HashiCorp Packer

HashiCorp · Hashicorp.Packer

A tool for creating identical machine images for multiple platforms from a single source configuration.

Packer is a tool for building identical machine images for multiple platforms from a single source configuration. Packer is lightweight, runs on every major operating system, and is highly performant, creating machine images for multiple platforms in parallel. Packer supports various platforms through external plugin integrations, the full list of which can be found at https://developer.hashicorp.com/packer/integrations. The images that Packer creates can easily be turned into Vagrant boxes.

winget install --id Hashicorp.Packer --exact --source winget

Latest 1.15.1

Release Notes

FEATURES:

  • hcp: native sbom generation for hcp GH-13566 BUG FIXES:
  • core: Scrub multiline sensitive values from build output (including OS-specific multiline sensitive-value fixtures) GH-13582 SECURITY:
  • deps: bump syft to v1.42.3 (fixes GO-2026-4809) GH-13581
  • deps: bump github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk to v0.6.7 GH-13581
  • deps: bump github.com/hashicorp/hcp-sdk-go from 0.136.0 to 0.167.0 GH-13560
  • deps: Updates OpenTelemetry dependencies to v1.41.0 GH-13572
  • deps: Upgrade go-git to v5.17.0 and grpc to 1.79.3 GH-13570
  • deps: Updates circl dependency to v1.6.3 GH-13564 INTERNAL:
  • ci: Adds grouped and scheduled updates for GitHub Actions (monthly, grouped PRs, ignore major bumps) GH-13575
  • docs: remove docs validation from packer (docs changes move to web-unified-docs) GH-13577
  • legal: Update LICENSE GH-13563

Installer type: zip

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Details

Homepage
https://developer.hashicorp.com/packer
License
BUSL-1.1
Support
https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/issues
Copyright
Copyright (c) 2026 HashiCorp, Inc.
Moniker
packer

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