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Buildah vs ko: catalog facts
Buildah	ko
Free Free and open source, developed on GitHub.	Free Free to use; the source is published on GitHub.
Command line	Command line
Builds OCI images without a daemon Regular releases from the containers organization	No Dockerfile or Docker installation needed Multi-platform builds and SBOMs by default
Command-line only Focused on building images, not running containers	Only for Go applications Not suited to images needing cgo or OS packages
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026

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