The local and tar exporters output the root filesystem of the build result into a local directory. They're useful for producing artifacts that aren't container images.

• local exports files and directories.
• tar exports the same, but bundles the export into a tarball.

Synopsis#

Build a container image using the local exporter:

$ docker buildx build --output type=local[,parameters] .
$ docker buildx build --output type=tar[,parameters] .

The following table describes the available parameters:

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
dest	String		Path to copy files to

Further reading#

For more information on the local or tar exporters, see the BuildKit README.