Build Event Protocol Viewer

https://visible.build

This project is a front-end only Build Event Protocol (BEP) Viewer.

It provides a user-friendly interface to visualize and analyze build events generated by Bazel.

Motivation

Being a pure front-end is a core tenet of this codebase. The goal is to provide as much diagnostic insight into your Bazel build without the need of a server.

I was really inspired by all the awesome other tools that are available that provide similar diagnostics with the use of a server such as: BuildBuddy, bb-portal, blade and Bzl UI.

Getting Started

If you are using Nix, you can easily run this locally.

nix run github:fzakaria/build-event-protocol-viewer

Development

npm install
npm run dev

The application will be available at the printed port for a development server.

Usage

1. Open your browser and navigate to http://localhost:3000.
2. Upload your Bazel build event binary proto file.
3. Explore and analyze the build events using the provided interface.

Questions

1. Why is the Typescript/Javascript/Svelte so bad!?

I am not a frontend developer and this is my best attempt. Please contribute improvements.

2. Why not just use X (BuildBuddy, etc..) ?

I wanted a front-end only solution so that I can contribute it to the community and not have to manage any infrastructure. If you want more insights across invocations, I recommend those solutions.

3. Why doesn't this use Bazel to build!?

See #1. I'm happy to learn how to maket his an idiomatic Bazel build as well.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or submit a pull request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

This project is not affiliated with Google or Bazel.

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