Depot

Depot is a developer tool that makes Docker container builds dramatically faster by running them on fast, remote build infrastructure with persistent, intelligent caching. Slow container builds are a universal pain in modern development and CI/CD pipelines — they waste developer time, slow down deployments, and inflate CI costs — and Depot tackles this head-on, often cutting build times by large margins compared to building locally or on standard CI runners, with a workflow that drops into existing setups with minimal changes.

The reason Depot is so much faster comes down to its architecture. It runs builds on powerful, optimized remote machines and maintains a persistent shared cache across builds, so work isn't repeated and layers are reused efficiently — something hard to achieve on ephemeral CI runners that start fresh each time. It also supports building natively for multiple architectures (like Arm and x86) quickly. Crucially, adopting Depot is nearly frictionless: it works as a drop-in replacement for your existing Docker build commands, so teams can speed up their builds without re-architecting their pipelines.

Beyond container builds, Depot has expanded into accelerating other slow parts of the development cycle, reflecting its broader mission of making developer workflows faster. The value proposition is compelling: faster builds mean quicker feedback for developers, faster deployments, lower CI bills, and less time staring at progress bars. This makes it appealing to engineering teams of all sizes that feel the drag of slow builds in their daily work and CI pipelines. As software delivery speed becomes ever more important and build times remain a stubborn bottleneck, tools that meaningfully accelerate them deliver real, measurable value. For teams tired of waiting on slow container builds and wanting a fast, easy-to-adopt way to speed up their pipelines, Depot offers a focused, high-impact and developer-friendly solution.