Buildstash

Buildstash is a platform for managing, sharing and distributing software binaries across the build-to-release phase of software development. Teams connect their CI/CD pipeline or upload local builds, and each build is archived together with related context and metadata such as CI run and git information, related issues and review status. Builds are grouped under Applications, organized into customizable streams (for example nightlies, experimental or stable) and tagged with labels, and can carry additional metadata artifacts such as build logs, test results or SBOMs. Builds from multiple platforms can be grouped into Releases with detailed release notes, which support GitHub Flavored Markdown.

Distribution options include internal and public share links, distribution groups that notify internal and external users by email with guided install flows for iOS and Android ad-hoc distribution, and branded public portals hosted on a custom subdomain or on the customer's own website; private portals are listed as coming soon. Automations can trigger Slack notifications, webhooks or email notifications in response to workspace events such as a build entering a stream, a label being applied or a release being created. Workspace features include settings, permissions and enterprise SSO. The company positions the product across mobile apps, desktop apps, games, XR, client agency work and embedded systems, including firmware version tracking and OTA updates.

Founding story

Co-founders Robbie Cargill (CEO) and Markus Wilson met over a decade before founding the company at a studio building client apps, where the team shipped dozens of apps a year across many platforms. Builds were typically dumped on network drives or sent via expiring file-transfer links, making older builds hard to locate and requiring projects to be rebuilt from source; provenance such as the originating git commit often went undocumented. Both later worked at games studios, where they observed the same pattern with local, QA, publisher and nightly builds stored on network drives or S3 with little organization. After speaking with other developers and finding no existing product addressing the problem, they set out to build Buildstash.

Business model

Software-as-a-service platform offered to software teams, with a free entry point ("Start managing your builds now, choose a plan later") and paid plans.

Subscription plans for workspace access to the build management, distribution and automation platform, with a free tier to start.

Traction

Open sign-up launched in December 2025 after a waitlist and closed beta phase. The website features a customer testimonial from Chris Waldron, Lead Developer at Maze Theory, describing use of the platform for multi-platform build management covering internal demos, daily QA testing and publisher submissions.

Latest developments

In April 2026 Buildstash added more customizable columns to the builds table (architectures, filenames, SCM repository and commit information, and CI source info) and released a tool to automatically force timeouts on stalled or long-queued Unity Build Automation cloud builds. Earlier releases in December 2025 introduced Portals, Markdown release notes, and automations via Slack, webhooks and email.