Artifacts

Artifact types and the generated artifacts.json reference

Anodizer tracks every file produced during a release as an artifact. At the end of the pipeline, all artifacts are written to artifacts.json in the dist directory.

Artifact types

Type	Description
`binary`	Raw build output from `cargo build`
`uploadable_binary`	Binary marked for upload (checksummed, signed, released)
`universal_binary`	macOS universal binary (lipo merge of x86_64 + aarch64)
`library`	Shared/static library output
`header`	C header file from `cbindgen`
`c_archive`	C-compatible static archive
`c_shared`	C-compatible shared library
`wasm`	WebAssembly module
`py_wheel`	Python wheel package
`py_sdist`	Python source distribution
`archive`	Compressed archive (tar.gz, zip, etc.)
`source_archive`	Source tarball
`makeself`	Self-extracting archive
`linux_package`	Linux package (deb, rpm, apk, archlinux)
`snap`	Snap package
`publishable_snapcraft`	Snap package ready for Snapcraft upload
`flatpak`	Flatpak bundle
`source_rpm`	Source RPM (.src.rpm)
`disk_image`	macOS DMG disk image
`installer`	Windows installer (NSIS, MSI)
`macos_package`	macOS .pkg installer
`docker_image`	Docker image (legacy single-platform)
`docker_image_v2`	Docker image (Buildx multi-platform)
`publishable_docker_image`	Docker image ready for registry push
`docker_manifest`	Docker multi-arch manifest list
`docker_digest`	Docker image digest reference
`checksum`	Checksum file (SHA-256, etc.)
`signature`	Cryptographic signature
`certificate`	Signing certificate
`sbom`	Software Bill of Materials
`metadata`	The generated metadata.json file
`uploadable_file`	Template-rendered file for upload
`brew_formula`	Homebrew formula
`brew_cask`	Homebrew cask
`nixpkg`	Nix package expression
`scoop_manifest`	Scoop manifest
`publishable_chocolatey`	Chocolatey package ready for push
`winget_installer`	WinGet installer manifest
`winget_default_locale`	WinGet default locale manifest
`winget_version`	WinGet version manifest
`pkg_build`	AUR PKGBUILD
`src_info`	AUR .SRCINFO
`source_pkg_build`	AUR source package PKGBUILD
`source_src_info`	AUR source package .SRCINFO
`krew_plugin_manifest`	Krew plugin manifest

artifacts.json format

Each entry in artifacts.json contains:

{
  "kind": "archive",
  "path": "dist/myapp-1.0.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz",
  "name": "myapp-1.0.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz",
  "target": "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu",
  "crate_name": "myapp",
  "metadata": {
    "format": "tar.gz"
  },
  "size": 4404019
}

Field	Description
`kind`	Artifact type (see table above)
`path`	Path relative to the project root
`name`	Canonical filename
`target`	Rust target triple (null for non-build artifacts)
`crate_name`	Crate that produced this artifact
`metadata`	Freeform key-value pairs (format, id, binary, etc.)
`size`	File size in bytes (present only when `report_sizes: true`)

Uploadable artifacts

Not all artifact types are uploaded to releases. The following types are included in release uploads, checksumming, and signing:

archive, uploadable_binary, source_archive, uploadable_file, makeself, linux_package, publishable_snapcraft, flatpak, source_rpm, sbom, py_wheel, py_sdist, checksum, signature, certificate, disk_image, installer, macos_package

Size reporting

Enable artifact size reporting to see a summary table at the end of the pipeline:

report_sizes: true

This populates the size field in artifacts.json and prints a formatted table showing the size of each build output and uploadable artifact.