Today, the open source project Shipwright is accepted as a Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) Sandbox Project, moving out from the Continuous Delivery Foundation (CDF).
Shipwright is an extensible framework for building container images reliably, securely, and efficiently, which is a staple of modern cloud native development.
In August 2021, Shipwright joined the CD Foundation as a key building block of modern cloud native delivery pipelines. During its time with CDF, Shipwright benefited greatly from collaborating with other CDF projects and the broader CDF community, receiving valuable support and insights. This collaboration played an important role in helping the project establish itself and grow.
Over time, Shipwright developers found Kubernetes to be a core foundation of the project and a need for stronger ties to the build tool ecosystem within CNCF, like ko and Cloud Native Buildpacks. The move will bring Shipwright closer to the core CNCF development, CNCF projects, and Kubernetes users, helping them as they approach a more robust and stable release.
“We are grateful the CD Foundation provided Shipwright a platform to build our community-driven project,” said Shipwright maintainer, Adam Kaplan. “The work of the CDF elevated our contributions and helped us establish ties with the broader open source movement. Although we are parting ways on paper, this is by no means a farewell. We’ll continue to see the CDF ‘upstream’ through projects like CDEvents and future CDF initiatives.”
“Shipwright is a great project with talented developers that were highly involved in the CD Foundation—that’s why it’s bittersweet to see the project move to CNCF, although I’m confident Shipwright will flourish in its new home,” says Andrea Frittoli, CD Foundation Technical Oversight Committee Chair. “But this isn’t truly goodbye, CNCF and CDF are open source community neighbors, there’s plenty of opportunity for collaboration.”
