Batect in a nutshell

Batect is an alternative Docker Compose. For my own experience it is easier to use in terms of built-in features such as cross platform compatibility.

Unfortunately it is no longer maintained.

Its core is a yaml file that defines what containers to use and what tasks to execute. For example, I have one container called run-env and a task test-local which runs a line of command:

containers:
  run-env:
    build_directory: .
    volumes:
      - local: .
        container: /code
      - type: cache
        container: …

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