generated: '2026-09-17'
method: searched
source: https://buildpacks.io/docs/for-platform-operators/how-to/integrate-ci/pack/
docs: https://buildpacks.io/docs/for-platform-operators/how-to/integrate-ci/pack/cli/pack/
repository: https://github.com/buildpacks/pack
name: pack
description: >-
  `pack` is the reference CLI implementation of the Cloud Native Buildpacks Platform Interface
  Specification. It builds OCI images from source with buildpacks, packages and publishes
  buildpacks/builders/extensions, and is the only first-party client of the public buildpack
  registry API at registry.buildpacks.io.
version: v0.40.9
released: '2026-08-09'
language: Go
license: Apache-2.0
install:
- platform: macOS / Linux
  method: homebrew
  command: brew install buildpacks/tap/pack
- platform: Linux (Ubuntu)
  method: apt (PPA)
  command: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cncf-buildpacks/pack-cli && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install pack-cli
- platform: Linux (Arch)
  method: pacman
  command: pacman -S pack-cli
- platform: Linux (Fedora)
  method: dnf
  command: sudo dnf install pack
- platform: Linux (openSUSE)
  method: zypper
  command: sudo zypper install buildpacks-cli
- platform: Windows
  method: chocolatey
  command: choco install pack --version=0.40.9
- platform: Windows
  method: scoop
  command: scoop install pack
- platform: any
  method: container
  command: docker run buildpacksio/pack:0.40.9
- platform: any
  method: mise
  command: mise use -g pack@latest
- platform: any
  method: tarball
  command: curl -sSL "https://github.com/buildpacks/pack/releases/download/v0.40.9/pack-v0.40.9-linux.tgz" | sudo tar -C /usr/local/bin/ --no-same-owner -xzv pack
commands:
- group: build
  summary: Generate an app image from source using a builder
- group: builder
  summary: Create, inspect, and suggest builders
- group: buildpack
  summary: Package, inspect, register, pull, yank and new buildpacks — `register`, `pull` and `yank` talk to the registry API
- group: extension
  summary: Package and inspect image extensions
- group: config
  summary: Configure pack (default builder, trusted builders, registries, run-image mirrors)
- group: manifest
  summary: Create and manage multi-arch OCI image indexes
- group: rebase
  summary: Swap the run image beneath an app image without a rebuild
- group: sbom
  summary: Download the SBOM emitted into an app image
- group: inspect / inspect-image
  summary: Inspect an image's buildpack, lifecycle and run-image metadata
- group: report
  summary: Print pack configuration and version diagnostics for bug reports
- group: stack
  summary: Legacy stack commands (stacks superseded by targets in Buildpack API 0.12)
- group: completion
  summary: Generate shell completion
- group: version
  summary: Print the pack version
registry_commands:
- command: pack buildpack register <image>
  talks_to: https://registry.buildpacks.io
  note: Opens a GitHub issue against buildpacks/registry-index; requires a GitHub token, not a registry API key.
- command: pack buildpack pull <namespace>/<name>@<version>
  talks_to: https://registry.buildpacks.io/api/v1
- command: pack buildpack yank <namespace>/<name>@<version>
  talks_to: https://registry.buildpacks.io
other_first_party_tools:
- name: lifecycle
  repository: https://github.com/buildpacks/lifecycle
  note: Binaries (analyzer, detector, restorer, extender, builder, exporter, creator, rebaser, launcher) invoked by platforms, not usually by hand.