.0"}]` |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.scorecard | 7.6 | 6.6 |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":9,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fcontainers%2Fbuildah&per_page=100","last_12m":1,"max_severity":"HIGH"}` | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=sigs.k8s.io%2Fkind&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Container Orchestration Tools)

| Capability | Buildah | kind |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Orchestration scope | - | Kubernetes |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | - | Self-hosted only |
| **Standards** |  |  |
| OCI / CRI compliant | ✓ | - |
| CNCF Certified Kubernetes conformant | - | ✓ |
| **Security** |  |  |
| Rootless operation | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Architecture** |  |  |
| Daemonless architecture | - | - |
| **Platform** |  |  |
| Windows containers | - | - |
| ARM architecture support | - | ✓ |
| **Workloads** |  |  |
| GPU scheduling | - | - |
| Stateful workloads | - | - |
| **Networking** |  |  |
| Built-in networking / CNI | - | - |
| **Ops** |  |  |
| Vendor-managed control plane | - | - |
| **Ecosystem** |  |  |
| CNCF maturity | - | - |
| **UX** |  |  |
| GUI dashboard | - | ✗ |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T15:16:58.908Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*