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Builders create machines and generate images from them for various platforms. Learn about the types of builders you can use in your Packer templates.
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page_title: Builders overview
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> [!IMPORTANT]
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> **Documentation Update:** Product documentation previously located in `/website` has moved to the [`hashicorp/web-unified-docs`](https://github.com/hashicorp/web-unified-docs) repository, where all product documentation is now centralized. Please make contributions directly to `web-unified-docs`, since changes to `/website` in this repository will not appear on developer.hashicorp.com.
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# Builders overview
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Builders create machines and generate images from those machines for various platforms. Some builders in Packer perform helper tasks, such as running provisioners.
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Packer has the following types of builders:
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- [Plugins](/packer/plugins): Plugins that you install have their own associated set of builders. For example, EC2, VMware, and VirtualBox use their own separate sets of builders.
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- [`file`](/packer/docs/builders/file): The `file` builder creates an artifact from a file.
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- [`null`](/packer/docs/builders/null): The `null` builder sets up an SSH connection and runs the provisioners.
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- [Custom](/packer/docs/plugins/creation/custom-builders): You can write new builders for new or existing platforms.
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- [Community-supported](/packer/docs/builders/community-supported): The Packer community develops and maintains builders for several additional platforms.
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Refer to the [`source`](/packer/docs/templates/hcl_templates/blocks/source) block documentation to learn more about configuring builders in the Packer templating language.
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