<s>
Buddy	B-Application
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Buddy.Works	B-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
web-based	O
and	O
self-hosted	O
continuous	O
integration	O
and	O
delivery	O
software	O
for	O
Git	B-Application
developers	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
build	B-Application
,	O
test	O
and	O
deploy	B-Application
web	O
sites	O
and	O
applications	O
with	O
code	O
from	O
GitHub	B-Application
,	O
Bitbucket	B-Protocol
and	O
GitLab	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
employs	O
Docker	B-Language
containers	O
with	O
pre-installed	O
languages	O
and	O
frameworks	B-Architecture
for	O
builds	O
,	O
alongside	O
DevOps	O
,	O
monitoring	O
and	O
notification	O
actions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Buddy	B-Application
launched	O
as	O
a	O
downloadable	O
VM	B-Architecture
in	O
May	O
2015	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Meat	O
!	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
was	O
initially	O
free	O
,	O
but	O
employed	O
a	O
proprietary	B-Application
license	I-Application
which	O
stirred	O
some	O
concern	O
in	O
the	O
web	O
development	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
was	O
rebranded	O
to	O
Buddy	B-Application
in	O
November	O
2015	O
and	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
cloud-only	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
on-premises	O
version	O
,	O
nicknamed	O
Buddy	B-Application
GO	B-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
September	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Switching	O
from	O
VM	B-Architecture
to	O
Docker	B-Language
allowed	O
installation	O
on	O
any	O
Linux-based	O
server	O
,	O
including	O
Amazon	B-General_Concept
EC2	I-General_Concept
,	O
DigitalOcean	B-Application
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Azure	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Actions	O
include	O
Docker-based	O
builds	O
,	O
deployment	O
to	O
FTP/SFTP	O
and	O
IaaS	B-Architecture
services	O
,	O
delivery	O
to	O
version	O
control	O
,	O
SSH	B-Protocol
scripts	O
,	O
website	O
monitoring	O
and	O
conditional	O
notifications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Contrary	O
to	O
other	O
CI	O
tools	O
like	O
Jenkins	B-Language
or	O
Travis	B-Application
CI	I-Application
,	O
Buddy	B-Application
does	O
not	O
use	O
YAML	B-Protocol
files	O
to	O
describe	O
the	O
process	O
,	O
although	O
the	O
company	O
stated	O
support	O
for	O
.yml	B-Protocol
files	O
is	O
currently	O
in	O
works	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besides	O
the	O
support	O
for	O
third-party	O
hosting	O
services	O
,	O
Buddy	B-Application
features	O
a	O
native	O
code	O
hosting	O
solution	O
with	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
Git	B-Application
commands	O
(	O
git	B-Application
log	O
,	O
git	B-Application
show	O
,	O
git	B-Application
blame	O
,	O
git	B-Application
diff	O
)	O
reproduced	O
into	O
the	O
GUI	O
.	O
</s>
